ASP

'ASP' is a three-letter acronym with numerous meanings in different contexts.

Contents

Business

Electronics

Computing

Combat

Medicine and biology

Astronomy

Entertainment

Politics

Sports

Education

Miscellaneous

See also

Business

★ Average Selling Price

Electronics

★ Analog signal processing, processing electronic signals that represent continuous variables by use of analog circuitry

★ Anti-Shock Protection, a protection of an audio compact disc playback, see Electronic Skip Protection

Computing

★ Active Server Pages, a web-scripting interface by Microsoft

★ Advanced Simple Profile, an MPEG-4 video codec profile

★ Answer set programming, a declarative programming language

★ Application service provider, 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 AppleTalk suite of protocols

★ Assigned Storage Pool, a group of disk drives on IBM's i5/OS (aka OS/400) operating system

★ Association of Service Providers

★ Association of Shareware Professionals

★ ASPLinux, Russian Fedora Core-based GNU/Linux distribution.

★ Attached Support Processor, an IBM mainframe that is attached to another of higher power and that is running Automated Spooling Program, a program that is also called Automated Spooling Package. See MVT.

★ ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) Switch Processor

★ Automated Spooling Program, One of two early IBM 360/370 mainframe Operating System programs for spooling print output and controlling Input/Output devices. This ASP eventually evolved into JES3 (Job Entry Subsystem 3). The other was HASP (Houston Automated Spooling Program) which evolved into JES2.

Combat

★ ASP (handgun), 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 Artillery

★ a type of extending baton often carried by police forces

★ American Self Protection, a martial art

★ Ammunition Supply Point,"ammo dump" storage facility for A&E Class V(W) items.

★ ASP tactical batons, a nightstick of sorts many policemen (and women) are issued in contemporate America. They are collapsible, have high pressure release so when put against something (ie a window or a person) it has a kick that's strong enough to break glass.

Medicine and biology

★ Amnesic shellfish poisoning

★ Adipocyte Stimulating Peptide

★ Agouti Signal Protein

Astronomy

★ Astronomical Society of the Pacific

★ Astronaut Support Person, a NASA astronaut responsible for monitoring Orbiter status as it undergoes testing and maintenance

Entertainment

★ ASP (band), the name of a German Neue Deutsche Härte/Alternative band

★ All Shall Perish, a deathcore band

★ ASP (film production company), Alain Siritzky Productions, owners of the official ''Emmanuelle'' movie and TV franchise

★ Adult service provider, a provider of sexual services for consenting adults.

★ Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator and former executive producer and writer on the television show Gilmore Girls

Politics

★ Act of the Scottish Parliament, Usually written in the lower case as 'asp'. Whilst UK Acts (statutes) are considered to be Primary Legislation, Acts of the Scottish Parliament (asps) are considered to be subordinate legislation (like statutory instruments etc.) since the Scottish Parliament has had its powers conferred on it by the Scotland Act 1998 which is an Act of the UK Parliament. Much like a Secretary of State receives their power to make Statutory Instruments by an Act of Parliament, so the devolved Parliament of Scotland receives it's powers from a Westminster statute also.
The Scotland Act 1998 provides a reserved model of devolution whereby the right to legislate on certain areas of public policy are reserved to Westminster (e.g. defence). The Sovereignty of the UK Parliament means that any Scottish Act which seeks to legislate on a reserved matter or override provisions made by a UK Act will be deemed invalid and ultra vires (outwith the powers).

Sports

★ Association of Surfing Professionals

★ American Soccer Pyramid

Education

★ Introduction to Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology

★ Alta Scuola Politecnica, a school of excellence founded by Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino

★ Australian Students Prize

Miscellaneous

★ Abnormal situation prevention, preventing non-routine plant incidents outside the control of normal process automation systems

★ Afro-Shirazi Party

★ Albany Student Press

★ Alice Springs Airport (IATA airport code)

★ Allegany State Park

★ Anglo-Saxon Protestant, as part of the acronym WASP

★ Appalachia Service Project, a Christian volunteer organization operating in Central Appalachia

★ Aspatria railway station, the National Rail code for the train station in the United Kingdom

★ Assistant Superintendent of Police, a police rank

★ Anti-Smoking Partisans, the anti-smoking lobby

★ Adam Sheehan Perkins, a video gaming legend that refers to himself as the ASP. Relation is intended towards the species of snake.

★ Automatic Savings Plan, to automatically transfer money from one banking account to another for savings or investments.

★ American School of Paris, an American/International K-12 school located in the suburbs of Paris

See also

★ asp for the word ''asp''