DAP

Dap or DAP may refer to:

Science

• Diaminopimelic acid, an amino acid derivative
• Diaminopyridine, a drug for the treatment of rare muscular diseases
• Diammonium phosphate, used as a fertilizer and flame retardant
• Dog Appeasing Pheromone, a synthetic analogue of a canine hormone
• Dose area product, a measurement of radiation exposure
• DAP (gene), a human gene that encodes death-associated proteins, which mediate programmed cell death

Computers

• DAP (software), a statistical analysis program
• Digital Archive Project, for non-mainstream TV programmes
• Digital audio player
• Directory Access Protocol, an implementation of the OSI model application layer
• Distributed Array Processor, the first commercial massively parallel computer
• Domain Application Protocol for distributed computing
• Download Accelerator Plus, download manager

Early education

• Developmentally Appropriate Practice (Early Childhood Education statement by NAEYC)
• Draw-a-Person test, a psychological test for cognitive or emotional status

Groups

• DAP Products, Inc., an American manufacturer of caulking materials
• DAP Technologies, a division of Roper Industries
• Democratic Action Party, a Malaysian political party
• Departamento Aeroportuário (RS), Department of Aviation of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• DAP Helicópteros, a Chilean helicopter operator
• Dienst für Analyse und Prävention, Swiss internal security service
• German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)
• German Workers' Party (Austria-Hungary) (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)

Media

• Distributed Art Publishers
• Dragon Age Pure, a Japanese magazine

Music

• Dap (drum), a frame drum

Places

• Dap, Iran, a village in Iran
• Durham Athletic Park, a former minor league baseball park in Durham, North Carolina
• Aerovías DAP, an airline based in Punta Arenas, Chile

People

• Dap or Dapwell, an American rapper

Other

• Dap greeting or 'fist bump'
• Delivered at Place, an International commercial term (Incoterm)
• Daps or plimsoll shoe
• Dapping or sinking, a metalworking technique
• Direct-Action Penetrator, a gunship version of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
• DAP Racing, US horse-racing partnership