APT
Encyclopedia
As an acronym
- Arbitrage Pricing TheoryArbitrage pricing theoryIn finance, arbitrage pricing theory is a general theory of asset pricing that holds that the expected return of a financial asset can be modeled as a linear function of various macro-economic factors or theoretical market indices, where sensitivity to changes in each factor is represented by a...
- Asia-Pacific TelecommunityAsia-Pacific Telecommunity-Introduction:The Asia Pacific Telecommunity was founded on the joint initiatives of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the International Telecommunication Union ....
- Advanced Persistent ThreatAdvanced Persistent ThreatAdvanced persistent threat usually refers to a group, such as a foreign government, with both the capability and the intent to persistently and effectively target a specific entity. The term is commonly used to refer to cyber threats, in particular that of Internet-enabled espionage, but applies...
- Advanced Passenger TrainAdvanced Passenger TrainThe Advanced Passenger Train was an experimental tilting High Speed Train developed by British Rail during the 1970s and early 1980s....
Places
- Apt, VaucluseApt, VaucluseApt is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It lies on the left bank of the Calavon, east of Avignon...
, a commune of the Vaucluse département of France - Arrondissement of AptArrondissement of AptThe arrondissement of Apt is an arrondissement of France, located in the Vaucluse department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 6 cantons and 56 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Apt are:# Apt# Bonnieux# Cadenet...
, an arrondissement in the Vaucluse département of France - Apt, Poland; Yiddish languageYiddish languageYiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
designation for OpatowOpatówOpatów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Opatów County. Its population is 7,833 .Tourist attractions include a 12th century Collegiate Church of St...
Organizations
- Apt RecordsApt RecordsApt Records was a sub-label from ABC-Paramount Records. The label released only singles. The name was derived from ABC-Paramount's parent company, American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres....
, a subsidiary record label of ABC-Paramount Records - Alabama Public TelevisionAlabama Public TelevisionAlabama Public Television is a state network of Public Broadcasting Service member non-commercial educational Public television stations serving the US state of Alabama. The television stations are licensed by the Alabama Educational Television Commission, which was created by the Alabama state...
, a network of Public Broadcast TV stations - American Players TheatreAmerican Players TheatreAmerican Players Theatre is a classical theater located just south of Spring Green, Wisconsin. It includes a 1,148-seat outdoor amphitheater....
, a classical theater located in Spring Green, Wisconsin - American Public TelevisionAmerican Public TelevisionAmerican Public Television is the largest syndicator of programming for public television stations in the United States.-History:...
, a television program provider in the United States - Applied Predictive TechnologiesApplied Predictive TechnologiesApplied Predictive Technologies is a software company that provides business analytics software to other businesses, along with support, training, and consulting services for its software. APT's clients include Starbucks, Subway, Royal Bank of Canada, and more than 40 of the Fortune 500 across a...
, a statistical business analysis software company - Applied Probability TrustApplied Probability TrustThe Applied Probability Trust is a UK-based non-profit foundation for study and research in the mathematical sciences, founded in 1964 and based at the University of Sheffield...
, a UK-based non-profit-making foundation for study and research in the mathematical sciences - APT EntertainmentAPT EntertainmentAPT Entertainment, Inc. is the TV and film production company in the Philippines owned by TAPE Inc. APT stands for Antonio P. Tuviera,one of its owners.-Filmography:...
, a film production company in the Philippines - Art in Perpetuity TrustArt in Perpetuity TrustArt in Perpetuity Trust, also known as APT, is a London-based charity focusing on developing visual arts. It comprises 37 studios for visual artists and a gallery in Deptford.-History:APT was founded in 1995, at Harold Works, Creekside, Deptford...
, a London-based charity - Artist Pension TrustArtist Pension TrustThe Artist Pension Trust is a for-profit organization that was started by entrepreneur Moti Shniberg and economist Dan Galai in 2004. Former SFMOMA and Whitney Museum director David A. Ross was its founding President...
