DAP or Dap may refer to:

Science

DAP (gene) Death-associated protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''DAP'' gene. DAP gene encodes a basic, proline-rich, 15-kD protein. Death-associated protein acts as a positive mediator of programmed cell death that is induced b ...

, human gene that encodes death-associated proteins, which mediate programmed cell death *

Diamidophosphate Diamidophosphate (DAP) is the simplest phosphorodiamidate ion, with formula PO2(NH2)2−. It is a phosphorylating ion and was first used for phosphorylation of sugars in aqueous medium. DAP has attracted interest in the area of primordial chemis ...

, phosphorylating compound * Diaminopimelic acid, amino acid derivative of lysine * Diaminopyridine, drug for the treatment of rare muscular diseases *

Diaminopyrimidine Diaminopyrimidines (DAP) are a class of organic chemical compounds that include two amine groups on a pyrimidine ring. They include many dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor drugs (such as pyrimethamine, trimetrexate, and piritrexim and the an ...

, a class of organic chemicals *

Diammonium phosphate Diammonium phosphate (DAP; IUPAC name diammonium hydrogen phosphate; chemical formula (NH4)2(HPO4) is one of a series of water-soluble ammonium phosphate salts that can be produced when ammonia reacts with phosphoric acid. Solid diammonium phosp ...

, chemical used as a fertilizer and flame retardant * Dog appeasing pheromone, synthetic analogue of a canine hormone *

Dose area product Dose area product (DAP) is a quantity used in assessing the radiation risk from diagnostic X-ray examinations and interventional procedures. It is defined as the absorbed dose multiplied by the area irradiated, expressed in gray- centimetres squared ...

, a measurement of radiation exposure

Technology

DAP (software) Dap is a statistics and graphics program based on the C programming language that performs data management, analysis, and C-style graphical visualization tasks without requiring complex syntax. Its name is an acronym for Data Analysis and Pres ...

, a statistical analysis program * Debug Access Port, for

ARM processors ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures for computer processors, configured ...

* Digital Adoption Platform, a marketing term for software from

WalkMe WalkMe is an American multinational software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, with headquarters in San Francisco, California. Its Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) was recognized in Everest Group's PEAK Matrix Assessment of DAP vendors as the leading ...

* Digital Archive Project, a collaboration for publishing non-mainstream TV programmes *

Digital Audio Player A portable media player (PMP) (also including the related digital audio player (DAP)) is a portable consumer electronics device capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, and video files. The data is typically stored o ...

, a class of electronic devices that play digital audio * Direct-Action Penetrator, the gunship version of the

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift Utility helicopter, utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transpo ...

helicopter *

Directory Access Protocol Directory Access Protocol (DAP) is a computer networking standard promulgated by ITU-T and ISO in 1988 for accessing an X.500 directory service. DAP was intended to be used by client computer systems, but was not popular as there were few implemen ...

, computer networking standard *

Distributed Array Processor The Distributed Array Processor (DAP) produced by International Computers Limited (ICL) was the world's first commercial massively parallel computer. The original paper study was complete in 1972 and building of the prototype began in 1974. The fir ...

, the first commercial massively parallel computer *

Domain Application Protocol A domain application protocol (DAP) is the set of rules and conventions governing the interactions between participants in a distributed computing application. DAPs sit atop HTTP and narrow HTTP's broad application protocol to support specific bu ...

for distributed computing * Download Accelerator Plus, download manager *

Sinking (metalworking) Sinking, also known as doming, dishing or dapping, is a metalworking technique whereby flat sheet metal is formed into a non-flat object by hammering it into a concave indentation. While sinking is a relatively fast method, it results in stretchin ...

or dapping, a metalworking technique

Companies

Aerovías DAP DAP is a Chilean airline that operates charter and schedule flights, with its base in Punta Arenas, Chile. The DAP group is a consortium formed by Aerovías DAP, AeroRescate, Antarctic Airways, DAP Antarctica, DAP Helicópteros and Mineral Airway ...

, ICAO code DAP, a Chilean airline group ** DAP Helicópteros, ICAO code DHE, helicopter subsidiary *

DAP Products DAP Products, Inc. is a manufacturer of latex caulks, silicone sealants, adhesives, insulating foams, and patch & repair products. DAP has been made in the USA since 1864 and headquartered in Baltimore, MD since 1998. DAP Products Inc. is an ...

