Triton

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Triton may refer to one of many things named after Triton (mythology), a Greek god, the messenger of the deep, son of Poseidon, god of the sea.

• Academic:
  • Triton College, a two-year college located in River Grove, Illinois (USA)
  • The Tritons, the athletic mascot for the University of California, San Diego
  • Tritons, the mascot for Pacifica High School in Oxnard, California
  • Tritons, the mascot for San Clemente High School

• Aerospace:
  • SO.6000 Triton, the first French jet, built by the SNCASO (Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest)

• Astronomy:
  • Triton (moon), the largest moon of the planet Neptune
  • A misspelling of Keith P. Tritton, British astronomer

• Automotive:
  • Ford Triton engine, a series of engines made by the Ford Motor Company
  • Mitsubishi Triton, four wheel drive pickup truck
  • Triton motorcycle, a hybrid Cafe racer style of motorbike built from a Triumph engine and a Norton chassis

• Chemistry/Physics:
  • Triton X-100, a nonionic detergent often used in extraction buffers
  • A tritium nucleus, particularly one used as a bombarding particle or emitted in a nuclear reaction

• Culture:
  • Triton (novel), a novel by Samuel R. Delany
  • Triton (The Little Mermaid), Princess Ariel's father in the Disney animated film The Little Mermaid
  • Tritón, a Mexican magazine
  • The Triton Inn - a destination dining pub (bar and restaurant) in the village of Brantingham in East Yorkshire
  • Umi no Triton, an anime TV series
  • Triton (comics), a Marvel Comics character

• Geography:
  • Triton (Newfoundland and Labrador), a Canadian city
  • Triton, Washington, an American city

• Music:
  • Korg Triton a workstation musical synthesizer [1] [2]
  • Triton (band), a Japanese progressive rock band
  • The Tritonz (band) a Canadian/American heavy metal band fronted by Jon-Mikl Thor

• Nautical:
  • Triton, one of Jacques Cartier's two ships for his first voyage in 1534
  • HMS Triton or HMS Tryton, eight vessels of the Royal Navy
  • RV Triton, an experimental trimaran that underwent trials with the Royal Navy from 2001 to 2005
  • Triton, a Greek Navy submarine, launched in 1971
  • USS Triton, three vessels of the United States Navy
  • USCGC Triton, two ships of the United States Coast Guard
  • The Allied code name for a communication network using the Enigma machine used by German War Navy during the Second World War
  • Pearson Triton, one of the first production fiberglass sailboats manufactured in the United States

• Nature:
  • Triton (mollusk), a marine snail of the family Ranellidae
  • A newt or salamander

• Technology:
  • AIM Triton, a version of the AOL Instant Messenger software
  • The code name of a popular Intel mainboard chipset in the mid-1990s
  • Triton ATM Machines, world's largest manufacturer of off-premise ATM
  • Triton (content delivery), a digital game distribution service.
  • Triton (demogroup), an IBM-PC demoscene demogroup (1992-1996).
  • The name of an internal project at eBay used to manage the company's Pay per click keyword portfolios [3]

• Other:
  • A shower manufacturer
  • Avier Triton: a Swiss diver's watch from Texas-based Avier. [4]