Ape Apes (collectively Hominoidea ) are a superfamily of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (though they were more widespread in Africa, most of Asia, and Europe in prehistory, and counting humans are found global ...

s are higher primates. Ape or APE may also refer to:

People

* Ape, an alias of the 19th century artist Carlo Pellegrini (1839–1889) * Keith Ape, South Korean rapper

Fictional characters

* Ape, a fictional character from the ''

George of the Jungle ''George of the Jungle'' is an American animated television series produced and created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who also created '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends''. The character George was inspired by the story of ...

'' franchise * Ape (comics), a mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe

Places

* Ape, Latvia, town in Latvia ** Ape Parish, Ape Municipality, Latvia * Ape Canyon, Plains of Abraham, Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA * Ape Hill, Shoushan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Science and technology

* Ape (plant), the Polynesian name for the giant taro plant *

Xanthosoma ''Xanthosoma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae. The genus is native to tropical America but widely cultivated and naturalized in other tropical regions. Several are grown for their starchy corms, an important food stap ...

('ape), tropical American plant *

Acute pulmonary edema Pulmonary edema (British English: oedema), also known as pulmonary congestion, is excessive fluid accumulation in the tissue or air spaces (usually alveoli) of the lungs. This leads to impaired gas exchange, most often leading to shortness ...

, fluid accumulation on the lungs *

Anomalous photovoltaic effect The anomalous photovoltaic effect (APE) is a type of a photovoltaic effect which occurs in certain semiconductors and insulators. The "anomalous" refers to those cases where the photovoltage (i.e., the open-circuit voltage caused by the light) is la ...

, a type of a photovoltaic effect which occurs in semiconducting materials *

AP Environmental Science Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science (also known as APES, AP Enviro, AP Environmental, AP Environment, or AP EnviroSci) is a course and exam offered by the American College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school ...

, the environmental science course in the Advanced Placement program * Available potential energy, or convective available potential energy, the energy a parcel of air would have if lifted through the atmosphere

Computing

* AJAX Push Engine, an open source Comet/push server * ANSI/POSIX Environment, a POSIX compatibility layer for the Plan 9 operating system *

APE tag APE tags comprise one extant convention used to store information (metadata) about a given digital audio file. Each APE tag constitutes a discrete element that describes a single attribute of the file's contents. Each consists of a key/value p ...

, a tag format used to add metadata to digital audio files * .ape, a filename extension used by

Monkey's Audio Monkey's Audio is an algorithm and file format for lossless audio data compression. Lossless data compression does not discard data during the process of encoding, unlike lossy compression methods such as Advanced Audio Coding, MP3, Vorbis ...

* APE100, a series of Italian supercomputers *

Application Enhancer Unsanity was a macOS shareware software developer founded in May 2000, notable for coining the term "haxie". Unsanity produced Mac utilities that relied on their own Application Enhancer, a utility that modified the system and other applications. ...

, a product by Unsanity * AVS plugin effect, any third-party addition to the

Advanced Visualization Studio Advanced Visualization Studio (AVS), is a music visualization plugin for Winamp. It was designed by Winamp creator, Justin Frankel and was first shipped in version 2.0a4 with Winamp 2.61. ''AVS'' has a customizable design which allows users to ...

computer software *

Auckland Peering Exchange The Auckland Peering Exchange (APE) is an Ethernet-based neutral peering point running over the CityLink metropolitan network in Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban popu ...

, a peering point serving Auckland, New Zealand

Arts and entertainment

* ''The Apes'', a 1929 novel by

Eden Phillpotts Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for ten years before studying for the stage ...

* Agency to Prevent Evil, a fictional agency in ''

Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp ''Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp'' is an American action/adventure comedy television series originally aired Saturday mornings on ABC from September 12, 1970, to January 2, 1971, and rebroadcast the following season. The live-action film series fe ...

'' * Animals project editor in the computer game ''

Zoo Tycoon ''Zoo Tycoon'' is a series of business simulation video games in which the player is tasked with building and running a successful zoo. The series was initially developed by Blue Fang Games and published by Microsoft Studios who later in 2001 ...

'' *

APE Con The Alternative Press Expo (APE) was a comic book festival and alternative comics Comic book convention, convention that operated from 1994 to 2017. Founded by Slave Labor Graphics publisher Dan Vado, APE focused on Self-publishing, self-publishe ...

or Alternative Press Expo, an annual comics convention * "The Ape", a song by Level 42 on the album '' Guaranteed'' *

The Apes The Apes (sometimes just Apes) were a noisy, guitarless garage rock foursome from Washington, D.C. The band formed in 1999 with the lineup of singer Paul Weil, keyboard player Amanda Kleinman (an Arts College advisor by day), bassist Erick Jac ...

, a band from Washington, D.C.

Films

* ''The Ape'' (1940 film) starring Boris Karloff * ''Ape'' (1976 film) * ''The Ape'' (2005 film) * ''The Ape'' (2009 film), a Swedish film * ''Ape'' (2012 film)

Transportation

Piaggio Ape The Piaggio Ape (; being ), initially marketed as VespaCar or TriVespa, is a three-wheeled light commercial vehicle, manufactured and marketed by Piaggio as an adaptation of the company's Vespa scooter ( being Italian for 'wasp'). It has been in ...

, a small Italian tricycle pickup-truck * Honda Ape, a Japanese minibike * APE 4.80, a passenger trailer for the road

Other uses

* Adapted physical education, for learners with a disability * Annual premium equivalent, a measure used for comparison of life insurance revenue * APE Foundation (Association for the Protection of the Environment) * APE, a stock market ticker for

AMC Theatres AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (doing business as AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC) is an American movie theater chain founded in Kansas City, Missouri, and now headquartered ...

, an American movie theater chain * Ape, Inc., a video game development company * Bukiyip language of Papua New Guinea (ISO 639 code: ape) *

Hape people The Hape people were a Native American tribe of the Coahuiltecan group. They lived in the region of present-day Texas until their eradication in the late 17th century. Spanish chroniclers also recorded the tribe name as Ape, Jeapa, Xape, Aba, Ara, G ...

, an extinct Native American tribe