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'''Tap'''('''s'''), '''TAP'''('''S''') or '''tapped''' may refer to:
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==Arts and entertainment==
===Film===
* [[Tap (film)|''Tap'' (film)]], a 1989 American dance drama film
* [[Taps (film)|''Taps'' (film)]], a 1981 American drama film 
* [[Taps (2006 film)|''Taps'' (2006 film)]], a short film 
* [[Tapped (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#Lagging|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)|"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)|''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#Writings|Youth International Party]] magazine
* [[TAP (novelette)|"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#In C#|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 (establishment)|bar]]

==See also==
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* {{in title|tap}}
* [[Tapping (disambiguation)]]
* [[Tap out (disambiguation)]]
* [[Tap tap (disambiguation)]]
* [[Tapa (disambiguation)]]

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