NSP

(1) (Network Service Provider) An organization that provides a high-speed Internet backbone to ISPs and other service providers. Sprint, MCI and UUNET are examples of NSPs. See Internet backbones.

(2) (Native Signal Processing) Enhancements to Pentium CPUs proposed by Intel that later evolved into the MMX CPU. See MMX.

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Common abbreviation for ‘Network Service Provider’, one of the big national or regional companies that maintains a portion of the Internet backbone and resells connectivity to ISPs. In 1996, major NSPs include ANS, MCI, UUNET, and Sprint. An Internet wholesaler.

NSP is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including:

• Afghan National Solidarity Programme
• Nankoku Shounen Papuwa-kun, a Super Famicom game
• National Ski Patrol
• National Solidarity Party, a political party in Singapore
• Native Signal Processing, Intel's term for Host Signal Processing
• Nature's Sunshine Products
• Needle and syringe programme
• Net Selling Price
• Network security policy
• Network Service Provider
• Neurologic Shellfish Poisoning
• Neuro Sartorial Programming
• New Science Projects
• Newsgroup Service Provider
• Night Star Pictures
• None Shall Pass
• Non-starch polysaccharide
• Non-Stipendary Priest
• Normal safety precautions
• Northern State Parkway
• Northern States Power Company, a division of Xcel Energy
• North Saint Paul
• No Such Person, a United States Postal Service designation
• Nova Scotia Power
• Nurse scheduling problem
• Natural swimming pool

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