Snap or SNAP may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Snap'', the original release title for the 2013 film '' Enter the Dangerous Mind'' *''Snap'' (TV series), a CITV programme * ''

The Stanly News and Press ''The Stanly News and Press'' is a newspaper published on Tuesday and Saturday in Stanly County, North Carolina, USA. History ''The Second Century The 2nd century is the period from 101 ( CI) through 200 ( CC) in accordance with the Juli ...

'', a newspaper in Albemarle, North Carolina, US

Games and sport

* Snap (gridiron football), the start of a play in gridiron football * Scalable Network Application Package, an online gaming platform * ''

Pokémon Snap is a 1999 first-person photography game with rail shooter style gameplay mechanics developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was first released in Japan in March 1999 and was later released in July 1999 in N ...

'', a 1999 video game **''

New Pokémon Snap ''New Pokémon Snap'' is an on-rails first-person photography game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. It is a sequel to the 1999 Nintendo 64 game ''Pokémon Snap.'' Ann ...

'', the 2021 sequel * Snap, any putdown used in the Dozens

Card games

Snap (card game) Snap is a card game in which players deal cards and react quickly to spot pairs of cards of the same rank. Cards are either dealt into separate piles around the table, one per player, or (particularly when played with young children) into a singl ...

Strong Notrump After Passing (SNAP) Strong notrump after passing (SNAP) is a bridge bidding convention originated by Jeremy Flint and Tony Priday and is a one notrump (1NT) bid by a passed hand in response to a one-level opening by his partner. Similar to the Drury convention, SNAP ...

, a contract bridge bidding convention

Music

* Snap music, a hip hop subgenre * Snap!, a German music group * ''Snap!'' (album), by the Jam, 1983 * "Snap" (Rosa Linn song), 2022 * "Snap", a song by Nav from '' Bad Habits'', 2019 * "Snap", a song by Slipknot from '' Slipknot'', 2009 reissue * "Snap!", a song from the TV series '' Boo!''

Aviation

* Dallair Aeronautica FR-100 Snap!, an Italian aerobatic aircraft *

Tecnam Snap The Tecnam Snap is an Italian aerobatic ultralight aircraft, designed by Fabio Russo and produced by Tecnam of Casoria, Metropolitan City of Naples, introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2013. The aircraft was intended to be supplied c ...

, an Italian aerobatic aircraft

Computing

Snap (computer graphics) In computer graphics, snapping allows an object to be easily positioned in alignment with grid lines, guide lines or another object, by causing it to automatically jump to an exact position when the user drags it to the proximity of the desired lo ...

, an aid to positioning an object relative to grid lines or another object *

Snap (web framework) Snap is a web development framework written in the Haskell programming language. Overview The Snap framework comprises: * snap-core, a generic Haskell web server API. * snap-server, a fast HTTP server that implements the snap-core interface ...

, a Web framework written in Haskell * Snap Server, a computer storage device * SNAP Points (software non-functional assessment process), a measurement of non-functional software size * Snap! (programming language), an educational graphical programming language * ITK-SNAP, a medical imaging software application *

Subnetwork Access Protocol The Subnetwork Access Protocol (SNAP) is a mechanism for multiplexing, on networks using IEEE 802.2 LLC, more protocols than can be distinguished by the 8-bit 802.2 Service Access Point (SAP) fields. SNAP supports identifying protocols by EtherT ...

(SNAP), a network link protocol * Snap (package manager), whose packages are called "Snaps" * a memory dump, or "snapshot dump", taken "on the fly" to provide a snapshot of the status of a running program or system at a particular moment

Organizations

* Snap (coach company), a demand-responsive coach company in the United Kingdom *

Snap Inc. Snap Inc. is an American camera and social media company, founded on September 16, 2011, by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown based in Santa Monica, California. The company developed and maintains technological products and services, ...

, developer of the Snapchat social media application **

Snapchat Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc. One of the principal features of Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually only available for a short time before the ...

, social media application *

Sarawak National Party The Sarawak National Party known by its acronym as "SNAP", is now a defunct political party in Malaysia. It was a member party of the Alliance Party from 1963 to 1966 and a member of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 1976 until its expulsion ...

(SNAP), a defunct Sarawak based political party in Malaysia * Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, in the United States

Places

Snap, Kentucky Snap is an unincorporated community in Grayson County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Ill ...

, United States *

Snap, Wiltshire Snap is an abandoned village near Aldbourne in Wiltshire, England. It is unusual in that it was not abandoned until the 20th century. The village was recorded in 1268 under the name of Snape. It was always a small place: in the 14th century the ...

, England, a deserted village

Science

Snap (physics) In physics, the fourth, fifth and sixth derivatives of position are defined as derivatives of the position vector with respect to time – with the first, second, and third derivatives being velocity, acceleration, and jerk, respectively. Unlik ...

or jounce, in physics, the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time * ''S''-Nitroso-''N''-acetylpenicillamine, a chemical compound *

Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality The Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP) is a self-reporting questionnaire for assessment of personality disorders (Axis II of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) introduced in 1993 by Lee Anna Clark. I ...

