Tap

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

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: Procedures involving fluid removal through a needle:
 * Twin anemia-polycythemia sequence
 * 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

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
 * 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