Tap

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

Arts and entertainment

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

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

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

Procedures involving fluid removal through a needle:

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

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#

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

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