Nautilus (disambiguation)
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- The chambered nautilus is a cephalopod with a many-chambered, spiral shell.
- The paper nautilus is a type of octopus, also known as the "Argonaut."
Nautilus is a name given to some ships and submarines:
- Nautilus (1800 submarine), first practical submarine invented by Robert Fulton
- Nautilus (Verne), famous fictional submarine in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (and its many adaptations)
- HMS Nautilus, vessels of the British Royal Navy
- USS Nautilus, vessels of the United States Navy
See Ships named Nautilus for more.
Nautilus is also the name of:
- Nautilus (board game), a submarine-themed German-style board game
- Nautilus (file manager), the official file manager for the GNOME desktop
- Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability, a public policy think-tank addressing security and sustainability issues
- Nautilus laser, a weapon system to intercept long-range missiles
- Nautilus Pompilius, A Mollusk or a Russian rock group
- Nautilus (secure telephone), an early secure telephony softphone
- Nautilus (space station module), an inflatable space habitation module
- Nautilus, Inc., founded by Arthur Jones, a producer of exercise equipment, including Nautilus, Bowflex, Schwinn Fitness and Stairmaster
- Nautilus Institute, a research-based initiative of Nautilus, Inc. providing motivation and education for lifelong health and fitness patterns
- Nautilus, Japanese video game developer, formerly Sacnoth
Nautilus may also be:
- a product line of speakers produced by Bowers & Wilkins (B&W)
- the Greater Argonaut, an octopus also known as the "Paper Nautilus"
- the codename for the VAX-8800 family of computer systems from Digital Equipment Corporation