ASP
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ASP may refer to:
Electronics
- Analog signal processingAnalog signal processingAnalog signal processing is any signal processing conducted on analog signals by analog means. "Analog" indicates something that is mathematically represented as a set of continuous values. This differs from "digital" which uses a series of discrete quantities to represent signal...
, processing electronic signals that represent continuous variables by use of analog circuitry - Anti-skip protection or electronic skip protectionElectronic skip protectionElectronic skip protection is a memory buffer system used mainly in some portable Compact Disc players and all MiniDisc units.-Technology:...
, a protection of an audio compact disc playback
Business
- Average selling priceAverage Selling PriceThe average sales price of goods or commodities is the average price at which a particular product or commodity is sold across channels or markets. The term is especially used in the retail sector and technology distribution....
, the average price at which a particular product or commodity is sold across channels or markets
Combat
- ASP (handgun)ASP (handgun)The ASP was a custom made handgun designed and built by Paris Theodore, owner of Seventrees, Ltd. a custom gun leather shop in New York from 1975 to 1987. The ASP was based on the Smith & Wesson Model 39 pistol. The ASP featured clear Lexan grips allowing the shooter to see how much ammunition is...
, the name for a custom-designed 9 mm pistol based on the S&W Model 39 - Advanced Sound-ranging Programme, a portable, passive, acoustic sensing system for detecting and locating the source of artillery fire and loud detonations, operated by the Royal ArtilleryRoyal ArtilleryThe Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
- A type of extending baton often carried by police forces. ASP, Inc.ASP, Inc.Armament Systems and Procedures, Inc. , is an offensive compliance weapons manufacturer providing equipment to law enforcement and private security companies. ASP is perhaps best known for its telescoping batons.-History:...
is actually a brand that manufactures this type of weapon (the ASP tactical baton), and the brand has come to casually refer to all telescopic batons. - Ammunition Supply Point, "ammo dump" storage facility for A&E Class V(W) items—see ammunition dumpAmmunition dumpAn ammunition dump, ammunition compound, ammunition depot, bomb dump, ammunition supply point or ammo dump, is a military storage facility for live ammunition and explosives....
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Computing
- Active Server PagesActive Server PagesActive Server Pages , also known as Classic ASP or ASP Classic, was Microsoft's first server-side script engine for dynamically-generated Web pages. Initially released as an add-on to Internet Information Services via the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack Active Server Pages (ASP), also known as Classic...
, a web-scripting interface by Microsoft - Advanced Simple Profile, an MPEG-4 video codec profile
- Answer set programmingAnswer set programmingAnswer set programming is a form of declarative programming oriented towards difficult search problems. It is based on the stable model semantics of logic programming. In ASP, search problems are reduced to computing stable models, and answer set solvers -- programs for generating stable...
, a declarative programming paradigm - Application service providerApplication service providerAn application service provider is a business that provides computer-based services to customers over a network. Software offered using an ASP model is also sometimes called On-demand software or software as a service ....
, a business that provides computer-based services to customers over a network - Apple System Profiler, Apple Computer's system profiler
- AppleTalk Session Protocol, a session layer protocol used by the AppleTalkAppleTalkAppleTalk is a proprietary suite of protocols developed by Apple Inc. for networking computers. It was included in the original Macintosh released in 1984, but is now unsupported as of the release of Mac OS X v10.6 in 2009 in favor of TCP/IP networking...
suite of protocols - Association of Shareware ProfessionalsAssociation of Shareware ProfessionalsThe Association of Software Professionals , formerly Association of Shareware Professionals, is a professional association for authors of shareware computer software...
- ASPLinux, Russian Fedora Core-based GNU/Linux distribution
- Attached Support Processor, one of the two early IBM System/360 programs that replaces the native SPOOL facilities of OS/360OS/360 and successorsOS/360, officially known as IBM System/360 Operating System, was a batch processing operating system developed by IBM for their then-new System/360 mainframe computer, announced in 1964; it was heavily influenced by the earlier IBSYS/IBJOB and Input/Output Control System packages...
; the other was Houston Automatic Spooling Priority (HASP). With ASP Version 3 the name was changed to Asysymmetric Multiprocessor and support was added for OS/VS2 (SVS)OS/VS2 (SVS)Single Virtual Storage refers to Release 1 of Operating System/Virtual Storage 2 ; it is the successor system to the MVTBut not 65MP option of Operating System/360...
. ASP and HASP were the basis for JES3 and JES2Job Entry Subsystem 2/3IBM's MVS and z/OS operating systems use a job entry subsystem to receive jobs into the operating system, schedule them for processing by MVS or z/OS, and to control their output processing.There are three job entry subsystems; Master, JES2 and JES3...
in MVSMVSMultiple Virtual Storage, more commonly called MVS, was the most commonly used operating system on the System/370 and System/390 IBM mainframe computers...
