Clasp, clasper or CLASP may refer to: *

Book clasp A book clasp is a leather or metal element attached to the medieval and early modern book covers, used to protect the book from the penetration of dust and light. External links

* Fasteners Book terminology, Clasp Locksmithing {{book-st ...

, fastener for a book cover *

Folding clasp A watch strap, watch band, watch bracelet or watch belt is a bracelet that straps a wrist watch onto the wrist. Watch straps may be made of leather, plastic, polyurethane, silicone, rubber, FKM, cloth, or metal, sometimes in combination. It c ...

, a device used to close a watch strap * Lobster clasp, fastener for jewellery * Wrist clasp, a dressing accessory *

Medal bar A medal bar or medal clasp is a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decoration, civil decoration, or other medal. It most commonly indicates the Military campaign, campaign or Military operation, operation the recipient received t ...

, an element in military decoration *

Fastener A fastener (US English) or fastening (UK English) is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. In general, fasteners are used to create non-permanent joints; that is, joints that can be removed or disman ...

, a hardware device that mechanically joins objects together *

CLASP (British Rail) The CLASP (Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme) system was a scheme developed in the 1950s by English Local Authority#England, local authorities to devise a method of designing and assembling prefabricated buildings for use in the ...

, a prefabricated building system * "Clasp", a song by Jethro Tull from ''

The Broadsword and the Beast ''The Broadsword and the Beast'' is the 14th studio album by rock band Jethro Tull, released in April 1982 by Chrysalis Records. The album's musical style features a cross between the dominant synthesizer sound of the 1980s and the folk-influ ...

'' * Clasp, a

Common Lisp Common Lisp (CL) is a dialect of the Lisp programming language, published in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard document ''ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (S2018)'' (formerly ''X3.226-1994 (R1999)''). The Common Lisp HyperSpec, a hyperli ...

implementation *

Clasper In biology, a clasper is a male anatomical structure found in some groups of animals, used in mating. Male cartilaginous fish have claspers formed from the posterior portion of their pelvic fin which serve to channel semen into the female's ...

, an anatomical structure in male cartilaginous fish *

Clasper (mathematics) In the mathematical field of low-dimensional topology, a clasper is a surface (with extra structure) in a 3-manifold on which surgery can be performed. Motivation Beginning with the Jones polynomial, infinitely many new invariants of knots, li ...

, a surface (with extra structure) in a 3-manifold on which surgery can be performed *

Grasp A grasp is an act of taking, holding or seizing firmly with (or as if with) the hand. An example of a grasp is the handshake, wherein two people grasp one of each other's like hands. In zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of an ...

, holding or seizing firmly with (or as if with) the hand

Acronyms and initialisms

Center for Law and Social Policy The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a liberal organization, based in Washington, D.C., that engages in anti-poverty advocacy. Overview The National Women's Law Center was established in 1972 as a project of CLASP. Alan ...

, an American organization, based Washington, D.C., that advocates for policies aimed at improving the lives of low-income people *

CLASP1 Cytoplasmic linker associated protein 1, also known as CLASP1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the ''CLASP1'' gene. Function CLASP1 belongs to a family of microtubule-associated proteins involved in attachment of microtubules to th ...

and

CLASP2 Cytoplasmic linker associated protein 2, also known as CLASP2, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the ''CLASP2'' gene In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is ...

, cytoplasmic linker associated proteins * Classic ASP, a nostalgic term for

Active Server Pages Active Server Pages (ASP) is Microsoft's first server-side scripting language and engine for dynamic web pages. It was first released in December 1996, before being superseded in January 2002 by ASP.NET. History Initially released as an a ...

in computing *

Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program CLASP is an international nonprofit organization which provides technical and policy support to governments worldwide and works to implement energy Minimum energy performance standard, efficiency standards and labels (S&L) for appliances, light ...

, an international nonprofit organization *

Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme The Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme (CLASP), was formed in 1957 by Local Authority#England, Local Authorities in England to develop a shared prefabricated system for the construction of school buildings. The resulting CLASP build ...

, an association in England for the development of prefabricated school buildings {{disambiguation