, an investment program designed for artists - ASEAN Plus Three, an international organisation
- Association for Public TransportationAssociation for Public TransportationThe Association for Public Transportation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1973 to encourage development of effective, accessible, and affordable public transport solutions in Boston, Massachusetts, and throughout the northeastern region of the United States. The organization authors the...
, a Boston-based nonprofit organization - Alternative Petroleum Technologies, an environmental energy technology company
Medicine
- Apt testApt testThe Apt test is a medical test used to differentiate fetal or neonatal blood from maternal blood.-History:The test was developed by Leonard Apt, an American pediatric ophthalmologist. The test was originally used to identify the source of bloody stools in newborn infants...
, a medical test used to differentiate fetal or neonatal blood from maternal blood - APTT or Activated partial thromboplastin time, a performance indicator measuring efficacy
Technology
- Atom-probe tomography, an atomic-resolution microscopy technique
- Attached Proton Test, a technique used in Carbon-13 NMRCarbon-13 NMRCarbon-13 NMR is the application of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to carbon. It is analogous to proton NMR and allows the identification of carbon atoms in an organic molecule just as proton NMR identifies hydrogen atoms...
spectroscopy - Automatic Picture TransmissionAutomatic Picture TransmissionThe Automatic Picture Transmission system is an analog image transmission system developed for use on weather satellites. It was introduced in the 1960s and over four decades has provided image data to relatively low-cost user stations at locations in most countries of the world...
, a weather satellite system - Advanced Passenger TrainAdvanced Passenger TrainThe Advanced Passenger Train was an experimental tilting High Speed Train developed by British Rail during the 1970s and early 1980s....
, an ambitious passenger train designed during late 1970s; also British Rail APT-E, the prototype unit - Advanced Persistent ThreatAdvanced Persistent ThreatAdvanced persistent threat usually refers to a group, such as a foreign government, with both the capability and the intent to persistently and effectively target a specific entity. The term is commonly used to refer to cyber threats, in particular that of Internet-enabled espionage, but applies...
, term commonly used to refer to cyber threats, in particular that of Internet enabled espionage, but applicable equally to other threats such as that of traditional espionage or attack.
Computing
- APT (programming language), Automatically Programmed Tool – a high-level computer programming language
- Advanced Packaging ToolAdvanced Packaging ToolThe Advanced Packaging Tool, or APT, is a free user interface that works with core libraries to handle the installation and removal of software on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and its variants...
, Debian's high-level package management system, also used by other Linux-based operating systems. - Almost Plain Text, or DoxiaDoxiaDoxia is a content generation framework that provides its users with powerful techniques for generating static and dynamic content. Doxia can be used in web-based publishing context to generate static sites, in addition to being incorporated into dynamic content generation systems like blogs,...
, a wiki-like syntax used mainly by Apache Maven - annotation processing tool, a utility for executing annotation processors in the Java programming language
Other
- ApartmentApartmentAn apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
, a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building - APT (film)APT (film)APT is a 2006 South Korean horror film, directed, produced, and written by Ahn Byeong-ki and starring Ko So-young. It is based on a comic by Kang Full. The name APT is from the English word meaning apartment....
, a 2006 South Korean horror film - Apt meteorite of 1803, which fell in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (see Meteorite falls)
- Apt. (album), an album by Chilean singer Nicole
- Asian Poker TourAsian Poker TourThe Asian Poker Tour is a major poker tour focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. It aims to promote poker by conducting poker tournaments and events in major Asia-Pacific cities such as Macau and Philippines...
, a major poker tour focusing on the Asia-Pacific region - Automated payment transaction taxAutomated payment transaction taxThe Automated Payment Transaction tax is a proposal to replace all United States taxes with a single tax on each and every transaction in the economy. The system was developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor of Economics Dr. Edgar L...
, a proposal to replace all taxes with a single tax on each and every transaction in the economy - AirportAirportAn airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
, abbreviated to apt