Cap (disambiguation)

Cap can mean:

• 5' cap, in biology, a part of an mRNA
• Cap, a headgear
• Bottle cap, closure to seal glass bottles
• Screw cap, closure for bottles, jars, etc
• Camper shell, a type of caravan
• Cap (sport), awarded in some sports when a player represents his country
• Shorthand for the capabilities which are central to capability-based security
• Capacitor, in electronics slang
• Cap and Gown Club, an eating club at Princeton University
• Capricornus (constellation), standard astronomical abbreviation
• Capping inversion, inhibits atmospheric convection
• The French word for "cape", used in the names of locations such as Cap-Haïtien
• Short for Captain
• A crown (dentistry) is sometimes called a cap.
• Capturing the flag.
• A cervical cap contraceptive device.
• Fuel filler cap
• Market capitalization (e.g., "large cap", "small cap")
• Percussion cap, a small amount of percussion-sensitive explosive, held in a tape or small cup
• The pileus, or cap, of a mushroom or related fungi
• Pipe cap, a pipe fitting used to seal the end of a pipe
• Polar ice cap
• A screen capture
• A small, powdered compound used to make noise and smoke in a cap gun.
• Capping, a screenshot-captioning fandom activity

Upper bound

Cap can refere to an upper bound:

• Interest rate cap
• Non-economic damages caps
• Salary cap
• Speed cap
  • Cable modem speed cap
  • Digital subscriber line speed cap
• Tax cap
• Therapy cap

People

Cap can refer to the following people:

• A nickname for Captain America
• Caspar Weinberger, his nickname
• Vladislao Cap, an Argentine footballer

Acronym

"CAP" can refer to:

• Apex Aircraft's range of CAP training and aerobatic aircraft.
• California Assessment Program, a California standards test replaced by the California Learning Assessment System, which was in turn replaced by the STAR system.
• Camel Application Part, a protocol used in CAMEL servers.
• Canadian Action Party
• Canadian Association of Physicists
• The ICAO airline designator for Capital Airlines, United States
• Carlos Andres Pérez, a Venezuelan president.
• Carrierless Amplitude Phase Modulation
• Catabolite Activator Protein
• Center for American Progress, a left-of-center think tank
• Central Arizona Project Aqueduct
• Central Atlanta Progress
• Centre d'Analyse et de Programmation, a French software company (now part of Capgemini)
• Certification and Accreditation Professional, Information assurance certification offered by (ISC)²
• Chicago Area Project, a juvenile delinquency project
• ChildCare Action Project
• Chip Authentication Program – using EMV smartcards to authenticate online banking transactions
• Christian Appalachian Project a faith-based program to assist disadvantaged persons in the Appalachian region of Kentucky and West Virginia
• Christians Against Poverty, the UK charity
• Church Action on Poverty, UK national ecumenical social justice charity established in 1982
• Civil Air Patrol, the official US Air Force Auxiliary
• Claims Assistance Professional, medical billing assistance and patient advocacy
• Coded Anti-Piracy, an anti-piracy system for motion picture prints exhibited theatrically.
• College of American Pathologists
• Combat Air Patrol
• Comité voor een Andere Politiek / Comité pour une Autre Politique (Belgian political movement)
• Common Agricultural Policy, the European Union's agricultural subsidy system.
• Common Alerting Protocol
• Community Access Program, a Government of Canada initiative to provide access to the Internet in remote areas.
• Community Action Program, Lyndon Johnson's anti-poverty programs.
• Community Alternatives Program, Community Alternatives Program. Refers to four programs offered by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for Disabled Adults, Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities, Children, or individuals with AIDS.
• Community-acquired pneumonia
• Complex absorbing potential
• Computer Analysts and Programmers (CAP Group), a UK software company founded in the 60s which became part of Sema Group
• Concerned Alumni of Princeton
• Consolidated Appeals Process a funding mechanism used by humanitarian aid organisations.
• Create a player
• Cyclase Associated Protein

See also

• Caps