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[edit] Definition
[edit] Abbreviation
DAP is a three-letter-acronym that has various meanings, including:
- DAP Technologies, also can be known as Roper Industries is the maker of caulk, cements, and other construction and home repair products.
- Democratic Action Party, a Malaysian opposition political party.
- Deutsche Arbeiter Partei, German name of the German Workers' Party.
- Diammonium phosphate, used as a fertilizer and flame retardent (18-46-0), highly soluble, skin irritant.
- Dienst für Analyse und Prävention, Swiss internal security service.
- Digital audio player, device that stores and plays digital music files.
- Directory Access Protocol, an implementation of the OSI model application layer.
- Distributed Array Processor, the first commercial massively parallel computer.
- Download Accelerator Plus, An application created to speed downloads.
- Durham Athletic Park, affectionately known as "The DAP", is the name of a former minor league baseball park in Durham, North Carolina.
- Database Allocation Problem
- DAP, Design Apprenticeship Program, a program at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
[edit] Connotation
DAP (or Dap) also has several connotations within urban American culture, including:
- Dap - A form of greeting or sign of respect in which two people slap and grasp hands briefly. Similar to a high five, except dap is given chest high. Less frequently, dap can be given in the form of pounding fists in a vertical manner.
- Dap - A stylized manner of walking that projects the appearance of "cool". This term is used primarily by older individuals, as it has been replaced in youthful conversation with the adjective "pimp" (as in "pimp walk" or "pimp limp").
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