MTP

Translingual

Symbol

MTP

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 4217 currency code for the former Maltese pound; a currency used from 1972 to 1983.

   Synonym: MTL (from 1983)

Usage notes

This code was deprecated in favour of MTL in 1983 due to the Maltese pound being renamed the Maltese lira.

English

Proper noun

MTP

1. (Internet, historical) Initialism of Mail Transfer Protocol, superseded by SMTP.
   • 1981 May, Suzanne Sluizer, Jonathan B. Postel, “Mail Transfer Protocol”, in RFC Editor, →ISSN, RFC 780:

     An important feature of MTP is its capability to relay mail from one transport environment to another.

2. (computing) Initialism of Media Transfer Protocol, a generalization of PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol).
3. (networking) Initialism of Multipurpose Transaction Protocol, a proprietary transport protocol.

Noun

MTP (countable and uncountable, plural MTPs)

1. (anatomy) Initialism of medial tibial plateau.
2. (anatomy) Initialism of metatarsophalangeal joint.
   • 2022 June 20, Virginia Zakas, “The 5 injuries that can derail a fantasy season — and what they mean for your team”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Every time you push off and hyperextend the toe, which happens when doing something as simple as taking a step or more strenuous like cutting and jumping, the MTP joint is involved.

3. (cell biology) Initialism of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein.
4. Initialism of major third party.

Anagrams

• MPT, PMT, PTM, TMP, TPM