, American manufacturer of sealant materials * DAP Technologies, division of Roper Industries * Department of Aircraft Production, World War II name for

Government Aircraft Factories Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) was the name of an aircraft manufacturer owned by the Government of Australia. The primary factory was located at Fishermans Bend, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria. It had its origins in the lead-up to Worl ...

, Australia ** DAP Beaufort, a variant of the

Bristol Beaufort The Bristol Beaufort (manufacturer designation Type 152) is a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber. At l ...

bomber aircraft *

Distributed Art Publishers D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. is an American company that distributes and publishes books on art, photography, design, and visual culture.DAP Championship, former golf tournament * DAP Racing, former US horse-racing partnership *

Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) The Democratic Action Party (abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a Centre-left politics, centre-left social democracy, social democratic political party in Malaysia. ...

, a Malaysian political party *

Departamento Aeroportuário (RS) Departamento Aeroportuário (DAP) ( en, Department of Airports) is the department of aviation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. DAP is part of the ''Secretaria de Transportes do Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul'' ( en, Transportati ...

, Department of Aviation of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil *

Development Assessment Panels Development Assessment Panels are independent decision-making bodies with the power to determine high value development applications in Western Australia. The panels contain five members—three industry professionals and two elected members of the ...

, independent bodies overseeing development in Western Australia * '' Dienst für Analyse und Prävention'', precursor of the Federal Intelligence Service, Switzerland * ''Dipartimento dell'amministrazione penitenziaria'', Prisons branch of the Ministry of Justice (Italy) * ''Direction de l'Administration pénitentiaire'', Prisons branch of the

Ministry of Justice (France) The Ministry of Justice (french: Ministère de la Justice) is a ministerial department of the Government of France, also known in French as . It is headed by the Minister of Justice, also known as the Keeper of the Seals, a member of the Cou ...

German Workers' Party The German Workers' Party (german: Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) was a short-lived far-right political party established in Weimar Germany after World War I. It was the precursor of the Nazi Party, which was officially known as the National ...

, ''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' or ''DAP'', precursor of the Nazi Party (1919–1920) *

German Workers' Party (Austria-Hungary) ) , successor = DNSAP (Austria) DNSAP (Czechoslovakia) , wing1_title = Paramilitary wing , newspaper = ''Freie Volksstimme'' , ideology = Pan-Germanism Austro-German nationalism Anti-MarxismSocialist economics Linz P ...

, ''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' or ''DAP'' (1903–1918) *

German Socialist Labour Party of Poland The German Socialist Labour Party of Poland (german: Deutsche Sozialistische Arbeitspartei Polens, abbreviated DSAP, pl, Niemiecka Socjalistyczna Partia Pracy w Polsce) was a political party organizing German Social Democrats in interbellum Poland ...

, originally named ''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei von Polens'' or ''DAP'' (1922–1925)

Places

* DAP, the IATA airport code for Darachula Airport, Khalanga, Darchula, Nepal *

Dap, Iran Dep ( fa, دپ, also Romanized as Dap) is a village in Sarbuk Rural District, Sarbuk District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is ...

, a village in Iran *

Durham Athletic Park Durham Athletic Park, nicknamed "The DAP", is a former minor league baseball stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The stadium was home to the Durham Bulls from 1926 through 1994, and is currently home to the North Carolina Central Eagles and th ...

, a former minor league baseball park in Durham, North Carolina, US

People

* Ashok Kondabolu, stage name Dapwell or Dap, American rapper * Dap 'Sugar' Willie, American actor and comedian

Other uses

Dap greeting Dap or the dap is a friendly gesture of greeting, agreement, or solidarity between two people that has become popular in Western cultures, particularly since the 1970s, originating from African American communities.Dalzell, Tom (2009). The Routle ...

or fist bump * Dap, ancient name for the

daf Daf ( fa, دف) also known as Dâyere and Riq is a Middle Eastern (mainly Iranian) frame drum musical instrument, used in popular and classical music in South and Central Asia. It is also used in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iran ...

, a frame drum * Daps or

plimsoll shoe A pump or plimsoll (British English; see other names below) is a type of athletic shoe with a canvas upper and rubber sole developed initially as beachwear. Pumps have solid rubber soles about 8 or 9 mm thick, to which the canvas is glued with ...

s * Delivered at place, an international commercial term *

Developmentally appropriate practice Developmentally appropriate practice (or DAP) is a perspective within early childhood education whereby a teacher or child caregiver nurtures a child's social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development. It is also described as a philosophy in ...