MTP

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)

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

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 (Internet, historical) Initialism of Mail Transfer Protocol, superseded by SMTP.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.

MTP (countable and uncountable, plural MTPs)

1. (anatomy) Initialism of medial tibial plateau.
2. (anatomy) Initialism of metatarsophalangeal joint.
3. (cell biology) Initialism of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein.
4. Initialism of major third party.

• MPT, PMT, PTM, TMP, TPM