Tap
Appearance
Tap or TAP or tapped may refer to:
Engineering
- Tap (valve), a device for controlling the release of a liquid or gas, as in a water faucet
- Tap (transformer), part of an electrical device
- Tap, a cutting tool, part of a tap and die set
- Valve tap, a noise made by the poppet valve of an internal combustion engine
Entertainment
- Tap dance
- Tap (film), a 1989 film
- Tapped (film), 2009 documentary about the impact of bottled water on human health and the environment
Gaming
- Tap, a Magic: The Gathering keyword
- Tap (gaming)
- Lagging, a method of cheating in online games
Music
- Tapping, a playing technique for stringed instruments
- Spinal Tap (band), a parody band
- Tap: Book of Angels Volume 20, a 2013 album by guitarist Pat Metheny composed by John Zorn
Publications
- Tap!, a magazine for owners of Apple's iOS devices
- TAP, a phreaking magazine published by the Youth International Party
- The Amazing Pudding, a magazine about Pink Floyd
- TAP (novelette), by Greg Egan
- The Also People, a Doctor Who novel
Organisations
- TAP Pharmaceutical Products
- Tajna Armia Polska, a World War II Resistance movement
- Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE symbol)
- Tunis Afrique Presse, a Tunisian news agency
- TAP Boyz (The Arabian Posse), a street gang
- Tasmanians Against the Pulpmill, a group opposing the Bell Bay Pulp Mill
Places
- Tap, Azerbaijan
- Táp, Hungary
Pipelines
- Trans Adriatic Pipeline, approved natural gas pipeline from Azerbaijan via Turkey, Greece and Albania to Italy
- Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline, a proposed pipeline from Turkmenistan to India
- Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
- Trans-Arabian Pipeline, a 1947–1990 pipeline from Saudi Arabia to Lebanon
Science
- Tandem affinity purification, a technique for studying protein interactions
- Transporter associated with antigen processing, a protein
- USO1 or Transcytosis Associated Protein
Technology
- Tapping, a pointing device gesture, done by pressing one's fingers on a touchscreen
- Telephone tap, a device that monitors phone conversations
- Tap (signal processing)
- Test access port, in Joint Test Action Group
- Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol, a protocol for sending messages to a cellular or pager service
- Transferred Account Procedure, a GSMA Data Record Format
- Amazon Tap, a portable version of the Amazon Echo voice assistant
- Tap-and-go, a technology for credit and debit card payments
Computing
- Network tap, a device that monitors data on a computer network
- TAP (network driver)
- Test Anything Protocol, a protocol for communication of software unit testing results
- .TAP files, from original C64, VIC-20 and C16 tapes using the Commodore Datasette; See Commodore 64 disk / tape emulation
- Topfield Application Program, a software application extending functionality of Topfield TV products
- Tap (touchscreen gestures)
Transportation
- TAP Air Portugal, Portugal's flag carrier airline
- Transit Access Pass, a Los Angeles fare card
- Tai Po Market Station (MTR code), a rail station
- Tapachula International Airport (IATA code)
Other uses
- Tap code, a cipher used by prisoners to communicate
- Tap consonant, a term in phonetics
- Transitions and Access Program at University of Cincinnati
- Tuition Assistance Program, New York State
- Tanque Argentino Pesado, a planned derivative of the Argentine tank Tanque Argentino Mediano