APU
APU or Apu may refer to: == 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.