Soap (disambiguation)

Soap is a surfactant cleaning compound used for personal or other cleaning. SOAP is a computer network protocol (originally an acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol), a protocol specification in computer networks. Soap or SOAP may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Television

• Soap opera, ongoing, episodic work of fiction on TV or radio
• Soap (TV series), a 1970s sitcom

Fictional characters

• Captain Soap MacTavish, fictional soldier from the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series
• Hotel Soap is an animated cartoon character in the Dr. Tran animated series of internet shorts

Music

• S.O.A.P. (duo), a Danish pop music duo
• "Soap" (song), Melanie Martinez single
• Sons of All Pussys, a Japanese band often abbreviated S.O.A.P.

Science and technology

• Short Oligonucleotide Analysis Package, a bioinformatics package used for the assembly and analysis of DNA sequences
• SOAP ("Simplify Obscure Algol Programs"), an Algol 60 prettyprinter
• SOAP note, a method of documentation used in medical charts
• Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program, a method for testing the oil in aircraft engines for the concentration of critical metals to identify wear of engine parts
• Sugar soap, a material used for cleaning surfaces before repainting
• Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program, an assembly language for the IBM 650 computer

Other uses

• Society of Australian Punk, an organisation focused on Australian punk
• Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program, for medical students who were not initially matched with U.S. residencies by the National Resident Matching Program

See also

• Mountain soap
• Soap Creek (Missouri), a stream in the U.S. state of Missouri
• Soap shoes, skateboarding shoes made for grinding
• Joe Soap, a comic strip series
• En Soap, 2006 Danish comedy film