# Tap

Tap(s), TAP(S) or tapped may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment
### Film

* Tap (film), a 1989 American dance drama film
* Taps (film), a 1981 American drama film
* Taps (2006 film), a short film
* Tapped (film), a 2009 documentary

### Gaming

* Tap (gaming), a mechanic in Magic: The Gathering and other card games where a card is rotated
* Tapping, creating an artificial lag, a method of cheating in online games
* TapTap, video game distribution platform

### Music and dancing

* Spinal Tap (band), a parody band
* Tap dance, a type of dance using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor
* Tapping, a guitar playing technique
* "Taps" (bugle call), a U.S. armed forces bugle call
* Tap: Book of Angels Volume 20, a 2013 album by Pat Metheny composed by John Zorn
* Tap (EP), a 2024 extended play by Taeyong

### Publications

* Tap!, a defunct magazine for owners of Apple's iOS devices
* The American Prospect, a liberal policy magazine based in Washington, D.C.
* TAP, a Youth International Party magazine
* "TAP" (novelette), by Greg Egan, 1995

## Businesses and organisations

* TAP Air Portugal, Portugal's flag carrier airline
* TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation, a Philippine media and entertainment company
* TAP Pharmaceuticals, a joint venture
* The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), an organization that investigates reported paranormal activity
* Secret Polish Army, Tajna Armia Polska, a Polish resistance movement in World War II
* Molson Coors Brewing Company, NYSE symbol TAP
* Tunis Afrique Presse, a Tunisian news agency
* TAP Boyz (The Arabian Posse), a Chicago street gang
* Tasmanians Against the Pulpmill, a group opposing the Bell Bay Pulp Mill
* TAPS Division, Informatics General, an American computer software company
* Trafficking and Prostitution Services (TAPS), an organisation for sexual trafficking victims
* Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), a U.S. non-profit organization

## Medicine

Conditions:
* Twin anemia-polycythemia sequence
Procedures involving fluid removal through a needle:
* Lumbar puncture, also known as a spinal tap
* Paracentesis, also known as an abdominal tap
* Thoracentesis / thoracocentesis, also known as a pleural tap

## People

* Tap Canutt (1932–2014), American stunt performer and actor
* Tap Jones (1914–2007), British Royal Air Force air marshal
* Taps Mugadza (born 1988), Zimbabwean singer known by the mononym Taps
* Taps Miller (1915–?), American entertainer

## Places

* Tap, Azerbaijan
* Táp, Hungary
* Taps, the German name of Tapa, Estonia

## Science and technology
### Engineering

* Tap (valve), a device for controlling the release of a liquid or gas, e.g. a water faucet
** Beer tap
* Tap (transformer), an intermediate point on the winding of an electrical transformer
* Tap and die, tools to create screw threads

### Computing and communications

* Tap (signal processing), a delayed impulse response
* Network tap (terminal access point), a system that monitors events on a local network
* Telephone tap, a device that monitors phone conversations
* Vampire tap, a method for attaching computer nodes to a network cable
* Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol, a protocol for sending messages to a cellular or pager service
* Test Anything Protocol, a communication protocol
* Topfield Application Program, a software application for digital TV
* Tap, a pointing device gesture
* Test access port in JTAG standard
* Amazon Tap, a portable version of the Amazon Echo voice assistant
* TUN/TAP, virtual network kernel interfaces
* .TAP files, tape images from Commodore 8-bit computers; see Commodore 64 disk / tape emulation
* Transferred Account Procedure data files, see Roaming
* Task-based asynchronous pattern, Microsoft's term for the Async/await pattern in C#

### Science

* Tap consonant, a type of phonetic sound
* TAPS (buffer), a chemical compound commonly used to make buffer solutions
* Tandem affinity purification (TAP), a technique for studying protein interactions
* Timor–Alor–Pantar languages
* Transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP), a protein complex
* Twin anemia-polycythemia sequence (TAPS), a form of chronic inter-twin transfusion

## Transportation

* Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), a gas pipeline via Greece, Albania and Italy
* Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), a petroleum pipeline across Alaska, United States
* Transit Access Pass (TAP), an electronic ticketing payment method in Los Angeles County, California, United States
* Tapachula International Airport, Chiapas, Mexico, IATA airport code TAP
* Tai Po Market station, Hong Kong, MTR station code TAP
* Taplow railway station, Buckinghamshire, England, National Rail station code TAP

## Other uses

* Tap code, a simple way to encode text messages on a letter-by-letter basis
* Tap, a method of contactless payment
* Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), Tarapur, Palghar, India
* Three Apogee orbit (TAP)
* Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), a gas pipeline
* Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), a crude-oil pipeline
* Tuition Assistance Program, New York State, U.S.
* Tap, or Tab (cuneiform), a cuneiform sign
* Tap room, in a British bar