GP
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Business and media
- Georgia-PacificGeorgia-PacificGeorgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals. As of Fall 2010, the company employed more than 40,000 people at more...
LLC, a manufacturer and marketer of tissue, packaging, paper, pulp and building products - GestairGestairGestair Private Avitation is an airline based in Madrid, Spain. Part of the Gestair Group with its business units Commercial Aviation, Aviation Training and Private Aviation, it is a corporate aviation company operating a wide range of services including charter flights and aircraft management,...
's IATA airline designator - Girard-PerregauxGirard-PerregauxGirard-Perregaux is a high-end Swiss watch manufacture with its origins dating back to 1791. It is situated in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and is a part of the Sowind group, a subsidiary of PPR.- History :...
, a luxury brand of Swiss watches - Gold PeakGold Peak-Over View:Gold Peak Industries Limited is an Asian battery manufacturer established in 1964 and based in Hong Kong. They are also involved in the domestic appliance cabling business via purchasing 16% of the stock value Chengdu based Ling Xu Cabling Corp in 2001.-Gold Peak Industries Limited...
, a maker of the GP batteries and GP portable solar charger - Göteborgs-PostenGöteborgs-PostenGöteborgs-Posten is a major daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Gothenburg, with containing coverage of local, regional, national and international issues. It is chiefly distributed in western Götaland. It has the second largest national circulation, after Dagens Nyheter and before...
, a daily Swedish newspaper - GrameenphoneGrameenphoneGrameenphone , widely known as GP, is the leading telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh. With more than 32 million subscribers , Grameenphone is the largest cellular operator in the country...
, a telecommunications service provider in BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south... - JeepJeepJeep is an automobile marque of Chrysler . The first Willys Jeeps were produced in 1941 with the first civilian models in 1945, making it the oldest off-road vehicle and sport utility vehicle brand. It inspired a number of other light utility vehicles, such as the Land Rover which is the second...
, an automobile marque - General Purpose (GP) tractor, a model of tractor built by Deere & Company (see List of John Deere tractors > GP tractor)
- Google+Google+Google+ is a social networking and identity service, operated by Google Inc.The service was launched on June 28, 2011, in an invite-only "field testing" phase. The following day, existing users were allowed to invite friends who were over 18 years of age to the service to create their own accounts....
, a social media service by Google.
Computing and video games
- Gameplanet (New Zealand), a New Zealand video game community
- GamePolitics.comGamePolitics.comGamePolitics.com is a blog about the politics of computer and video games started by freelance journalist Dennis McCauley.Frequent topics include video game legislation, the effects of media coverage on video games and gamer culture, and stories about high-profile critics and/or supporters of the...
, a blog about the politics of computer and video games - GameProGameProGamePro Media was a United States gaming media company publishing online and print content on the video game industry, video game hardware, and video game software developed for a video game console , a computer, and/or a mobile device . GamePro Media properties include GamePro magazine and...
, a monthly video game magazine - Genetic programmingGenetic programmingIn artificial intelligence, genetic programming is an evolutionary algorithm-based methodology inspired by biological evolution to find computer programs that perform a user-defined task. It is a specialization of genetic algorithms where each individual is a computer program...
, an algorithmic technique in computer science - Geometric programming, an algorithmic technique in engineering and optimization
- Gigapixel imageGigapixel imageA gigapixel image is a digital image bitmap composed of one billion pixels , 1000 times the information captured by a 1 megapixel digital camera...
, a unit of computer graphic resolution - Goal programmingGoal programmingGoal programming is a branch of multiobjective optimization, which in turn is a branch of multi-criteria decision analysis , also known as multiple-criteria decision making . This is an optimization programme. It can be thought of as an extension or generalisation of linear programming to handle...
, a branch of multiple objective programming - Gold Piece, currency in many role-playing gameRole-playing gameA role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
s - Grandparent post, a reference to the message two levels up in a threaded message board
- Guitar ProGuitar ProGuitar Pro is a multitrack editor of guitar and bass tablature and musical scores, possessing a built-in MIDI-editor, a plotter of chords, a player, a metronome and other tools for guitarists and musicians...
, a music composing program - GurupaGurupaGurupa is the name of Amazon.com's content delivery infrastructure. It is abbreviated to "gp" in Amazon URLs, such as http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009IQZFM/. The prior content delivery infrastructure was called Obidos....
, Amazon.com's content delivery infrastructure - Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft Dynamics GP is a mid-market business accounting software or ERP Software package marketed in North and South America, UK and Ireland, the Middle East, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. It is used in many additional countries with partner supported localisations. It uses either...
, part of Microsoft Dynamics accounting software Great Plains - PARI/GPPARI/GPPARI/GP is a computer algebra system with the main aim of facilitating number theory computations. It is free software; versions 2.1.0 and higher are distributed under the GNU General Public License...
, a computer algebra system - Gangplank, a champion in League of LegendsLeague of LegendsThe BetFred League of Legends was a darts tournament featuring some of the legends of the game of darts which commenced in May 2008. The tournament is broadcast on Setanta Sports in the United Kingdom....
Science, geography, and mathematic
- Gaussian processGaussian processIn probability theory and statistics, a Gaussian process is a stochastic process whose realisations consist of random values associated with every point in a range of times such that each such random variable has a normal distribution...
