Mount

Mount may refer to:

Displays and equipment

• Weapon mount, equipment used to secure an armament
• Lens mount, an interface used to fix a lens to a camera
• Telescope mount, a device used to support a telescope
• A fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe
• The display of an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore
• Preparing dead animals for display in taxidermy
• Hanging scroll for mounting paintings

Computing and software

• Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible
• mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems
• Mount (streaming), a concept used in streaming software programs

Education

• "The Mount", a nickname for the College of Mount St. Joseph

Other meanings

• Mount (grappling), a grappling position
• Mountain, a landform
• Copulation, the union of the sex organs in mating
• Riding animal, any animal that can be ridden
• Vahana, also called a mount, an animal or mythical entity closely associated with a particular deity in Hindu mythology
• Boarding an apparatus used for gymnastics, such as a balance beam
• Adding butter to a sauce in order to thicken it, as with beurre monté

See also

• Mount (surname)
• The Mount (disambiguation)