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 Monkeys 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 mens football league in Afghanistan
American Party of Labor, a Marxist-Leninist anti-revisionist party in the US
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
Association of Pension Lawyers, UK
Aurora Public Library (disambiguation)
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 Auxiliary ship § Support
Kuru may refer to:

Anthropology and history
Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people
Kuru (mythology), part of Meithei mythology
Kuru Kingdom, a powerful Indo-Aryan tribe and kingdom during the Vedic period (Early Iron Age) and later a republic during the Mahajanapada period in India
King Kuru (Vedic Hindu era), the imputed ancestral king of Indo-Aryan Kuru tribe
Kuru (sport), a traditional Bhutanese sport
Kuru, also called sintak, a traditional game of stones from the Philippines

Places
Kuru River, a river in South Sudan
Kuru, Finland, municipality
Kuru, Iran
Kuru, Nigeria
Kuru, Ida-Viru County, village in Iisaku Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
Kuru, Lääne-Viru County, village in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
Kuru block, a community development block in Jharkhand, India
Kuru, Lohardaga, a village in Jhankhand, India

Transport
HMAS Kuru, an Australian patrol boat operational between 1938 and 1943
S/S Kuru, a Finnish lake steamer

People
Ahmet Kuru (born 1982), Turkish footballer
Bartoloměj Kuru (born 1987), Austrian footballer
Büşra Kuru (born 2001), German-born Turkish womens footballer
Taygun Kuru (born 1990), Turkish-German footballer
Uğur Arslan Kuru (born 1989), Turkish footballer
Kuruvilla Pandikattu (born 1957), Indian philosopher

Other uses
Kuru (film), a Japanese supernatural horror film
KURU (FM), a radio station (89.1 FM) licensed to serve Silver City, New Mexico, United States
Kuru kulla, a genus dromaeosaurid theropod

See also
Kourou (disambiguation)
Kurus (disambiguation)
Kuru Kuru (disambiguation)
Kurultai, a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans