title: Comp
text: # Comp
  
  Comp, COMP or Comps may refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  In England:
  
  * Comp, Kent
  
  In France:
  
  * Comps, Drôme
  * Comps, Gard
  * Comps, Gironde
  * Comps-la-Grand-Ville
  * Comps-sur-Artuby
  
  ## Arts, entertainment, and media
  
  ### Music
  
  * Accompaniment, especially in jazz
     * Comping (jazz)
  * Compilation album
  * Comping (post-production), an edited recording from the best parts of multiple takes
  
  ## Business and finance
  
  * Comps (casino), complimentary items or services given by casinos to patrons to encourage gambling
  * Comparable company analysis
  * Comparables, in real estate
  * Comprehensive layout, in advertising and marketing, a proposed design presented to a client
  * Same-store sales
  * Workers' compensation, compensation for work-related injuries and diseases
  
  ## Computing and technology
  
  * Comp (command), a command in some computer operating systems which compares two or more files
  * Comp.*, a class of Usenet groups devoted to computers and related technology
  * Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP), a wireless communication technology
  
  ## Education
  
  * College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, an osteopathic medical school in Pomona, California
  * Composition studies, writing instruction emphasizing content and structure, as opposed to handwriting
  * Comprehensive examination, in higher education
  * Comprehensive school, a type of school in the United Kingdom
  
  ## Science
  
  * Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein, or COMP
  * Comparettia, an orchid genus
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Comp cards, used by modeling agencies in promoting models
  * Competition Eliminator, a drag racing class commonly called Comp or Comp Eliminator
  * Recoil compensator, a mechanism on a firearm
  * Sweepstakes, called competitions or comps in Australia
  