Chap may refer to:

  • Chap (instrument), a Southeast Asian percussion instrument
  • Chap Petersen (born 1968), American politician and Virginia state senator
  • Chap, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
  • The Chap, a British magazine
  • The Chap (band), an experimental pop band from North London
  • Chap, a caste in the Bhakkar district of the Punjab, Pakistan

CHAP may stand for:

  • Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol, a computer networking authentication system
  • Combined Heat And Power, cogeneration, the use of a heat engine or a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat
  • Comprehensive Health Assessment Program, a tool used for keeping medical histories of people with intellectual disabilities
  • Community Health Accreditation Program, an independent, US not-for-profit accrediting body for health care organizations
  • Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, a Baltimore, Maryland authority that oversees historic properties in the city
  • CHAP-FM, a rebroadcaster of CHYC-FM in Chapleau, Ontario, Canada
  • CHAP (AM), a 1970s radio station in Longlac, Ontario, Canada

See also

  • CHAP domain, in molecular biology a region of amino acids found in proteins
  • Chap boot, a type of footwear
  • Chap Chap, a village in Iran
  • Chaps (disambiguation)
  • Chappe (disambiguation)