Speed (disambiguation)

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Speed is the rate of motion, change, or activity.

Speed may also refer to:

Name

• Speed (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the surname, given name or nickname

Places

United States

• Speed, former name of Speedway, California
• Speed, Indiana
• Speed, Kansas
• Speed, Missouri
• Speed, North Carolina
• Speed, West Virginia

Elsewhere

• Speed, Victoria, Australia
• Speed River, Canada

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

• Speed (serial), a 1922 film serial directed by George B. Seitz
• Speed (1936 film), an American film starring James Stewart
• Speed (1984 film), an IMAX documentary
• Speed (1994 film), an American film starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock
  • Speed 2: Cruise Control, the film's 1997 sequel
• Speed (2007 film), an Indian film starring Zayed Khan and Urmila Matondkar
• Speed (TV channel), former American TV channel devoted to motorsports and automobiles
• Speed (TV series), presented by Jeremy Clarkson

Music

• Speed metal, a subgenre of heavy metal music, commonly referred to as simply "speed"
• Speedcore, a subgenre of hardcore techno, commonly referred to as simply "speed"
• Speed (Japanese band), a Japanese musical group
• Speed (South Korean band), a Korean music group created from members of Coed School
• "Speed" (Billy Idol song), by Billy Idol
• "Speed" (Bond song), a 2002 song by Bond
• "Speed" (Montgomery Gentry song), a 2002 song by country music duo Montgomery-Gentry

Other

• Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
• Speed (novel), a 1970 novel by William S. Burroughs Jr.
• Speed (card game), a game for two or more players of the shedding family of card games
• Speed: No Limits, a roller coaster at Oakwood Theme Park in Wales
• Speed-The Ride, a roller coaster at the Sahara hotel and casino in Las Vegas
• Speed (ride), an amusement ride

Other uses

• slang for amphetamine, methamphetamine and substituted amphetamines
• slang for luck or good fortune
• Speed (finance), in quantitative finance, a third order derivative of an option pricing function versus the underlying spot price
• J. B. Speed School of Engineering, formerly Speed Scientific School, at the University of Louisville
• Lens speed, the maximum aperture or light-gathering ability of an optical system.
• Transmission (mechanics) gear or sprocket configuration
• Independence Speed Tandem, a German paraglider design