Shark (disambiguation)

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A shark is a cartilaginous, usually carnivorous fish.

Shark may also refer to:

Animals

• Some bony fishes from the family Cyprinidae; see freshwater shark
• Shark (moth), the noctuid moth species Cucullia umbratica

Art

• The Headington Shark (or just The Shark), a 1986 sculpture in Headington, Oxford, England
• The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a 1991 artwork based on a shark by Damien Hirst

Computing

• Shark or Sharkbase, an MS-DOS database (dbf) application
• Shark, a Mac OS X software development optimization tool
• Soft Hard Real-Time Kernel (S.Ha.R.K. or SHaRK), a component-based real-time kernel architecture
• IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) or Shark
• Shorthand-Aided Rapid Keyboarding or ShapeWriter, a data input method

Cryptography

• SHARK, a block cipher identified as one of the predecessors of Rijndael
• SHARK, a World War II codename for a German naval cipher using the Enigma machine

Entertainment and media

• Shark (2000 film), a 2000 horror film
• Shark! (film), a 1969 action film
• A Shark (film) (Korean: 상어 or Sang-eo), 2005 Korean film by Kim Dong-hyun
• Shark (TV series), a CBS legal drama starring James Woods
• Shark (2013 TV series), a South Korean KBS television series
• Shark (comics), a DC Comics supervillain
• The Shark, a lost 1920 silent Fox film starring George Walsh

Music

• Sharks (album), an album by rock band UFO
• Sharks (band formed 1972), a British rock band from the 1970s
• Sharks (band formed 2007), a British punk rock band from 2007 onwards
• The Sharks, a new wave band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• "Sharks" a song by Test Icicles from the album For Screening Purposes Only

People

Individuals

• "The Shark", a nickname of professional baseball player Roger Bernadina
• "The Shark", a nickname of professional poker player Humberto Brenes
• "The Shark", a nickname of former NFL player Kenneth Gant
• "The Shark", a nickname of professional golfer Greg Norman
• "The Shark", an alias of convicted felon Michele Sindona
• "The Shark", a nickname of professional wrestler John Tenta
• "The Shark", a nickname of former college basketball superstar Mark Titus
• "The Shark", a nickname of heavy metal guitarist Mark Shelton

Types of people

• Card shark, an alternative term for card sharp (again, usually a term for a hustler or cheat, but sometimes also refers to an honest, skilled player or card trick performer)
• Loan shark, one who offers unsecured loans at high interest rates, often backed by threats of violence
• Pool shark (disambiguation), a pool/billiards hustler

Sports teams

• Cronulla Sharks, an Australian Rugby League team
• East Fremantle Sharks, an Australian Rules football team
• Hull F.C. (once known as Hull Sharks, an English Rugby League team who have now reverted to the name 'Hull F.C.'.
• Jacksonville Sharks, the reigning champion of the Arena Football League
• Orlando Sharks, a U.S. Indoor Soccer team
• NSU Sharks, NCAA II Athletic teams of Nova Southeastern University
• Sale Sharks, an English rugby union team
• San Jose Sharks, a U.S. National Hockey League team
• Shanghai Sharks, a Chinese basketball team
• Sharks F.C., a Nigerian football team
• Sheffield Sharks, an English basketball team
• The Sharks (Super Rugby), a South African rugby union team who play in the Super Rugby competition, or the Natal Sharks, the same team when they play in the Currie Cup
• Worcester Sharks, a U.S. American Hockey League team

Miscellaneous products

• Shark (helmet manufacturer)
• Shark bites, a fruit snack produced by Betty Crocker
• Shark Stimulation, an energy drink manufactured in Thailand by Osotspa Co. Ltd.

Vehicles and vessels

• Blackburn Shark, a British tordedo bomber
• Fly-Fan Shark, a Slovak light aircraft design
• Shark, a speedboat used for Circle Line Downtown
• Mako Shark (concept car), a concept car
• Shark, a version of the Rotopress garbage truck
• Akula (Акула), a Typhoon class submarine also known as "Shark"

See also

• Shark Island (disambiguation)
• USS Shark, a list of American ships
• SHARC (disambiguation)
• Jumping the shark
• Sharking, a sexual fetish that involves debagging.

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