SPG
Encyclopedia
Activities
- Submersible pressure gauge used in scuba diving
- Shortest proof gameShortest proof gameA proof game is a type of retrograde analysis chess problem. The solver must construct a game starting from the initial chess position, which ends with a given position after a specified number of moves. A proof game is called a shortest proof game if no shorter solution exists...
, a type of chess problem - StealSteal (basketball)In basketball, a steal occurs when a defensive player legally causes a turnover by his positive, aggressive action. This can be done by deflecting and controlling, catching, or batting to a teammate a pass or dribble of an offensive player...
s per game, a statistic in basketball
Language
- Sarong Party GirlSarong party girlSarong Party Girl is a derogatory term used in Singapore and in Peninsular Malaysia.It describes a local, solely Asian woman who usually dresses and behaves in a provocative manner, and who exclusively dates and prefers white men. This can be considered a variant of the Pinkerton Syndrome...
, a derogatory Singaporean term describing a local Asian woman who exclusively dates and prefers Caucasian men - Spelling Punctuation and Grammar, often used in internet forums, when one user complains that another has made an SPG error
Organizations
- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, a missionary society of the Church of England, from 1701 to present
- Space Propulsion GroupSpace Propulsion GroupSpace Propulsion Group is an aerospace company founded in 1999 by Dr. Arif Karabeyoglu, Prof. Brian Cantwell and others from Stanford University to develop high regression-rate liquefying hybrid rocket fuels and motors. They have successfully fired motors as large as 12.5 in. diameter which produce...
, an aerospace company developing hybrid rocket technology - Special Patrol GroupSpecial Patrol GroupThe Special Patrol Group was a unit of Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for providing a centrally-based mobile capability for combating serious public disorder and crime that could not be dealt with by local divisions....
, a former unit of the Metropolitan Police - Special Patrol Group (RUC)Special Patrol Group (RUC)The Special Patrol Group in the Royal Ulster Constabulary was a police unit tasked with counter terrorism. Each SPG had 30 members. Many of the SPG units were accused of collusion with the illegal paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force, particularly the actions of a unit based in Armagh.-A...
, a former unit of the Royal Ulster Constabulary - Special Protection GroupSpecial Protection GroupThe Special Protection Group is the executive protection agency of the Government of India. It is responsible for the protection of the Prime Minister of India, other top officials, and their immediate families. The force was established in 1985 after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. It is one...
, the organization responsible for protecting the Prime Minister of India and the Prime Minister's family - State Protection GroupState Protection GroupThe State Protection Group is part of the Specialist Operations division of the New South Wales Police Force, having been established in 1991 to deal with extraordinary policing responses. The SPG directly supports police in high-risk incidents such as sieges with specialised tactical,...
, a unit of the New South Wales Police Force - Sir Philip Game Centre, a Youth Centre sponsored by the Police and others in Addiscombe, Croydon
Technology
- Service Provider GatewayService Provider GatewayA Service Provider Gateway is a provisioning gateway in a telecoms' network used as part of Wholesale Line Rental to allow telecoms operators to control provisioning on the Openreach network....
, a provisioning gateway in a telecoms network - Sync pulse generator, a type of video signal generatorVideo signal generatorA video signal generator is a type of signal generator which outputs predetermined video and/or television oscillation waveforms, and other signals used in the synchronization of television devices and to stimulate faults in, or aid in parametric measurements of, television and video systems. There...
- System Program Generator, a computer programming language that was in use around the 1970s
- Secure payment gatewayPayment gatewayA payment gateway is an e-commerce application service provider service that authorizes payments for e-businesses, online retailers, bricks and clicks, or traditional brick and mortar. It is the equivalent of a physical point of sale terminal located in most retail outlets...
, an e-commerce application - Service Perimeter Guard, a service security pattern
- System-Process-Goal approach, this is a pattern for design problem specification.
- Single point ground, an electrical groundGround (electricity)In electrical engineering, ground or earth may be the reference point in an electrical circuit from which other voltages are measured, or a common return path for electric current, or a direct physical connection to the Earth....
ing arrangement
Other
- Albert Whitted AirportAlbert Whitted AirportAlbert Whitted Airport is a city-owned public-use airport in St. Petersburg, a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The airport is located on the western edge of Tampa Bay, southeast of downtown St. Petersburg and The Pier. It is also located east of the University of South Florida St....
(IATA: SPG), in St. Petersburg, Florida - Self-propelled gunSelf-propelled gunA self-propelled gun is form of self-propelled artillery, and in modern use is usually used to refer to artillery pieces such as howitzers....
- SexPowerGod, the annual fall dance sponsored by the Brown University Queer Alliance
- Slumber Party GirlsSlumber Party GirlsThe Slumber Party Girls were an all-girl American pop band.Their debut album, Dance Revolution, was released on October 3, 2006. During the 2006-2007 television season, SPG hosted the KOL Secret...
, an American girl group - Smithfield Premium Genetics Group, Smithfield Foods, Inc.'s swine genetics company
- Special Performance Group, see Saab 900Saab 900The Saab 900 was a car produced by Saab Automobile from 1978 until 1998 in two generations. The first generation from 1978 to 1993 is known as the "classic"; the generation from 1994 to 1998 is known as the "new generation" ....
- Special Planning Guidance document (UK)
- Spheno Palatine Gangleoneuralgia or Brain freezeBrain freezeAn ice-cream headache, also known as brain freeze, cold-stimulus headache, or its given scientific name sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia , is a form of brief cranial pain or headache commonly associated with consumption of cold beverages or foods such as ice cream and popsicles...
, a harmless condition brought about by eating or drinking a cold substance too rapidly - Springfield, Massachusetts (Amtrak station)Springfield, Massachusetts (Amtrak station)Springfield Union Station is an Amtrak train station in Springfield, Massachusetts. Constructed in 1926, as of 2010, Springfield Union Station was the fifth busiest Amtrak station in Massachusetts, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 360 passengers daily...
- Special Patrol Group, Vyvyan's hamster in the British TV comedy series, The Young OnesThe Young Ones (TV series)The Young Ones is a British sitcom, first broadcast in 1982, which ran for two series on BBC2. Its anarchic, offbeat humour helped bring alternative comedy to television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers...
- Starwood Preferred Guest, the rewards program for people who stay at Starwood Hotels & Resorts WorldwideStarwood Hotels & Resorts WorldwideStarwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is a hospitality ownership and management organization, headquartered in White Plains, New York. One of the world's largest hotel companies, it owns, operates, franchises and manages hotels, resorts, spas, residences, and vacation ownership properties...
- Strong Parental Guidance, one of the television classification ratings in the Philippines, executed by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.