APL

APL is an abbreviation, acronym, or initialism that may refer to:

Science and technology

• 132524 APL, an asteroid
• Abductor pollicis longus muscle, in the human hand
• Acute promyelocytic leukemia, a subtype of acute myelogenous leukemia
• Applied Physics Letters, a physics journal
• Applied Physics Laboratory, at Johns Hopkins University
• Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington

Computing

• .apl, the file extension of the Monkey's Audio metadata file
• AMD Performance Library, renamed Framewave, a computer compiler library; see AMD FireStream § Software Development Kit
• Address Prefix List, a DNS record type
• Advanced Physical Layer, an extension of Ethernet 10BASE-T1L for field devices
• APL (codepage), the character set for programming in APL

Computer languages

• APL (programming language), an array-based programming language
• Address programming language, an early high-level programming language developed in the Soviet Union
• Associative Programming Language, a database query language
• Alexa Presentation Language, a language for developing Amazon Alexa skills

Legal agreements for software and data

• Adaptive Public License, an Open Source license from the University of Victoria, Canada
• AROS Public License, a license of AROS Research Operating System
• Arphic Public License, a free font license

Military and politics

• A US Navy hull classification symbol: Barracks craft (APL)
• Aden Protectorate Levies, a militia force for local defense of the Aden Protectorate
• American Protective League, a World War I-era pro-war organization
• Irish Anti-Partition League, a Northern Ireland political organisation

Transportation

• Nampula Airport (IATA airport code: APL), in Mozambique
• American President Lines, a container transportation and shipping company
• Advanced Production and Loading, a Norwegian marine engineering company formed in 1993
• APL Logistics, a Japan-based freight forwarding and transportation company

Sport

• American Patriot League, a proposed American football spring league
• American Premiere League, a Twenty20 cricket league in the US
• Afghanistan Premier League, a defunct Afghan Twenty20 cricket league
• Afghanistan Premier League (2026), an Afghan Twenty20 cricket league

Association football / soccer

• Australian Professional Leagues, an Australian governing body
• Afghan Premier League, a men's league in Afghanistan
• Alberta Premier League, a Canadian league
• Abkhazian Premier League, the top-level league of Abkhazia
• Armenian Premier League, the top-level league of Armenia
• Azerbaijan Premier League, the top-level league of Azerbaijan

Other uses

• apl.de.ap (born 1974), pseudonym of Allan Pineda Lindo, Filipino–American musician
• Association of Pension Lawyers, UK
• Athletic Propulsion Labs, an American clothing company formed in 2009
• Aurora Public Library (disambiguation)

See also

• APL Pipers (formerly the Delhi SG Pipers), an Indian field hockey team
• A. P. L. Bazin (Antoine-Pierre-Louis; 1799–1863), French sinologist
• APL Materials, a scientific journal published by the American Institute of Physics
• APL Photonics, a scientific journal published by the American Institute of Physics
• AAPL (disambiguation)
• APPL: Area Police/Private Security Liaison
• APLL (disambiguation)