{{Wiktionary|APU|apu}} '''APU''' or '''Apu''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Film and television== * ''The Apu Trilogy'', a series of three Indian films, directed by Satyajit Ray, with the fictional character Apu Roy, comprising: ** ''Pather Panchali'' (''Song of the Little Road'') (1955), the first of the three films, covering the early childhood of Apu ** ''Aparajito'' (''The Unvanquished'') (1956), the second film, covering the remaining years of Apu's youth and adolescence ** ''Apur Sansar'' (''The World of Apu'') (1959), the final film of the trilogy, covering Apu's adulthood * Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a fictional character from the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' (appearing 1990–present)
==Literature== * Apu Roy, the fictional character in two novels by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay: **''Pather Panchali'' (1929), the basis for the first film of ''The Apu Trilogy'' ** ''Aparajito'', a second novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, the basis of the second and third films of the trilogy * ''Apu'' (magazine), a Finnish family magazine (1933–present)
==Organizations== * Aliança Povo Unido, or United People Alliance, a political coalition in Portugal * Applied Psychology Unit, now the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the Medical Research Council, United Kingdom * Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union, (''Evangelische Kirche der altpreußischen Union'') a former church * Amherst Political Union, a student debating organization at Amherst College
===Education=== * Alaska Pacific University, in Anchorage, Alaska, United States * American Public University, in Charles Town, West Virginia, United States * Anglia Polytechnic University, former name of Anglia Ruskin University in England * Azusa Pacific University, in Azusa, California, United States * Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, colloquially known as ''Asia Pacific University'', in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, in Beppu, Ōita, Japan * Azim Premji University, in Bangalore, Karnataka, India
==Technology== * AMD APU, marketing term from AMD for a microprocessor that includes a CPU and a GPU within a single chip * Audio processing unit, a microprocessor for processing audio on computers * Auxiliary power unit, a device on a vehicle that provides energy for functions other than propulsion. They were called "Airborne Auxiliary Power Plant" (AAPP) on certain British Cold War era aircraft.
==Transportation== * Apucarana Airport, Brazil, by IATA code * ''Apu'' (1899), a Finnish icebreaker * ''Apu'' (1970), a Finnish icebreaker, in the list of icebreakers
==Other uses== * Apu, another name for Upu, an ancient region surrounding Damascus * Apu (god), a deity or honorific in South American religion and Incan mythology * Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, 31st President of Chile
==See also== * Appu (disambiguation) * Aşağı Apu, a village in Azerbaijan * Yuxarı Apu, a village in Azerbaijan * ''The Problem with Apu'' a 2017 documentary film critiquing stereotypes of people from India and the fictional character of Apu in ''The Simpsons''
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