An ape is a member of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates.

Ape or APE may also refer to:

Computing

• AJAX Push Engine, an open source Comet/push server
• ANSI/POSIX Environment, a POSIX compatibility layer for the Plan 9 operating system
• APE tag, a tag format used to add metadata to digital audio files
• .ape, a filename extension used by Monkey's Audio
• Application Enhancer, a product by Unsanity
• AVS plugin effect, any third-party addition to the Advanced Visualization Studio computer software

Arts and Entertainment

• Agency to Prevent Evil, a fictional agency in Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
• Animals project editor in the computer game zoo tycoon
• Ape, an alias of the 19th century artist Carlo Pellegrini (1839 1889)
• Ape, a fictional character from the George of the Jungle franchise
• Ape, a mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe
• A*P*E, a 1976 film
• APE Con or Alternative Press Expo, an annual comics convention
• "The Ape", a song by Level 42 on the album Guaranteed
• The Apes, a band from Washington, D.C.

Science

• Acute pulmonary edema, fluid accumulation on the lungs
• Alkyl Phenol Ethoxylates, petrochemical surfactants (detergents)
• Anomalous photovoltaic effect, a type of a photovoltaic effect which occurs in semiconducting materials
• Anterior pituitary extract
• Available potential energy, or convective available potential energy, the energy a parcel of air would have if lifted through the atmosphere

Other uses

• Adapted Physical Education
• Annual premium equivalent, an insurance industry term
• Ape, Inc., a video game development company
• Ape, Latvia, a city
• Ape (plant), the Polynesian name for the giant taro plant
• Piaggio Ape, a small Italian tricycle pickup-truck
• Auckland Peering Exchange, a peering point serving Auckland, New Zealand

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