Soap (disambiguation)

Soap is a surfactant cleaning compound used for personal or other cleaning.

SOAP is an XML computer network protocol (originally an acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol), a protocol specification in computer networks.

Soap or SOAP may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Television

Soap opera, ongoing, episodic work of fiction on TV or radio
Soap (TV series), a 1970s sitcom

Fictional characters

Captain Soap MacTavish, fictional soldier from the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series
Hotel Soap is an animated cartoon character in the Dr. Tran animated series of internet shorts

Music

S.O.A.P. (duo), a Danish pop music duo
Sons of All Pussys, a Japanese band often abbreviated S.O.A.P.
"Soap" (song), by Melanie Martinez, 2015
"Soap", a song by Stand Atlantic from Pink Elephant, 2020
"Soap", a song by Yves and PinkPantheress from Soft Error, 2025

Science and technology

Short Oligonucleotide Analysis Package, a bioinformatics package used for the assembly and analysis of DNA sequences
SOAP ("Simplify Obscure Algol Programs"), an Algol 60 prettyprinter
SOAP note, a method of documentation used in medical charts
Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program, a method for testing the oil in aircraft engines for the concentration of critical metals to identify wear of engine parts
Sugar soap, a material used for cleaning surfaces before repainting
Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program, an assembly language for the IBM 650 computer

Other uses

Society of Australian Punk, an organisation focused on Australian punk
Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program, for medical students who were not initially matched with U.S. residencies by the National Resident Matching Program