Skipjack

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Skipjack may refer to:

Zoology

  • Skipjack tuna, a fish of the family Scombridae
  • A common name for Elateridae (click beetles)
  • Skipjack Shad, the fish species, Alosa chrysochloris

Maritime

  • HMS Skipjack, Royal Navy, Halcyon class minesweeper, sunk by bombs in 1940
  • Skipjack (boat), a type of fishing boat used on the Chesapeake Bay, USA
  • USS Skipjack, the name of three United States Navy submarines
  • Skipjack class submarine

In computing

  • Skipjack (cipher), a block cipher, designed by the US National Security Agency
  • Skipjack, the code name for Linspire 6.0, a Linux distribution
  • Skipjack, the code name for the VAX 8550 computer system, introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1986

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