APU

APU, Apu, or apu may refer to:

Film and television

• The Apu Trilogy, a series of Bengali films from the 1950s directed by Satyajit Ray
  • Apu Roy, the main protagonist of the trilogy
• Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a fictional character from the animated television series The Simpsons
• A.P.U Studio, a Japanese recording studio which has worked on anime series such as Cowboy Bebop

Organizations

Education

• Alaska Pacific University, in Anchorage, Alaska
• American Public University, in Charles Town, West Virginia
• Anglia Polytechnic University, now Anglia Ruskin University, in Cambridge and Chelmsford, England
• Asia Pacific University, or Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, in Japan
• Azusa Pacific University, in Azusa, California

Other

• Aliança Povo Unido, or United People Alliance, a political coalition in Portugal
• Applied Psychology Unit, now the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the Medical Research Council (UK)
• Asset Protection Unit, the special graffiti and vandalism prevention taskforce within rail operator Connex Melbourne's Authorised Officer Unit in Melbourne, Australia. http://www.rtbuvic.com.au/union-express/union-express-7.5.pdf

Anti poaching unit

Computers

• Accelerated processing unit, any processing system that includes additional processing capability designed to accelerate one or more types of computations outside of a CPU
• Audio processing unit, a microprocessor for processing audio on computers

Transportation

• Apucarana Airport, in Parana, Brazil, IATA code APU
• Auxiliary power unit, a type of generator used in aircraft and large vehicles
• Two Finnish icebreakers:
  • Finnish icebreaker Apu (1899)
  • Finnish icebreaker Apu (1970)

Places

• Aşağı Apu, Azerbaijan
• Yuxarı Apu, Azerbaijan

Other uses

• Apu (magazine), a Finnish family magazine
• Apu (god), a deity or honorific in South American religion and Incan mythology