dsp
Abbreviation with 3 meanings
| Stands for | Dessert spoon |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 3 |
| Categories | Units & Measurements, Business & Finance, Writing & Everyday |
| Also written | d.s.p., DSP |
dsp has three meanings. The most common are Dessert spoon (cooking) and Demand-side platform (marketing & advertising); it can also stand for Decessit sine prole (died without issue).
Meanings of dsp at a glance
| # | dsp stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dessert spoon | Units & Measurements › Cooking |
| 2 | Demand-side platform | Business & Finance › Marketing & Advertising |
| 3 | Decessit sine prole (died without issue) | Writing & Everyday › Genealogy |
1. Dessert spoon
Units & Measurements · Cooking Abbreviations
A spoon size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon, found in British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand recipes. A standard dessert spoon holds 10 mL, two teaspoons, and matches the spoon often used for eating puddings and cereal.
Example: Stir in 1 dsp honey and a squeeze of lemon before serving.
Also written dstspn. American measuring-spoon sets do not include this size, so substitute 2 teaspoons. Older British medicine labels sometimes gave doses as "one dessertspoonful", meaning 10 mL. It is a household measure rather than a legally defined unit.
2. Demand-side platform (DSP)
Business & Finance · Marketing & Advertising Abbreviations
Software that advertisers and agencies use to buy display, video, audio, connected TV and digital out-of-home ads automatically across many publishers, setting targeting, bids and budgets in one interface.
Example: We run all programmatic video through one DSP to manage frequency across sites.
Major DSPs include The Trade Desk, Google Display & Video 360 and Amazon DSP. Each DSP evaluates ad impressions offered by supply-side platforms and bids in real-time auctions. In engineering, DSP means digital signal processing.
3. Decessit sine prole (died without issue) (d.s.p.)
Writing & Everyday · Genealogy Abbreviations
Records in genealogies and peerage works that a person died without children, explaining why property or a title passed to another relative.
Example: John, eldest son, d.s.p. 1812; the estate went to his brother Edward.
Variants include o.s.p. (obiit sine prole) and d.s.p.m. (without male issue). The abbreviation is common in Burke's Peerage, county histories and Victorian pedigrees. In genealogy and law, "issue" means children and their descendants.
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