Gap

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Gap is a synonym for any hole or opening; a chasm. Many uses of the word are either literally or figuratively based on this meaning.

General

Gap (clothing), a United States-based fashion chain.
Gap (ecology), a spacing between large trees in a forest
Gap (landform), a way through high land, often carved by a river
Gäp, the Tatar-based cant language
Gaap, a mighty Prince and Great President of Hell in demonology
Gap analysis (conservation), a geographic conservation model
Gap Coverage, insurance to pay the difference between a car's value and the total payout for the auto loan, in the event the car is a total loss
Gap Band, a U.S. R&B, funk and soul music group from Tulsa, Oklahoma
"Mind the gap", a safety warning for users of the London Underground and the Sydney CityRail
Parasitic gap, a grammatical construction
Seismic gap, a segment of an active geologic fault

Location

Gap, Hautes-Alpes, a town in France
Gap, Pennsylvania, a town in the United States
The Gap, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The Gap, New South Wales, a spectacular ocean cliff at Watsons Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Darién Gap, a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest separating Panama and Colombia
Diocese of Gap, a Roman Catholic territory pertaining to Gap, Hautes-Alpes
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the license plate code for this German town is GAP
Grandmother Gap is a mountain pass in North Carolina
Loughborough Gap, a disused section of the Great Central Railway in Loughborough, England
Saskatchewan, a Canadian province referred to as The Gap between Alberta and Manitoba

Disparity

Achievement gap, the observed disparity of educational measures between various groups
Credibility gap, a 1960s political term used to describe public skepticism about the Johnson administration's Vietnam War statements
Digital gap, differences in regular effective access to digital and information technology
Gender gap, psycho-social, economic, and child custody differences
Generation gap, a wide difference in cultural norms
Income gap, disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income
Marriage gap, disparities between those who are married and those who are single
Missile gap, the perceived discrepancy between the ballistic missile arsenals of the USSR and the U.S. during the Cold War
Opportunity gap, a market opportunity or the lack of equal opportunity

Entertainment

Gap Mangione, jazz pianist and bandleader
The Gap (Album), music by the Chicago-based band Joan of Arc
The Gap Cycle, a science fiction story, told in a series of 5 books, written by Stephen Donaldson
El Boquete, a 2006 Argentine film (English: The Gap)

Acronym

GAP Activity Projects. An educational charity in the UK that arranges voluntary placements abroad for school leavers.
GAP, the license plate code for Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
.45_GAP, the "Glock Automatic Pistol" cartridge designed by Ernest Durham
Gamer Advisory Panel, a membership from Sony Computer Entertainment
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting
Good Agricultural Practices, any collection of value-based agricultural practices
Generating Application Propositions, creating implementation examples as templates
Generic access profile, an interoperability protocol used in wireless telephony
Genocide Awareness Project, a movable pro-life display
GNUnet's anonymity protocol, a file sharing service for routing queries and replies
Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit organization
Great Ape Project, an international organization that campaigns to have the United Nations endorse a Declaration on Great Apes
Group of Applied Physics, a department of the University of Geneva
Groups, Algorithms and Programming, a computer algebra system for computational discrete algebra
Gruppi di Azione Partigiana, a terrorist group located in Italy and active during the "Years of Lead"
Gun Aiming Point, a point behind a battery of guns used to aim in artillery
Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi, a land reform project in Turkey
Guyana Action Party, a socialist political party in Guyana

Biochemistry

Gallium(III) phosphide, a semiconductor material
GTPase activating protein, a biochemical compound
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, a 3-carbon molecule metabolite important in both glycolysis and the Calvin cycle
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, an enzyme important in both the Calvin cycle and glycolysis