Shell

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Shell may refer to:

Nature

• Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine animal, found on beaches
• Exoskeleton, an external covering of some animals
  • Mollusc shell
  • Gastropod shell
  • Turtle shell
• Eggshell

Business

• Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil and gas company
  • Shell Oil Company, the U.S.-based subsidiary
  • Shell Canada
  • Shell Nigeria
• Shell corporation, a company which serves as a vehicle for business transactions

Entertainment

• Shell (film)
• Shell (theater), a curved surface for reflecting sound
• The Shells, a musical group
• "Shells" (Angel), a TV episode
• A receptical used in the Shell game

Places

• Shell, Ecuador
• Shell, California, United States
• Shell, Wyoming, United States

People

• Art Shell (born 1946), American football player and coach
• Donald Shell (born 1924), American computer scientist
• Karl Shell (born 1938), American economist

Weaponry

• Shell (projectile), an explosive device fired from artillery
• Shotgun shell, a type of shotgun ammunition

Computing

• Shell (computing), a type of user interface
  • Command-line interface, sometimes referred to as "command shell"
  • List of command-line interpreters, programs occasionally referred to as "shells"
• Operating system shell
• Shell account, a user account on a remote server
• Secure Shell protocol
• Shell sort, a sorting algorithm
• An empty expert system

Other uses

• Shell (machinery), each half of a two-piece plain bearing
• Electron shell
• Racing shell, a watercraft
• Shell element, a component of the thin-shell structure construction method
• Coverage shell, the number of defenders guarding the deep portion of the field in American football
• Shell, a woman's blouse or T-shirt

See also

• On shell and off shell, a concept in quantum field theory
• All pages beginning with "Shell"
• All pages with titles containing "Shell"

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