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- Auxiliary Storage PoolAuxiliary Storage PoolIn IBM's i5/OS operating system, disk drives may be grouped into an auxiliary storage pool in order to organize data to limit the impact of storage-device failures and to reduce recovery time. If a disk failure occurs, only the data in the pool containing the failed unit needs to be recovered...
, a group of disk drives in the IBM i (aka OS/400) operating system
Education
- American School of PalestineAmerican School of PalestineThe American School of Palestine is an k-12 bilingual school in al-Bireh and Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine.-History:Founded as the al-Jenan school in 1995, the school originally served mainly Palestinian youth returning to the area from North America....
- American School of ParisAmerican School of ParisThe American School of Paris is a private, coeducational day school located in Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris, France. It was founded in 1946 shortly after the end of World War II by the combined efforts of the American Embassy and the American Express Company...
, an American/International K-12 school located in the suburbs of Paris - Alta Scuola Politecnica, a school of excellence founded by Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino
- Australian Student Prize
Entertainment
- ASP (band)ASP (band)ASP is a German rock band from Frankfurt am Main formed in 1999. The name is basically identical with the pseudonym of the Band's leader Asp and to be pronounced as one word.-Biography:...
, a German Industrial/Gothic Rock band from Frankfurt am Main - All Shall PerishAll Shall PerishAll Shall Perish is an American deathcore band from Oakland, California, formed in 2002. Currently, the band is signed to Nuclear Blast and have released four full-length albums through the label. Their latest record, This Is Where It Ends was released on July 26, 2011...
, a deathcore band - Archaia Studios PressArchaia Studios PressArchaia Entertainment, LLC is an American comic book publishing company established by Mark Smylie in 2002.-History:Mark Smylie formed the company as a home for his comic Artesia because the publisher, Sirius Entertainment, wanted to print the third series in black and white...
, an American comic publisher - ASP (film production company), Alain Siritzky Productions, owners of the official Emmanuelle movie and TV franchise
- Adult service provider (disambiguation), various meanings
- Amy Sherman-PalladinoAmy Sherman-PalladinoAmy Sherman-Palladino is an American television writer, director, and producer who is best known as the creator of the television series Gilmore Girls.-Life:Sherman-Palladino is married to writer and producer Daniel Palladino...
, creator and former executive producer and writer on the television show Gilmore Girls
Medicine and biology
- Acylation stimulating proteinAcylation stimulating proteinComplement 3 through its interaction with factors B and D generates C3a. In human body, C3a is rapidily cleaved by :carboxypeptidase B or carbxyopeptidase N that remove the carboxyl-terminal :arginine to generate C3adesArg. Thus, most of plasmatic C3a is present in C3adesArg form...
- Agouti signaling peptide
- American Society for PhotobiologyAmerican Society for PhotobiologyThe American Society for Photobiology is a scientific society for the promotion of research in photobiology, integration of different photobiology disciplines, dissemination of photobiology knowledge, and provides information on photobiological aspects of national and international...
- Amnesic Shellfish PoisoningAmnesic shellfish poisoningAmnesic shellfish poisoning is a human illness caused by consumption of the marine biotoxin called domoic acid. This toxin is produced naturally by marine diatoms belonging to the genus Pseudo-nitzschia and the species...
- aspartic acidAspartic acidAspartic acid is an α-amino acid with the chemical formula HOOCCHCH2COOH. The carboxylate anion, salt, or ester of aspartic acid is known as aspartate. The L-isomer of aspartate is one of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids, i.e., the building blocks of proteins...
, an amino acidAmino acidAmino acids are molecules containing an amine group, a carboxylic acid group and a side-chain that varies between different amino acids. The key elements of an amino acid are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen... - C3 (complement)C3 (complement)Complement component 3, often simply called C3, is a protein of the immune system. It plays a central role in the complement system and contributes to innate immunity. In humans it is encoded on chromosome 19 by a gene called C3.-Function:...
, a protein in the Complement system
Aircraft
- Airborne Surveillance PlatformAirborne Surveillance PlatformThe Airborne Surveillance Platform is an Indian defense project, initiated by the Defence Research and Development Organization, which aimed to produce an Airborne Early Warning System. Two prototypes were developed and flight tested for three years. The project was cancelled in 1999 after the...
A prototype or experimental Airborne Early Warning airplane design of India
Politics
- Act of the Scottish Parliament, usually written in the lower case as asp.
