Skipjack

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The name Skipjack refers to:

• the Skipjack tuna, a fish of the Scombridae (tuna) family.
• the skipjack, a type of fishing boat used on the Chesapeake Bay, USA.

• USS Skipjack is also the name of three United States Navy submarines.
• Skipjack can also refer to the Skipjack class submarine

"Skipjack" is also the code name for three computer-related items:

• Skipjack, code name for Linspire 6.0, a Linux distribution
• the codename for a member of the VAX-8800 family of computer systems from Digital Equipment Corporation
• Skipjack the block cipher designed by the NSA.