and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) SOA (a) service-oriented architecture (a) Society of Actuaries (i) State of the art SOAP (a) Simple Object Access Protocol Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (U.S. medical residency matching) SOB (i) Son Of a Bitch Same Old Bullshit SOC – (a) Sector Operations Centre Soccsksargen – (p) South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, General Santos (a region in the Philippines; pronounced "sock-sar-gen") SOCOM – (p) (U.S.) Special Operations Command SoCon – (p) Southern Conference (U.S. college sports) SOD (i/a) School Of Dentistry Statement Of Difference(s) Statement Of Direction Statement Of Documentation Statement Of Duty/Duties SOE (i) Secret Of Evermore Special Operations Executive (WWII British organization) State Of Emissions (EW) SOF (a/i) Special Operations Force(s) Status of Forces SOFIA – (a) Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy SOGAT (a) Society of Graphical and Allied Trades Former British printing union SOHC – (i) Single-OverHead-Cam engine SOHO – (p) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SOI – (i) Signal Operating Instruction SOL – (i) Shit Out of Luck SOLIS – (i) Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun som – (s) Somali language (ISO 639-2 code) SOM (a) Simulation Object Model (s) Somalia (ISO 3166 trigram) Sonar – (p) SOund Navigation And Ranging SOP (i) Standing/Standard Operating Procedure State of Play SOR (i) State Of Readiness Statement Of Requirements SOS (s) Somali shilling (ISO 4217 currency code) Save Our Souls SOSTAR – (a) Stand-Off Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar sot – (s) Sotho language (ISO 639-2 code) SOUTHAG – (p) Southern Army Group SOUTHCOM – (p) (U.S.) Southern Command SOV – (i) Single Occupant Vehicle SOW – (i) Statement Of Work SOWHAT – (p) RESNA Subcommittee on Wheelchairs and Transportation SOX – (p) Sarbanes–Oxley Act SP Sp (p) Special Spring tide (nautical charts) (i) sine prole (Latin, "without offspring") SP (i) Security Police Self-Propelled Shore Patrol (s) Spain (FIPS 10-4 country code) (i) Start Point Strong Point spa – (s) Spanish language (ISO 639-2 code) SPA - Single Page Application SPAAG – (a) Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun SPAC - Saratoga Performing Arts Center SPACECOM – (p) (U.S.) Space Command SPAL – (a) Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor ("Art & Labor Sports Club", with the "SP" from Italian and "AL" from Latin), Italian football club Spaser – (a) Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation SPC – (i) Secretariat of the Pacific Community SPCA - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to