# Dap

DAP or Dap may refer to:

## Science

* DAP (gene), human gene that encodes death-associated proteins, which mediate programmed cell death
* Diamidophosphate, phosphorylating compound
* Diaminopimelic acid, amino acid derivative of lysine
* Diaminopyridine, drug for the treatment of rare muscular diseases
* Diaminopyrimidine, a class of organic chemicals
* Diammonium phosphate, chemical used as a fertilizer and flame retardant
* Dog appeasing pheromone, synthetic analogue of a canine hormone
* Dose area product, a measurement of radiation exposure

## Technology

* DAP (software), a statistical analysis program
* Debug Access Port, for ARM processors
* Digital adoption platform, a type of automated software tool
** Digital Adoption Platform, software from WalkMe
* Digital Archive Project, a collaboration for publishing non-mainstream TV programmes
* Digital audio player, a class of electronic devices that play digital audio
* Direct-Action Penetrator, the gunship version of the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
* Directory Access Protocol, computer networking standard
* Distributed Array Processor, the first commercial massively parallel computer
* Domain Application Protocol, for distributed computing
* Sinking (metalworking) or dapping, a metalworking technique

## Companies

* Aerovías DAP (ICAO code DAP), a Chilean airline group
** DAP Helicópteros (ICAO code DHE), helicopter subsidiary
* DAP Products, American manufacturer of sealant materials
* DAP Technologies, division of Roper Industries
* Department of Aircraft Production, World War II name for Government Aircraft Factories, Australia
** DAP Beaufort, a variant of the Bristol Beaufort bomber aircraft
* Distributed Art Publishers, an American company that distributes and publishes

## Organizations

* DAP Championship, former golf tournament
* DAP Racing, former US horse-racing partnership
* Democratic Action Party, a Malaysian political party
* Departamento Aeroportuário (RS), Department of Aviation of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Development Assessment Panels, 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)
* German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), 1919–1920 precursor of the Nazi Party
* German Workers' Party (Austria-Hungary) (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), 1903–1918
* German Labour Party of Poland (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei von Polens), 1922–1925
** German Socialist Labour Party of Poland (DSAP), formed from the 1925-1929 merger of DAP with the German Social Democratic Party (Poland)

## Places

* Darachula Airport (IATA airport code DAP), Khalanga, Darchula, Nepal
* Dap, Iran, a village
* Durham Athletic Park (nicknamed "The DAP"), 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 or fist bump
* Dap (drum), ancient name for the daf, a frame drum
* Plimsoll shoes or daps
* Delivered at place, an international commercial term
* Developmentally appropriate practice, in childhood education
* Draw-a-Person test, a psychological test