STP may refer to any of the following:

  1. Short for Spanning Tree Protocol, STP is a networking protocol first designed by Radia Perlman. It creates a single path over a network, preventing any loops from occurring, even if there are multiple paths to the same destination.

  2. Short for Shielded Twisted Pair, see the STP cable definition for further information.

  • Network and network card help and support.
  1. Short for Software Test Plan, STP is a plan developed as a guideline to test computer software.

  2. STP is a file extension for 3-D assembly files, used to transfer 3-D graphics between CAD programs.

3-D, BPDU, Computer acronyms, Network terms, Protocol, Software terms, Spanning tree