DAP
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Dap or DAP may refer to:
- Dap greetingDap greetingDap is a form of handshake and friendly gesture that has recently become popular in western cultures.- Overview :It is often confused with the word "tap". Often used in cricket for "touching the gloves", and when referring to fist bump...
, a form of greeting in which two people slap and grasp hands briefly; also called a 'fist bump' - Delivered at Place, one of the rules defined by Incoterms 2010 for general modes of transportation
- Diploma in Accounting Program, a diploma program offered at the University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
for individuals who would like to pursue an accounting career - Daps or Plimsoll shoePlimsoll shoeA plimsoll shoe, plimsoll, or plimsole is a British English word for a type of athletic shoe with a canvas upper and rubber sole, developed as beachwear in the 1830s by the Liverpool Rubber Company. The shoe was originally, and often still is in parts of the United Kingdom, called a 'sand shoe' and...
- Dapping or sinking, a metalworking technique
- Direct-Action Penetrator, an armed version of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
- Dose area productDose area productDose area product is a quantity used in assessing the radiation risk from diagnostic X-rays examination and interventional procedures. It reflects not only the dose within the radiation field but also the area of tissue irradiated. Therefore, it may be a better indicator of the overall risk of...
, a measure of radiation dose used in radiology and medical physics
Chemistry
- Diaminopimelic acidDiaminopimelic acidDiaminopimelic acid is an amino acid, representing an epsilon-carboxy derivative of lysine.DAP is a characteristic of certain cell walls of some bacteria. When provided, they exhibit normal growth. When in deficiency, they still grow but with the inability to make new cell wall proteoglycan.This...
, an amino acid derivative - Diammonium phosphateDiammonium phosphateDiammonium phosphate is one of a series of water-soluble ammonium phosphate salts which can be produced when ammonia reacts with phosphoric acid...
, used as a fertilizer and flame retardant - Dog Appeasing PheromoneDog Appeasing PheromoneDog Appeasing Pheromone is a chemical developed to calm dogs suffering from separation anxiety disorder, astraphobia , fear of fireworks, or those with excessive barking problems....
, a synthetic analogue of a canine hormone - Dose area productDose area productDose area product is a quantity used in assessing the radiation risk from diagnostic X-rays examination and interventional procedures. It reflects not only the dose within the radiation field but also the area of tissue irradiated. Therefore, it may be a better indicator of the overall risk of...
, a measurement of radiation exposure
Computers
- DAP (software)DAP (software)Dap is a statistics and graphics program, that performs data management, analysis, and graphical visualization tasks which are commonly required in statistical consulting practice....
, a statistical analysis program - Digital Archive ProjectDigital Archive ProjectThe Digital Archive Project is an online collaboration that provides advice and support for individuals interested publishing television programs that are not produced or distributed through mainstream content distribution...
, online collaboration that provides advice and support for individuals interested publishing television programs that are not produced or distributed through mainstream content distribution. - Digital audio player, a electronic device that supports the playback of stored digital audio
- Directory Access ProtocolDirectory Access ProtocolDirectory Access Protocol is a computer networking standard promulgated by ITU-T and ISO in 1988 for accessing an X.500 directory service. DAP was intended to be used by client computer systems, but was not popular as there were few implementations of the full OSI protocol stack for desktop...
, an implementation of the OSI model application layer - Distributed Array ProcessorDistributed Array ProcessorThe Distributed Array Processor produced byInternational Computers Limited was the world's first commercialmassively parallel computer...
, the first commercial massively parallel computer (ICL/Active Memory Technology/Cambridge Parallel Processors) - Download Accelerator PlusDownload Accelerator PlusDownload Accelerator Plus is a download manager for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It uses multipart download to increase speeds, creating multiple connections of different file segments to speed up downloads. Download Accelerator Plus works by splitting files into smaller pieces and...
, an application created to enhance the speed of file downloads
Early education
- Developmentally Appropriate PracticeDevelopmentally Appropriate PracticeDevelopmentally appropriate practice is a perspective within early childhood education whereby a teacher or child caregiver nurtures a child's social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development by basing all practices and decisions on theories of child development, individually identified...
(Early Childhood Education statement by NAEYC) - Draw-A-Person TestDraw-A-Person TestThe Draw-A-Person Test is a psychological projective personality or cognitive test used to evaluate children and adolescents for a variety of purposes.-History:...
, a psychological test to examine children's cognitive or emotional status
Groups
- DAP Products, Inc.DAP Products, Inc.DAP Products Inc. is a manufacturer of latex caulk, silicone sealants, contact cements, construction adhesives, glues, glazings, and spacklings....
, an American manufacturer of caulking materials - DAP Technologies, a division of Roper Industries
- Democratic Action PartyDemocratic Action PartyThe Democratic Action Party, or DAP is a secular, multi-racial, social democratic Malaysian political party.The DAP is one of the three major opposition parties in Malaysia, along with the PKR and PAS, that are seen as electable alternatives to the Barisan Nasional coalition of parties...
, a Malaysian political party - Departamento Aeroportuário (RS)Departamento Aeroportuário (RS)Departamento Aeroportuário is the department of aviation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. DAP is part of the Secretaria de Transportes do Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul , and is responsible for the operation of 9 public airports within the state, in accordance to directives...
, Department of Aviation of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, a Chilean helicopter operator, Swiss internal security service - German Workers' PartyGerman Workers' PartyThe German Workers' Party was the short-lived predecessor of the Nazi Party .-Origins:The DAP was founded in Munich in the hotel "Fürstenfelder Hof" on January 5, 1919 by Anton Drexler, a member of the occultist Thule Society. It developed out of the "Freien Arbeiterausschuss für einen guten...
- German Workers' Party (Austria-Hungary)German Workers' Party (Austria-Hungary)----The German Workers' Party in Austria-Hungary is the predecessor of the Austrian and Czechoslovak Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei , founded on 14 November 1903, in Aussig , Bohemia...
Media
- Distributed Art PublishersDistributed Art PublishersD.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. is an American company that distributes and publishes books on art, photography, design and aesthetic culture....
- Double Anal Penetration, a term used in the pornographyPornographyPornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
industry - Dragon Age PureDragon Age Purewas a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Fujimi Shobo. It was first released on January 30, 2006 and was initially sold quarterly. Starting with the sale of the fourth volume on April 20, 2007, the magazine was sold bimonthly until its final issue, the fifteenth volume released on February...
, a Japanese magazine
Places
- Durham Athletic ParkDurham Athletic ParkDurham Athletic Park, affectionately known as "The DAP" , is a former minor league baseball stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The stadium was home to the Durham Bulls from 1926 through 1994...
, a former minor league baseball park in Durham, North Carolina, an airline based in Punta Arenas, Chile