AP
AP, A&P, A-p, Ap, A/P, or ap may refer to many topics. While the most common one is the Associated Press, they may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- AP (rapper) (born 1979), French rapper of Guadeloupean origin
- "AP" (song), 2021 single by Pop Smoke
- The A&P Gypsies, a musical radio program (1924–1936)
- Action point (video gaming), required to be able to do something
- Atomic Puppet, an animated series
- Argyle Park, industrial/experimental band
Publishing
[edit]- Academic Press, an American publisher
- Amalgamated Press, an English publisher
- Associated Press, an American news agency
- "A&P" (story), by John Updike
- Alternative Press (music magazine)
- Ang Pamantasan, a Philippine student publication
- Palatine Anthology, a collection of Ancient Greek poems
- Amiga Power, a defunct video games magazine
Education
[edit]- Advanced Placement, North American program offering college-level courses at schools
- Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, US
Finance
[edit]- Accounts payable, in accounting
- Hungarian adópengő (currency code: AP)
Organizations
[edit]- Agricultural and Pastoral Shows (A&P) in New Zealand
- Administration Police, a Kenyan security unit
- Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch: Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)
- Polish Aero Club (Polish: Aeroklub Polski)
- Armenian Power, an Armenian-American gang in Los Angeles, US
- Atlantic Philanthropies, a foundation
Businesses
[edit]- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company or A&P supermarket chain
- A & P Food Stores Building, St. Louis, Missouri, US
- A&P Canada, former supermarket chain
- A&P Group, a ship repair company, formerly Austin & Pickersgill
- Air One airline, Rome, Italy, IATA code
- Asset protection, retail loss prevention.
- Atlantic and Pacific Railroad (A&P)
- Audemars Piguet, Swiss watchmaker
- Automotive Products, a former UK company
Politics
[edit]- Acción Popular (disambiguation), the name of three political parties in Latin America
- Justice Party (Turkey) (Turkish: Adalet Partisi), a former political party
- People's Action (Romania) (Romanian: Acțiunea Populară), a former political party
- People's Alliance (Spain) (Spanish: Alianza Popular), a former political party
- Labour Party (Norway) (Norwegian: Arbeiderpartiet), a major Norwegian political party
Mythology
[edit]- Ap (ghost), a spirit of Khmer folklore
- Ap (water), the waters in Vedic mythology
Places
[edit]- Amapá, Brazil (ISO abbreviation "BR-AP")
- Andhra Pradesh, India (ISO abbreviation "IN-AP")
- Province of Ascoli Piceno, Italy, vehicle registration code
- Ap Lei Chau, island in Hong Kong, also formerly the most densely populated island in the world
- Ap Chau, another island in Hong Kong
Psychology
[edit]- Attachment parenting, a parenting philosophy
- Absolute pitch, the ability to identify musical notes without a reference tone
Science and technology
[edit]Computing
[edit]- AP (complexity), or PSPACE, problems decidable by a Turing machine
- Wireless access point, for WiFi networking
- Address plus Port (A+P), a technique for sharing IPv4 addresses
- Age progression of a photograph to show aging
Mathematics
[edit]Medicine
[edit]- Acute pancreatitis, a sudden inflammation of the pancreas
- Alkaline phosphatase, an enzyme
- Area postrema, a part of the brain
- Colporrhaphy or A&P repair, of vaginal walls
Science
[edit]- Ammonium perchlorate
- Ap and Bp stars
- AP site, a location in DNA or RNA
Military engineering
[edit]- Anomalous propagation, or false radar echoes
- Armor-piercing, a type of ammunition
- A US Navy hull classification symbol: Transport aka troopship (AP)
- A&P mechanic, an aircraft maintenance technician with Airframe and Powerplant ratings
Other uses
[edit]- Arthur Paul Harper (1865–1955), New Zealand lawyer, mountaineer, explorer, businessman known as AP
- ap, a Welsh patronymic
- ap. a classical abbreviation
- Adjective phrase
- a/p is an abbreviation used in Malaysian names § Indian names
See also
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