DAP
From Free net encyclopedia
DAP has various meanings, including:
- Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, German name of the German Workers' Party.
- Democratic Action Party, Malaysian political party.
- Directory Access Protocol, an implementation of the OSI model application layer.
- Digital audio player, device that stores and plays digital music files.
- Distributed Array Processor, the first commercial massively parallel computer.
- Download Accelerator Plus, An application created to speed downloads.
- DAP (company), maker of caulk, cements, and other construction and home repair products.
- Diammonium Phosphate, used as a fertilizer and flame retardent (18-46-0), highly soluble, skin irritant
- Dapping or doming is a metalworking technique. See Doming technique.
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").