Cheetah (disambiguation)
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The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is the fastest of all land animals, and an a typical member of the cat family that hunts by speed (coursing) rather than by stalk-and-ambush.
Cheetah may also refer to:
- Miracinonyx, or American cheetah, a prehistoric genus of big cats found in North America
as well as:
- Aircraft
- Atlas Cheetah, a South African military aircraft
- Grumman American AA-5A Cheetah, a light general aviation aircraft
- HAL Cheetah, an Indian licence built version of the Aérospatiale Alouette II light helicopter
- Automobiles
- a fictional car in the Grand Theft Auto videogame series
- Cheetah MMPV, an armored fighting vehicle produced by Force Protection Inc.
- Cheetah Racing Cars, Australian race cars manufactured in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
- Bill Thomas Cheetah, a US sports car developed by the Bill Thomas Motorsports company
- The Lamborghini Cheetah, a large 4x4 off-road prototype that was a precursor to the 1980s Humvee.
- Computer related
- Cheetah, a forerunner of the IBM POWER chipset architecture
- CheetahTemplate, a programming language and template engine
- Mac OS X v10.0, code named Cheetah
- A computer hard drive from Seagate Technology.
- Recreational
- Cheetah (band), Australian rock band
- Cheetah (film), a 1989 film.
- Cheetah (comics), a supervillain in the Wonder Woman comic series
- Cheetah (music), a manufacturer of MIDI keyboards and synthesisers
- Cheetah Brewers International Inc., a brewer of Canadian beer
- Cheetah Club, a 1960s New York club frequented by Jimi Hendrix
- Cheetah's Topless Club, a Las Vegas nightclub best known for being featured in the 1995 movie Showgirls
- Cheetah Records, a record label
- Sports clubs
- Free State Cheetahs, a South African rugby union club that plays in the country's domestic competition, the Currie Cup
- Central Cheetahs, a South African rugby union club, related to the above, that plays in the Southern Hemisphere Super 14 competition
- Toys
- Cheetah (riding toy), a children's tricycle riding toy, similar to the Big Wheel and Green Machine
[edit] See also
- Cheater
- Cheaters (disambiguation)
- Cheeta, the chimpanzee famous for appearing in early Hollywood Tarzan movies
- Cheetah Energy, for the energy drink.