APE
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An ape
is a member of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates.
Ape or APE may also refer to:
Ape
Apes are Old World anthropoid mammals, more specifically a clade of tailless catarrhine primates, belonging to the biological superfamily Hominoidea. The apes are native to Africa and South-east Asia, although in relatively recent times humans have spread all over the world...
is a member of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates.
Ape or APE may also refer to:
Computing
- AJAX Push Engine, an open source CometComet (programming)Comet is a web application model in which a long-held HTTP request allows a web server to push data to a browser, without the browser explicitly requesting it. Comet is an umbrella term, encompassing multiple techniques for achieving this interaction. All these methods rely on features included by...
/push serverPush technologyPush technology, or server push, describes a style of Internet-based communication where the request for a given transaction is initiated by the publisher or central server... - ANSI/POSIX Environment, a POSIX compatibility layer for the Plan 9Plan 9 from Bell LabsPlan 9 from Bell Labs is a distributed operating system. It was developed primarily for research purposes as the successor to Unix by the Computing Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs between the mid-1980s and 2002...
operating system - APE tag, a tag format used to add metadata to digital audio files
- .ape, a filename extension used by Monkey's AudioMonkey's AudioMonkey's Audio is a file format for audio data compression. Being a lossless format, Monkey's Audio does not discard data during the process of encoding, unlike lossy compression methods such as AAC, MP3, Vorbis and Musepack....
- Application EnhancerApplication EnhancerApplication Enhancer is a software program released by Unsanity for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Application Enhancer provides a framework that allows third-party developers to write "haxies" for OS X. It also provides a daemon to load haxies when certain applications are launched. These...
, a product by Unsanity - AVS plugin effect, any third-party addition to the Advanced Visualization StudioAdvanced Visualization StudioAdvanced Visualization Studio , is a music visualization plugin for Winamp. It was designed by Winamp's creator, Justin Frankel. AVS has a customizable design which allows users to create their own visualization effects, or "presets". AVS was made open source software in May 2005, released under a...
computer software
Arts and Entertainment
- Agency to Prevent Evil, a fictional agency in Lancelot Link, Secret ChimpLancelot Link, Secret ChimpLancelot Link, Secret Chimp is an American action/adventure comedy series that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1970, to September 2, 1972...
- Animals project editor in the computer game zoo tycoonZoo TycoonZoo Tycoon is a business simulation developed by Blue Fang Games and released by Microsoft Game Studios. It is a tycoon game in which the player must run a zoo and try to make a profit. Although first released for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh in 2001, it was ported to the Nintendo DS in 2005...
- Ape, an alias of the 19th century artist Carlo PellegriniCarlo PellegriniCarlo Pellegrini "Ape", was an Italian caricaturist, born in Capua of aristocratic stock. His father came from an ancient land-owning family, while his mother was descended from the Medici. From 1869 to 1889 he was a caricaturist for Vanity Fair magazine, a leading journal of London Society...
(1839–1889) - Ape, a fictional character from the George of the JungleGeorge of the JungleGeorge of the Jungle was an American animated series produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who created The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The character George was inspired by the legend of Tarzan. It ran for 17 episodes on Saturday mornings from September 9 to December 30, 1967, on the American TV...
franchise - ApeApe (comics)Ape is a fictional mutant character in the .-Publication history:Ape's first appearance was in Power Pack vol. 1 #12 , and he was created by Louise Simonson and June Brigman....
, a mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe - A*P*E, a 1976 film
- APE Con or Alternative Press Expo, an annual comics convention
- "The Ape", a song by Level 42 on the album GuaranteedGuaranteed (Level 42 album)Guaranteed is the ninth studio album by the British musical group Level 42, released in 1991, their first album of the 1990s. The album was released by RCA records and it was the first Level 42 studio album released by a label other than Polydor....
- The ApesThe ApesThe Apes are a noisy, guitarless garage rock foursome from Washington, D.C.. The band formed in 1999 with the lineup of singer Paul Weil, keyboard player Amanda Kleinman , bassist Erick Jackson, and drummer Jeff Schmid...
, a band from Washington, D.C.
Science
- Acute pulmonary edemaPulmonary edemaPulmonary edema , or oedema , is fluid accumulation in the air spaces and parenchyma of the lungs. It leads to impaired gas exchange and may cause respiratory failure...
, fluid accumulation on the lungs - Alkyl Phenol Ethoxylates, petrochemical surfactants (detergents)
- Anomalous photovoltaic effectAnomalous photovoltaic effectThe anomalous photovoltaic effect is a type of a photovoltaic effect which occurs in semiconducting materials. The "anomalous" refers to those cases where the photovoltage is larger than the band gap of the corresponding semiconductor....
, a type of a photovoltaic effect which occurs in semiconducting materials - Anterior pituitary extract
- Available potential energy, or convective available potential energy, the energy a parcel of air would have if lifted through the atmosphere
Other uses
- Adapted Physical EducationAdapted Physical EducationAdapted physical education is the art and science of developing, implementing, and monitoring a carefully designed physical education instructional program for a learner with a disability, based on a comprehensive assessment, to give the learner the skills necessary for a lifetime of rich leisure,...
- Annual premium equivalentAnnual premium equivalentAnnual premium equivalent is used for comparison of cost by determining what the price would be if paid once for a year's period. This is particularly used when the sales contain both single premium and regular premium business...
, an insurance industry term - Ape, Inc., a video game development company
- Ape, LatviaApe, LatviaApe is a town in Latvia near the Estonian border. Older names are Hoppenhof and Hopa.-See also:List of cities in Latvia...
, a city - Ape (plant), the Polynesian name for the giant taro plant
- Piaggio ApePiaggio ApeThe Piaggio Ape is a three-wheeled light commercial vehicle first produced in 1948 by Piaggio.- History and design:At the end of World War II, most Italians, badly affected by the war, lacked means of transport, and more importantly, the financial means to acquire full-sized four-wheeled vehicles...
, a small Italian tricycle pickup-truck - Auckland Peering ExchangeAuckland Peering ExchangeThe Auckland Peering Exchange is an Ethernet-based neutral peering point running over the CityLink metropolitan network in Auckland, New Zealand...
, a peering point serving Auckland, New Zealand