, a stochastic process that is associated with the Gaussian probability distribution - General practitionerGeneral practitionerA general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
, in medicine, a term for a familyFamily medicineFamily medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. It is a division of primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, sexes, diseases, and parts of the body...
physicianPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments... - Geometric progressionGeometric progressionIn mathematics, a geometric progression, also known as a geometric sequence, is a sequence of numbers where each term after the first is found by multiplying the previous one by a fixed non-zero number called the common ratio. For example, the sequence 2, 6, 18, 54, ... is a geometric progression...
, a sequence of numbers in mathematics - Glans penisGlans penisThe glans penis is the sensitive bulbous structure at the distal end of the penis. The glans penis is anatomically homologous to the clitoral glans of the female...
- Glycerate 3-phosphateGlycerate 3-phosphate3-Phosphoglyceric acid , or glycerate 3-phosphate , is a biochemically significant 3-carbon molecule that is a metabolic intermediate in both glycolysis and the Calvin cycle. This chemical is often termed PGA when referring to the Calvin cycle...
, a 3-carbon molecule - Grants Pass, OregonGrants Pass, Oregon-Rogue River:The Rogue River runs through Grants Pass.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,003 people, 9,376 households, and 5,925 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 9,885 housing units at an average density of 1,303.3 per square mile . By 2008,...
, a city in Southern Oregon - Grand Prairie, TexasGrand Prairie, TexasGrand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas and is a part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Grand Prairie is a suburb of both Dallas and Fort Worth and had a population of 175,396 at the 2010 census.- History :The city of...
, a city in North Central Texas - Gross profitGross profitIn accounting, gross profit or sales profit is the difference between revenue and the cost of making a product or providing a service, before deducting overhead, payroll, taxation, and interest payments...
, an accounting term - Grosse PointeGrosse PointeGrosse Pointe refers to a coastal area in Metro Detroit, Michigan, United States that comprises five adjacent individual communities. From southwest to northeast, they are:*Grosse Pointe Park, city*Grosse Pointe, city*Grosse Pointe Farms, city...
, a place in Michigan - GuadeloupeGuadeloupeGuadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
's international country code - Guide Point, on Ordnance SurveyOrdnance SurveyOrdnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
maps - Gutta percha, used in endodontic treatment to obturate root canals.
- GlycoproteinGlycoproteinGlycoproteins are proteins that contain oligosaccharide chains covalently attached to polypeptide side-chains. The carbohydrate is attached to the protein in a cotranslational or posttranslational modification. This process is known as glycosylation. In proteins that have segments extending...
Sports, arts, and entertainment
- Gary PaytonGary PaytonGary Dwayne Payton is a former American professional basketball point guard. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals...
, 9-time NBA All-Star point guard, nicknamed "The Glove" - A rating for films in the early 1970s, eventually changed to "PG" by the MPAA
- Games playedGames playedGames played is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated ; the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.-Baseball:In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game,...
, in sports statistics - In music, GP (General pause or Grand pause) as a stave annotation denotes a restRest (music)A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a sign indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note value:The quarter rest may also be found as a form in older music....
for the entire orchestraOrchestraAn orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
in the middle of a piece. - Georgie PorgieGeorgie Porgie"Georgie Porgie" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19532.-Lyrics:The most common modern lyrics are:There are various theories that link the character Georgie Porgie to historical figures including George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham , Charles...
, a children's poem - G. P.G. P.G.P. was an Australian television series produced by Roadshow, Coote & Carroll for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1989 and 1996.The series was set around a general medical practice in an inner-city suburb...
, an Australian television medical drama series - GP (album)GP (album)GP is American singer-songwriter Gram Parsons' debut solo album. It was originally released in a gatefold sleeve in 1973. GP received critical acclaim upon release, but failed to reach the Billboard charts...
, the first solo album by Gram Parsons - Grand Prix (disambiguation), French for "Grand Prize"
- Guinness PremiershipGuinness PremiershipThe English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are twelve clubs in the Premiership...
, English rugby competition
Other
- Gay PrideGay prideLGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity...
, being proud of being homosexual - Garnisonen i PorsangerGarnisonen i PorsangerGarnisonen i Porsanger, based at Porsangmoen in Porsanger, is the world's northernmost military garrison at 70 degrees northern latitude, located in the Norwegian county of Finnmark....
, a military garrison - Grande Puissance (French for "High Power"), original Belgian name for the Browning Hi-PowerBrowning Hi-PowerThe Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, 9 mm semi-automatic handgun. It is based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at Fabrique Nationale of Herstal, Belgium. Browning died in 1926, several years before the design was finalized...
- Great Pyrenees, a livestock guardian breed of dogDogThe domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...
- Green party, a formally organized political party based on the principles of Green politics
- In the Unified Soil Classification SystemUnified Soil Classification SystemThe Unified Soil Classification System is a soil classification system used in engineering and geology to describe the texture and grain size of a soil. The classification system can be applied to most unconsolidated materials, and is represented by a two-letter symbol...
, poorly graded gravels - The GP-25 or GP-30GP-30The GP-30 Obuvka , GP-25 Kostyor and BG-15 Mukha are Russian under barrel grenade launchers for the AK-series of assault rifle. They were first seen by the west in 1984 during the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. The initial version was designated BG-15, and was fitted under the barrel of AK-74...
, series of Russian under-barrel grenade launcherGrenade launcherA grenade launcher or grenade discharger is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
s - L98A1 Cadet GP rifle
- Young PartyYoung PartyThe Young Party is a nationalist, statist, secular, republican, political party in Turkey.-2002 elections:Cem Uzan entered politics 90 days before the 2002 elections. Young Party was not eligible to enter the elections and Yeniden Doğuş Partisi was a small party which was eligible to enter...
(Genç Parti), TurkishTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
political party