Apo
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Apo or APO may refer to:
- African Press OrganizationAfrican Press OrganizationBased in Dakar , the African Press Organization - APO is the leading press release wire in Africa, and the global leader in media relations related to Africa....
- Acting Pilot OfficerActing Pilot OfficerActing Pilot Officer is the lowest commissioned grade in the Royal Air Force, being immediately junior to Pilot Officer. Unlike other RAF ranks which officers may hold in an acting capacity, Acting Pilot Officer is maintained as a separate grade. It normally denotes an officer who has recently...
, the lowest commissioned grade in the Royal Air Force - Acute Pulmomary OedemaPulmonary edemaPulmonary edema , or oedema , is fluid accumulation in the air spaces and parenchyma of the lungs. It leads to impaired gas exchange and may cause respiratory failure...
, fluid accumulation on the lungs - African Political OrganizationAfrican Political OrganizationThe African Political Organization was a Coloured political organization in early twentieth century South Africa. Founded in Cape Town in 1902, the Organization rallied South African Coloured's against the South Africa Act 1909. The APO represented South African Coloured protest politics until its...
, a Coloured political organization in early twentieth century South Africa - Alpha Phi OmegaAlpha Phi OmegaAlpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...
, a U.S. service fraternity - Apo, a god of mountains in Inca mythologyInca mythologyInca mythology includes many stories and legends that are mythological and helps to explain or symbolizes Inca beliefs.All those that followed the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire by Francisco Pizarro burned the records of the Inca culture...
- Serok Apo or Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdistan Workers Party leader
- ApochromatApochromatAn apochromat, or apochromatic lens , is a photographic or other lens that has better correction of chromatic and spherical aberration than the much more common achromat lenses.-Explanation:...
, a type of photographic or other lens - ApoproteinApoproteinApoprotein can refer to:*Apoenzyme, the protein part of an enzyme without its characteristic prosthetic group.*Apolipoprotein, a lipid-binding protein that is a constituent of the plasma lipoprotein....
, a protein without its bound cofactor - ApotexApotexApotex is a Canadian pharmaceutical corporation. Founded in 1974, the company is the largest producer of generic drugs in Canada, with sales exceeding one billion dollars a year...
, Canadian pharmaceutical company, producer of generic drugs - Application Performance Optimization
- Army Post Office, the United States armed forces postal service; See military mailMilitary mailA primary feature of military mail systems is that normally they are subsidized to ensure that military mail posted between duty stations abroad and the home country does not cost the sender any more than normal domestic mail traffic...
- Association for Professional ObserversAssociation for Professional ObserversThe Association for Professional Observers is an association of Fisheries Observers, comprised mainly for observers of the United States. It is the first association on fisheries observation.- Mission and Objectives :...
, an association of fisheries observers, a political protest movement in West Germany during the 1960s and 1970s - Authorized Personnel OnlyAuthorized Personnel OnlyAuthorized Personnel Only , is a fictional black ops unit within the Central Intelligence Agency in the American TV series Alias. It was formed at the beginning of Season 4 and is headquartered beneath the Los Angeles Subway system....
, a fictional black ops unit on Alias - After Peak OilPeak oilPeak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. This concept is based on the observed production rates of individual oil wells, projected reserves and the combined production rate of a field...
, an epoch used in dating years following the estimated Peak of Global Oil Production
Places
- Apo IslandApo IslandApo Island is a volcanic island covering 12 hectares in land area, 7 kilometers off the southeastern tip of Negros Island and 30 kilometers south of the Negros Oriental capital of Dumaguete City in the Philippines....
, a volcanic island in the Philippines - Mount ApoMount ApoMount Apo is a large solfataric, potentially-active stratovolcano in the island of Mindanao, Philippines. With an altitude of , it is the highest mountain in the country and is located between Davao City and Davao del Sur province in Region XI and Cotabato province in Region XII...
, a stratovolcano on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines - Karaš River or Apo, a tributary of the Danube in the Banat region of Serbia and Romania
- Apo-eupApo-eupApo-eup is an eup in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, central South Korea. It has an area of 53.48 km². Although it contains several low peaks, the land of Apo-eup also contains a great deal of flat and fertile floodplain; local agriculture is dominated by rice cultivation. The small Gamcheon river...
, an eup in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, central South Korea - Apache Point ObservatoryApache Point ObservatoryThe Apache Point Observatory is located in the Sacramento Mountains in Sunspot, New Mexico 18 miles south of Cloudcroft. The observatory consists of the Astrophysical Research Consortium's 3.5-meter telescope, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey 2.5-m telescope with a 20" photometric telescope,...
, an observatory in the Sacramento Mountains in Sunspot, New Mexico, U.S.
Music
- Auckland Philharmonia OrchestraAuckland Philharmonia OrchestraThe Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra was established in the early 1980s and has become one of New Zealand's major performing organisations. The instigation of its Composer-in-Residence programme in 1990 has made the orchestra an important force in the promotion of New Zealand composed...
- Armenian Philharmonic OrchestraArmenian Philharmonic OrchestraThe Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra is the national orchestra of Armenia. It was founded in 1925 as a symphony orchestra of the Yerevan State Conservatory. Now it performs in Khachaturian Hall, Yerevan....
- APO Hiking SocietyAPO Hiking SocietyThe Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society, later popularly known as Apo Hiking Society or, simply, Apo, was a Filipino musical group. The group had its fledgling beginnings in 1969 at the Ateneo de Manila high school, with thirteen members: Lito de Joya, Sonny Santiago, Gus Cosio, Renato Garcia, Chito...
, a Filipino singing group - Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra, the orchestra of Reading Blue Coat School