Strap (disambiguation)

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Strap may refer to:

• The Straps, the band.
• Lower third, the graphics at the bottom of telecasts, in the UK known as a strap or namestrap.

• In nautical usage a strap is a short rope (or cable) with two loops at both ends, forming an eight without crossing itself because a seizing holds the two loops together. The rope is wound around a tackle whereas one of the loops is hung on a hook, in the other loop is the tackle.
• A strap can also be a piece of textile resembling the shape of a strap, often having a length exceeding the width, as in jock strap
• Taping is sometimes referred to as strapping. It is used in treating of overuse and sports injuries.
• In electronics usage strap or strapping refers to connecting pins on a chip, device, or circuit in a specified way to select built-in functionality, assign addresses, or define roles (such as master or slave). Strapping can be built-in to the layout of a circuit board, made available on a header, or connected to a switch. Most straps connect pins directly to each other, to ground, or to voltage, but connecting through resistors or other simple circuits is also common.
• In professional wrestling, strap is a slang term sometimes used to refer to a title belt.
• A strap is also widely used by musicians for the support of instruments such as guitars, basses, mandolins and banjos.
• In British journalism the term strap refers to a sub-heading which appears above the headline.

STRAP, the acronym, may refer to:

• Strategic Action Plan
• Structural Alignment Program, a free computer program to elucidate phylogenetic and functional relationships between two or more proteins using 3D-structure
• STRETCH Assembly Program, an assembler for IBM 7030 Stretch

Strapping may refer to:

Strapping (punishment), a form of corporal punishment.