Gap

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gap is a synonym for any hole or opening; a chasm. Many uses of the word are either literally or figuratively based on this meaning.

Gap or GAP may mean:

• Gap (landform), a way through high land, often carved by a river
  • Seismic gap
• Gap (clothing retailer), a United States-based fashion chain, named for the generation gap
• gallium phosphide, "GaP", a semiconductor material
• In ecology, a gap refers to the spacing between large trees in a forest.
• GAP computer algebra system, for Groups, Algorithms and Programming
• GAP, Gun Aiming Point, a point behind a battery of guns used to aim in artillery
• Glock Automatic Pistol - An ammunition standard in .45 :Also see ACP
• Great Ape Project, aims to give the rights and protections given to all humans to every member of the great ape family
• Generic access profile, an interoperability system used in wireless telephony
• GAP (GTPase Activating Protein), a biochemical compound
• Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate is a 3-carbon molecule metabolite important in both glycolysis and the Calvin cycle
• Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, an enzyme important in both the Calvin cycle and glycolysis
• The Gamer Advisory Panel, created by Sony Computer Entertainment America to get consumer input on the gaming industry
• GNUnet's anonymity protocol, GAP
• Digital gap

A place:

• GAP, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany [1], GAP is the abbreviation taken from the license-plate.
• Gap, Hautes-Alpes, a town in France, in the Hautes-Alpes département
• Gap, Pennsylvania, United States
• The Gap, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• The Gap, Mount Isa, Queensland, a suburb of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
• The Gap, a pass at the south end of Hut Point Peninsula, on Ross Island, Antarctica
• The Gap, New South Wales, a spectacular ocean cliff at Watsons Bay, New South Wales, Australia
• The Gap slang for the province between Alberta and Manitoba: Saskatchewan, Canada
• Loughborough Gap, a disused section of the Great Central Railway in Loughborough, England
• Southeastern Anatolia Project (Turkish: Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi), the dam/irrigation project on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers primarily in the soulth eastern region of Turkey

[edit] See also

• Gap Coverage, insurance against the difference in value between a car and the principle of a loan for it, to be paid in the event the car is totalled
• The Gap Band, an R&B group from Tulsa, Oklahoma, famous in the 1970s and 1980s
• Gap Mangione, jazz pianist and bandleader
• Mind the gap, a safety warning for users of the London Underground and the Sydney CityRail, about the space between train and platform
• The Gap (Album) by the Chicago-based band Joan of Arc
• The Gap Cycle, a science fiction story, told in a series of 5 books, written by Stephen Donaldson
• Gaap (demonology)
• GAAP, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• GAP, Genocide Awareness Project
• GAP, Global Authoring Practices for the Mobile Web