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Snap
Snap: American drama TV series, 2022–2023, IMDb tt18163882, created by Devin Hampton and Eric Benét; an imperfect god A.O. is each episode's moral compass. Distinct from Snapchat's Snap Originals and KCRW's SNAP radio show.
Snap (gridiron football)
Snap (gridiron football): the backward pass between the legs that starts every scrimmage play, made by the center. Types include under center, shotgun (QB 5-7 yards deep), and 7-15 yard long snaps for punts and kicks.
Snap (software)
Snap is a self-contained Linux package format developed by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, bundling an application with most dependencies in a sandbox with automatic updates.
SNAP during the 2025 U.S. federal government shutdown
During the 2025 U.S. government shutdown (from October 1), USDA suspended November SNAP benefits for about 42 million recipients; courts ordered contingency-fund payments, the Supreme Court intervened, and Congress passed funding bills to restore the program.
Snap election
Snap election: an early parliamentary election called before the scheduled end of a legislature, also called early election. Distinguished by incumbent timing discretion, coalition collapse triggers, incumbent gains and risks (UK 2017, Canada 2021), and effects on political trust.
Snap freezing
Snap freezing is a laboratory technique that freezes a specimen extremely rapidly, classically by immersion in liquid nitrogen, to preserve its molecular and structural composition for later analysis.
Snap Inc.
Snap Inc., formerly Snapchat Inc., is an American technology company in Santa Monica, California. It operates Snapchat, went public on the NYSE in 2017, and develops AR hardware including Spectacles.
Snap pea
Snap pea (sugar snap pea, Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon): edible-podded pea crossed from snow pea and garden pea in the 1970s; thick, sweet, rounded pods eaten whole without shelling.
Snap Specs
Snap Specs are standalone augmented reality glasses from Snap's subsidiary Specs Inc., unveiled in June 2026 as the sixth-generation Spectacles line, priced at $2,195 with fall 2026 shipping.
SNAP trial
SNAP trial names several clinical trials: the weight-gain prevention RCT (NCT01183689) in 599 young adults, the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform trial (NCT05137119), a nab-paclitaxel breast cancer phase II trial, a pregnancy nicotine-replacement trial, and the SNaPP anesthesia trial.
Snap-back
Snap-back is a structural instability in which load and displacement decrease simultaneously, the harder companion of snap-through, and it appears in shell buckling, concrete fracture, and strain-softening structures.
Snap-on
Snap-on, also known as Snap-on Tools, is an American manufacturer of professional hand tools, diagnostics, and tool storage, founded in Milwaukee in 1920 and headquartered in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Snap, Crackle and Pop
Snap, Crackle and Pop are the cartoon mascots of Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal, created by illustrator Vernon Grant in 1933 after a radio jingle; Snap debuted alone, Crackle and Pop joined the box in 1941, and a fourth elf, Pow, briefly appeared in the 1950s.
Snap!
Snap! is a German Eurodance project formed by Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti, known for "The Power" (1990) and "Rhythm Is a Dancer" (1992).
SNAP23
SNAP23 encodes SNAP-23, the 211-amino-acid ubiquitously expressed t-SNARE counterpart of neuronal SNAP-25, essential for membrane fusion, embryonic development, and exocytosis in platelets and immune cells.
SNAP25
SNAP25 (SNAP-25), synaptosome associated protein 25, gene at 20p12.2, is a presynaptic SNARE protein contributing two helices to the SNARE complex with syntaxin-1 and synaptobrevin, essential for calcium-triggered neurotransmitter release and cleaved by botulinum toxins A, C, and E.
Snapchat
Snapchat is a multimedia messaging app from Snap Inc., launched in 2011, in which photos and videos called Snaps are deleted after being viewed by default.
Snapchat My AI
Snapchat My AI is a chatbot assistant built into Snapchat by Snap Inc., powered by OpenAI models, launched in 2023 and free for all users since April 2023.
Snapchat+
Snapchat+ is a paid subscription tier for the Snapchat messaging app, launched by Snap Inc. in June 2022 for $3.99 per month, with over 25 million subscribers by 2026.
Snapdeal
Snapdeal, also known as Snapdeal.com, is an Indian e-commerce marketplace for affordable fashion, home, and lifestyle goods, founded in 2010 by Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal.
Snapdragon 8 Elite
The Snapdragon 8 Elite, model SM8750, is a flagship Qualcomm mobile system-on-a-chip announced in October 2024, the first Snapdragon built on Qualcomm's custom Oryon CPU cores.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is a premium Qualcomm mobile processor announced in November 2022, used in flagship Android phones like the Samsung Galaxy S23 and OnePlus 11.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is a premium mobile system-on-a-chip announced by Qualcomm in October 2023, its first platform designed around on-device generative AI, powering 2024 flagship Android phones.
Snapdragon Stadium
Snapdragon Stadium: 35,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in San Diego's Mission Valley, opened September 3, 2022 on the former Qualcomm Stadium site. Home of SDSU Aztecs football, San Diego FC (MLS), and San Diego Wave FC (NWSL); $310 million cost, Qualcomm $45 million 15-year naming deal.
Snapdragon X Elite
Snapdragon X Elite is a 4 nm Arm-based Qualcomm chip for Windows laptops, announced in 2023 and shipped from mid-2024 with a 12-core Oryon CPU and 45 TOPS NPU.
Snapewives
Snapewives, or Snapists, were women in mid-2000s Harry Potter fandom who practiced Snapeism, a fiction-based religion channeling Severus Snape as a deity; the group disbanded after internal conflict.
SnapGene
SnapGene is a commercial desktop application for molecular biology that lets researchers plan, simulate, and document DNA cloning and PCR procedures before doing them at the bench.
SnapLogic
SnapLogic is an American software company, founded in 2006 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, whose integration platform as a service connects applications, data sources, and APIs.
Snapmaker (快造科技)
Snapmaker (快造科技), formally Shenzhen Snapmaker Technologies Co., Ltd., is a Chinese desktop manufacturing company founded in Shenzhen in 2016, known for 3-in-1 printers and the record-setting U1.
Snapmint
Snapmint, legally Snapmint Credit Advisory Private Limited, is a Mumbai fintech founded in 2017 that lets Indian shoppers buy goods on EMIs without a credit card.