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

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
• 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

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
• 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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Tap
• All pages with titles containing tap
• Tapping (disambiguation)
• Tap out (disambiguation)
• Tap tap (disambiguation)
• Tapa (disambiguation)