Quicksilver

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Quicksilver may refer to:

[edit] Science and technology

• Mercury (element)
• Quicksilver (software), a computer application for Mac OS X by Blacktree Software
• Quicksilver (aircraft), a type of ultralight aircraft
• QuickSilver (project), a software research project at Cornell University
• Quicksilver (ISP), an ISP in New Zealand
• Quicksilver Software, a computer games company based in Irvine, California
• Quicksilver Forums, a forum software
• Certain Power Mac G4 computers carry the byname Quicksilver

[edit] Literature

• Quicksilver (novel), part of The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson

[edit] Clothing

• Quiksilver, a clothing brand specializing in surfing and winter sports

[edit] Media and entertainment

• DJ Quicksilver, an electronic music group
• Quicksilver (comics), a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe
• Quicksilver (game show), a short-lived USA Network game show
• Quicksilver (film), a film starring Kevin Bacon
• Quicksilver (song), a song by Pink Floyd
• Quicksilver Messenger Service, 1960s California rock band
• "Quicksilver", a track on the album Light & Shade by Mike Oldfield
• "Quicksilver", the substance in the series The Invisible Man which allows people or objects to become invisible

[edit] Sport

• Quicksilver (wrestler), the stage name of an American professional wrestler
• Las Vegas Quicksilver - a former soccer team that played for the now-defunct North American Soccer League
• Quicksilver (racehorse), a competitor who finished twenty-first of twenty-three to complete the course at the 1847 Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree