Are You Good At Abbreviations? HELP?

Question

What does that mean?:
1. S.O.S.
2. S.P.F.

Answer 1

rank Acronym Meaning
****** SOS MAYDAY (logging abbreviation) (save our ship)
****** SOS Sibling Over Shoulder (chat)
****** SOS [not an acronym] a common misconception is that SOS means Save Our Ship/Souls (a distress call); the letters don't actually stand for anything
****** SOS Secretary Of State
****** SOS Speed of Sound
****** SOS Sink or Swim (Super Nintendo video game)
****** SOS Somali Shilling (ISO currency code)
****** SOS Socialstyrelsen (Sweden: national board of health and welfare)
****** SOS Sounds of Silence
****** SOS Silicon On Sapphire
****** SOS Summer of Sam (movie)
****** SOS System Of Systems
****** SOS Share Our Strength
****** SOS Son of Sam
****** SOS Son of Satan

rank Acronym Meaning
****** SPF Sun Protection Factor (sun block rating)
****** SPF Sender Policy Framework (antispam initiative)
****** SPF Sender Permitted From (email; now Sender Policy Framework)
****** SPF Singapore Police Force
****** SPF Single Point of Failure
****** SPF South Pacific Forum
****** SPF Super Frame (ITU-T)
****** SPF Service Public Fédéral (Belgium)
****** SPF Shortest Path First
****** SPF Specific Pathogen Free
****** SPF Sygate Personal Firewall
****** SPF Skin Protection Factor
****** SPF Spruce Pine Fir
****** SPF Superplastic Forming (metallurgy)
***** SPF Sold Pending Funds

Answer 2

Well,S.O.S basically means "Save our Souls".Its a call sign used by Ships and other vessels during times of distress to alert emergency and Rescue Services.

S.P.F means Sun Protection Factor.Most Sun Screen Lotions Bear an S.P.F rating,usually Ranging Between 5 to 30,or more.The higher the number,the better the efficiency of the Sunscreen Lotion at Blocking out Harmful Ultra Violet rays of the Sun.

Answer 3

Save Our Ship Sun Protection Factor

Answer 4

S.O.S is a call for help, no it doesn't mean save our souls.. it can mean anything.. in Morse code it was the easiest to use for a distress call (and no, it doesn't mean save our ship either) on a water craft.

S.P.F is sun protection factor or if you are reading gossip blogs it could mean Sean Preston Federline.

Answer 5

Save Our Ship
Sun Protection Factor

Answer 6

1. Save our Souls
2. Sun Protection Factor

Answer 7

S.O.S. is rumored to be save our ship but who knows S.P.F. has something to do with sunblock, just where higher spfs if your white, it doesnt matter what it stands for.

Answer 8

s.o.s. doesn't actually mean anything. Some people have claimed it means "save our ship" or "save our souls" but that's not true. It was chosen to be a distress call because of the easy-to-use Morse code for those letters.

spf = sun protection factor

Answer 9

1. Didn't stand for anything originally.
2. Sun Protection Factor

Answer 10

Actually, SOS was chosen due to its simplicity in morse code. 'S' is three short tones and 'O' is three long tones so a distress signal is an easy-to-remember short-short-short long-long-long short-short-short. Over time people assumed that it actually stood for something but it really doesn't.

SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor, a number used to tell you the sun protection level of sunblock or sunscreen. A higher number indicates more protection. It basically means the amount of time you can extend your time in the sun and get the same amount of exposure. SPF 15 means you can spend 15 times as long in the sun before you get sunburnt vs. wearing no sunscreen.

Answer 11

Save Our Ship

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