- Australian Sex PartyAustralian Sex PartyThe Australian Sex Party is a Australian political party founded in 2009 in response to concerns over the influence of religion in politics. The party was born out of adult-industry lobby group, the Eros Association. Party leader, Fiona Patten, is CEO of Eros and the party's Registered Officer,...
- Australian Sovereignty Party
- Afro-Shirazi PartyAfro-Shirazi PartyThe Afro-Shirazi Party was the union between the mostly Shiraz Party and the mostly African Afro Party in the island of Zanzibar. The formation of ASP led to the ouster of the Arabs from power with the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964. The party joined with the Tanganyika African National Union to...
- Assembly for the Sovereignty of the PeoplesAssembly for the Sovereignty of the PeoplesThe Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples was a political organization in Bolivia. It was formed as a "political instrument" of the popular movements of the country. Alejo Véliz was the national president of ASP.-History:...
, a political party in Bolivia
Sports
- Association of Surfing ProfessionalsAssociation of Surfing ProfessionalsThe Association of Surfing Professionals is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world’s best talent in a variety of progressive formats.- Predecessors to the ASP :...
- American Soccer PyramidAmerican Soccer PyramidThe United States soccer pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. The country's governing body for the sport, the United States Soccer Federation , oversees the system but does not operate any of its component leagues—with one temporary...
- AS PoissyAS PoissyAS Poissy is a French football club based in Poissy . It was founded in 1904. They play at the Stade Léo Lagrange, which has a capacity of 3,500...
in French: Amicale Sportive de Poissy, is a French football club based in Poissy (Yvelines)
Miscellaneous
- A Separate PeaceA Separate PeaceA Separate Peace is a novel by John Knowles. Based on his earlier short story "Phineas", it was Knowles' first published novel and became his best-known work.-Plot summary:...
- Albany Student PressAlbany Student PressThe Albany Student Press or the ASP, the newspaper of the University at Albany, The State University of New York, is one of the oldest continuously published and independent college newspapers in the United States....
- Alice Springs AirportAlice Springs AirportAlice Springs Airport is a small regional airport 14 kilometres south of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia.The airport has two runways, the largest of which can accommodate a Boeing 747 or 777 landing...
(IATA airport code) - Allegany State ParkAllegany State ParkAllegany State Park is a state park in western New York State, located in Cattaraugus County just north of Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania. The park is divided into two sections: The Red House Area and the Quaker Run Area. It lies within the Allegheny Highlands forests ecoregion.The Red...
- Anglo-Saxon Protestant, as part of the acronym WASP, for White Anglo-Saxon ProtestantWhite Anglo-Saxon ProtestantWhite Anglo-Saxon Protestant or WASP is an informal term, often derogatory or disparaging, for a closed group of high-status Americans mostly of British Protestant ancestry. The group supposedly wields disproportionate financial and social power. When it appears in writing, it is usually used to...
- Appalachia Service ProjectAppalachia Service ProjectAppalachia Service Project, Inc. or ASP is a Christian volunteer organization operating in Central Appalachia, specifically in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The organization is concerned with home repair for low-income families, as well as a limited amount of free...
, a Christian volunteer organization operating in Central Appalachia - Aspatria railway stationAspatria railway stationAspatria Railway Station serves the town of Aspatria in Cumbria, England. The railway station is a request stop on part of the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line south west of Carlisle...
, the National Rail code for the train station in the United Kingdom - Assistant Superintendent of Police, a police rank
- Avenal State PrisonAvenal State PrisonAvenal State Prison is a male-only state prison in the city of Avenal, Kings County, California.-Facilities:The structures on ASP's include "17 open dorm buildings, six 200-bed open dorm E-bed buildings, six converted gymnasiums, a 100-cell administrative segregation unit, and a 10-bed...
in California, USA - A.S.P. (G.I. Joe), a fictional weapon in the G.I. Joe universe
- Asp (comics)Asp (comics)The Asp is a former supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, most notably a member of the Serpent Society and BAD Girls, Inc.. She was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary, and first appeared in Captain America vol. 1 #310....
- Asp (reptile)Asp (reptile)Asp is the modern Anglicisation of the word aspis, which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. It is believed that the aspis referred to in Egyptian mythology is the modern Egyptian cobra....
- Asp (fish)Asp (fish)The Asp is a European freshwater fish of the Cyprinid family. It is protected by the Bern Convention of endangered species and habitats . Asps are also on the IUCN Red List of endangered species....
- Asp (rocket)Asp (rocket)Asp is the designation of an American sounding rocket. Between 1955 and 1962 these were used 30 times to study the explosion clouds of nuclear bombs....