Docking

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Docking may refer to:

Vehicles

• Dock (maritime), the mooring or drydocking of ships / watercraft.
• Spacecraft Docking and Berthing Mechanisms, the process of joining one spacecraft or space station module to another.

In computing

• Dock (computing), a graphical user interface component that provides a user a way of launching and switching between applications.
• Docking station, a device used to interface a (typically mobile) computer/device with other (typically fixed) devices/peripherals.
• Dock connector, the mechanism used to connect a computing device with a docking station
• Docking@Home, a distributed computing project

Other uses

• Docking (animal), the practice of trimming the tail of an animal.
  • Docking (dog), the above practice as specifically applies to dogs.
  • Docking, the similar mutilation of humans, e.g. as corporal punishment
• Docking (molecular)
• Docking, Norfolk, a Norfolk village
• Docking, the piercing of dough as it is manipulated, sometimes with a tool such as a Roller docker.
• Docking (sex), a sex act
• Docking (surname)

See also

• Cropping (animal) for similar trimming treatment of ears

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