MOP

MOP or MoP may refer to:

Computer science

• MOP, Maintenance Operations Protocol, in computer networks
• Metaobject protocol, a technique that allows a computer programmer to extend or alter the semantics of a language

Entertainment

• M.O.P. (duo), or Mash Out Posse, an American rap duo

Government and Organizations

• Macanese pataca, the currency of Macau, ISO 4217 code MOP
• Ministry of Public Works (Chile)
• United Nations Messengers of Peace
• Messengers of Peace (Scouting)

Military

• Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a bunker buster bomb

Places

• Manila Ocean Park, an aquarium in the Philippines
• MOP Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (Michigan), IATA code for airport in Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Science

• mu opioid peptide (MOP) receptor, also referred to as mu Opioid receptor
• MOP Flippase, Multidrug/Oligosaccharidyl-lipid/Polysaccharide (MOP) Flippase superfamily of transport proteins
• Mathematical Olympiad Program, held at Carnegie Mellon University to train team members for the International Mathematical Olympiad

Social sciences

• Manual of Practice, or Project Resource Manual, published by the Construction Specifications Institute
• Method of Procedure, a document similar to a Standard Operating Procedure

Sports

• Major Opportunity Point, tennis terminology used to describe the point 0-30
• Most Outstanding Player, see also Most Valuable Player
  • NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA basketball tournaments
  • List of NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player in NCAA ice hockey tournaments

Other

• MOP, mother of pearl

See also

• Mop, for mopping floors
• Mop (haircut), a Beatles haircut
• MOPP (Military: Mission Oriented Protective Posture)
• Mops (disambiguation)