(SNAP), a questionnaire for personality disorder assessment * Significant New Alternatives Policy, a US EPA ozone-depleting chemicals program * Supernova/Acceleration Probe, a proposed spacecraft *

Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power The Systems Nuclear Auxiliary POWER (SNAP) program was a program of experimental radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and space nuclear reactors flown during the 1960s by NASA. Odd-numbered SNAPs: radioisotope thermoelectric generators ...

, experimental electricity generators in the 1960s *

Snap bean Green beans are young, unripe fruits of various cultivars of the common bean (''Phaseolus vulgaris''), although immature or young pods of the runner bean (''Phaseolus coccineus''), yardlong bean ( ''Vigna unguiculata'' subsp. ''sesquipedalis' ...

, the unripe, young fruit and protective pods of various cultivars of the common bean *

Soluble NSF attachment protein Soluble ''N''-ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins (SNAP, or Sec17p in yeast) are a family of cytosolic adaptor proteins involved in vesicular fusion at membranes during intracellular transport and exocytosis. SNAPs interact with p ...

, a family of proteins involved in vesicle membrane binding ** Proteins in the SNAP-receptor ( SNARE (protein)) family, including: ***

SNAP23 Synaptosomal-associated protein 23 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SNAP23'' gene. Two alternative transcript variants encoding different protein isoforms have been described for this gene. Function Specificity of vesicular tran ...

***

SNAP25 Synaptosomal-Associated Protein, 25kDa (SNAP-25) is a Target Soluble NSF (''N''-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor) Attachment Protein Receptor (t-SNARE) protein encoded by the ''SNAP25'' gene found on chromosome 20p12.2 in humans. SNAP-25 is a comp ...

***

SNAP29 Synaptosomal-associated protein 29 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SNAP29'' gene. Function This gene, a member of the SNAP25 gene family, encodes a protein involved in multiple membrane trafficking steps. Two other members of t ...

*** ''

SNAP91 Clathrin coat assembly protein AP180 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SNAP91'' gene In biology, the word gene (from , ; "...Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''gen ...

'', the gene that codes for clathrin coat assembly protein AP180 *

HT-2157 HT-2157 (former development code SNAP-37889) is a drug which acts as a selective non-peptide antagonist for the receptor GAL-3, which is usually activated by the neuropeptide galanin. Blocking this receptor with HT-2157 produced increased sero ...

, formerly SNAP-37889, a pharmacological antagonist for galanin receptor 3 *

SNAP-94847 SNAP-94847 is a drug used in scientific research, which is a selective, non-peptide antagonist at the melanin concentrating hormone receptor MCH1. In animal studies it has been shown to produce both anxiolytic and antidepressant effects, and als ...

, a pharmacological antagonist for melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1

Other uses

Snap (horse) Snap (1750 – July 1777) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won all four of his races. After retiring from racing he became a successful stallion. He was Champion sire four times and his progeny included the undefeated Goldfinder. Background S ...

, a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire *

Snap (Pillow Pal) Pillow Pals were a line of plush toys made by Ty, Inc. during the 1990s. The toys were given their name because they were soft like a pillow, and were made with children in mind. Though many of them resembled certain Beanie Babies, those that did ...

, a plush toy * Snap fastener, a clothing fastener *

Snaps Snaps ( ) is a Danish and Swedish word for a small shot of a strong alcoholic beverage taken during the course of a meal. A ritual that is associated with drinking snaps is a tradition in Scandinavia, especially in Denmark and Sweden, where it ...

, a shot of alcoholic beverage *

Bang snaps Bang snaps are a type of small novelty firework sold as a trick noisemaker. Composition Bang snaps consist of a small amount of gravel or coarse sand impregnated with a minute quantity (~0.2 milligrams) of silver fulminate high explosive and twi ...

or "snappers", a novelty firework *

Bolt snap A bolt snap is a type of snap hook with a manually operated bolt action slide gate of medium security used to clip a light load to a ring, eye, loop or bight to temporarily secure or suspend an object. They are used for a wide variety of applica ...

, a hook with a sliding bolt gate * Finger snapping, a thrusting of the fingers together that creates a sharp sound *

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program In the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federal program that provides food-purchasing assistance for low- and no-income people. It is a federal aid program, ad ...

, an American federal assistance program (formerly the Food Stamp Program) * A product mascot, one of

Snap, Crackle and Pop Snap, Crackle and Pop are the cartoon mascots of Rice Krispies, a brand of breakfast cereal marketed by Kellogg's. History The gnome characters were originally designed by illustrator Vernon Grant in the early 1930s. The names are onomatopoeia ...

* Snaps, crispy and light potato puffs manufactured under the Smiths brand *

The Snap The Blip (also known as the Decimation and the Snap) is a major fictional event depicted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise in which half of all living things in the universe, chosen at random, were exterminated by Thanos snappin ...

, a fictional event in the Marvel Cinematic Universe * Snap election, an election that is called prematurely and earlier than it has been scheduled.