title: APL
text: 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
  Nampula Airport (IATA airport code: APL), in Mozambique
  
  Computers
   .apl, the file extension of the Monkey's Audio metadata file
   AMD Performance Library, renamed Framewave, a computer compiler library
   APL (programming language), an array-based programming language
   APL (codepage), the character set for programming in APL
   Address Prefix List, a DNS record type
   Address programming language, an early high-level programming language developed in the Soviet Union
   Advanced Physical Layer, an extension of Ethernet 10BASE-T1L for field devices
   Alexa Presentation Language, a language for developing Amazon Alexa skills
  
  Software licences
   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
  
  Organizations
  APL (shipping company), a Singapore-based container and shipping company
  Aden Protectorate Levies, a militia force for local defense of the Aden Protectorate
  Advanced Production and Loading, a Norwegian marine engineering company formed in 1993
  Afghanistan Premier League, an Afghan Twenty20 cricket league
  Afghan Premier League, a men's football league in Afghanistan 
  American Patriot League, a proposed American football spring league
  American Premiere League, a Twenty20 cricket league in the US
  American President Lines, a container transportation and shipping company
  American Protective League, a World War I-era pro-war organization
  Applied Physics Laboratory, at Johns Hopkins University
  Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington
  Association of Pension Lawyers, UK
  Aurora Public Library (disambiguation)
  Australian Professional Leagues, an Australian soccer governing body
  Irish Anti-Partition League, a Northern Ireland political organisation
  
  Other uses
  apl.de.ap (born 1974), pseudonym of Allan Pineda Lindo, Filipino-American musician
   Auxiliary Personal Living, a US Navy hull classification for barracks craft; see