RAP

Rap may refer to:

• Linguistics, a type of cadence in vocal communication that exhibits traits of both casual speech and formal singing. Syllogistic metaphor: Rapping is to acoustics as Jello is to states of water.
• Rap, a term used in the 1960s Afro-American and hippie cultures to describe the act of talking or discussion, especially freely, openly, or volubly. "Achieving rapport with random talk".
• Rap, a genre of music, now widely considered to be a subgenre of Hip hop music, in which a performer speaks syncopated rhyming lyrics, often, but not always, over a musical rhythm and/or melody accompaniment (typically drums or electronic).
• Rap, the act of performing rap music or Rapping.

Rapper may refer to:

• Rapper sword, a kind of sword dance associated with the North-East of England
• Rapper, a performer of rap music vocals or rapping, now often referred to as an MC.

RAP may refer to:

• RAP sheet (Record of Arrest and Prosecution), a criminal record.
• Rapid Refresh, a numerical weather prediction model which forecasts conditions within the next 12 hours for the United States, run hourly
• Recognized Air Picture (RAP)
• Rent Assessment Panel for Scotland, now the Private Rented Housing Panel
• Eclipse Foundation's Remote Application Platform, a software platform for developing Rich Internet Applications
• the IATA airport code for Rapid City Regional Airport
• Rassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste, a political party in Quebec
• Regimental Aid Post
• Restricted Area Permit, permitting entry into certain areas of India
• Retirement annuity plan, a type of pension plan in the UK
• Rocket Assisted Projectile
• Route Access Protocol, a general protocol for distributing routing information at all levels of the Internet
• Rule against perpetuities, a legal doctrine from the common law of real property
• Right atrial pressure, a term describing the hydraulic pressure in a chamber of the heart
• The Recognition and Prevention Program, a research center and clinic at the Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, New York dedicated to the early detection and prevention of psychosis
• EMC Corporation's Resource Administration Platform: a flat-file database containing configuration details for all Legato NetWorker backup resources
• Remote Application Platform, software project to ease creation of rich Internet applications
• Random Access Point, a point in an encoded media stream, such as MPEG transport stream, that can be accessed directly, i.e., without decoding before and after the point.
• Rassemblement Africain pour le Progrès et la Solidarité Nationale, French for African Rally for Progress and National Solidarity, a former political party in Benin
• Rural Alliance Party, a defunct political party in the Solomon Islands

See also

• Wrap (disambiguation)
• Rapp (disambiguation)
• Rape