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Can may refer to:
[edit] Container
- Aluminum can
- Steel can, an airtight tinplate container for storing food and other predominantly liquid products
- Beverage can, a can designed to hold a single serving of a beverage
- Oil can
- Canning, a process of preserving food
- Canister
[edit] Technology
- Controller area network, a vehicle bus standard for data communication
[edit] Music
- Can (band), an experimental rock band formed in West Germany in 1968
- Can (album), a 1979 krautrock album
[edit] People
Main article: Can (name)
[edit] Places
- River Can, a river in Essex, United Kingdom
[edit] Other uses
- Cans, ISO 15924 code for Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
- Can (verb), an English modal auxiliary verb
- Slang for a toilet
- Slang for headphones
- Slang for Alcoholic Beverage The term 'can' entered the vernacular some time at the turn of the century. It was first used when beer was predominately drunk out of cans and drinkers would refer to a beer as a can. As glass bottles started to take over, the slang term 'can' persisted. The term 'can' has now expanded to include all alcoholic beverages.
[edit] See also
- All pages beginning with "Can"
- All pages with titles containing "Can"
- Cannes, France
- Cahn (disambiguation)
- Cane (disambiguation)
- Kan (disambiguation)
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