Cheetah (disambiguation)

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The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is the fastest of all land animals, and a member of the Felidae family.

Cheetah may also refer to:

• Miracinonyx, or American cheetah, a prehistoric genus of big cats

In aviation:

• Atlas Cheetah, a South African military aircraft
• Grumman American AA-5A Cheetah, a light general aviation aircraft
• HAL Cheetah, an Indian licence built version of the Aérospatiale Lama light helicopter
• Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah, an aircraft engine used during World War II

Automobiles:

• Cheetah MMPV, an armored fighting vehicle
• Cheetah Racing Cars, Australian race cars manufactured in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
• Bill Thomas Cheetah, a US sports car developed by the Bill Thomas Motorsports company
• The Lamborghini Cheetah, a large 4x4 off-road prototype that was a precursor to the 1980s Humvee
• a fictional car in the Grand Theft Auto (series) videogame series

Computer related:

• Cheetah3D a computer graphics program for 3D modeling, animation and rendering
• Cheetah, a forerunner of the IBM POWER chipset architecture
• CheetahTemplate, a programming language and template engine
• Mac OS X v10.0, operating system version codenamed "Cheetah"
• a hard drive made by Seagate Technology

In music:

• Cheetah (band), Australian rock band
• Cheetah Records, a record label
• Cheetah Magazine, a late 1960s magazine covering rock and roll and the counterculture of the 1960s

In entertainment:

• Cheetah (film), a 1989 Disney film
• Cheetah (comics), a supervillain in the Wonder Woman comic series
• Cheetah (Marvel Comics), a fictional villain
• nickname of Brittany Diggers, a fictional "werecheetah" in the Gold Digger comics series

Sports clubs:

• Free State Cheetahs, a South African rugby union club
• Central Cheetahs, a South African rugby union club

Nightclubs:

• Cheetah (nightclub), a 1960s New York club frequented by Jimi Hendrix
• Cheetah's, a Las Vegas nightclub best known for being featured in the 1995 movie Showgirls

Other uses:

• Cheetah (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Wild Adventures in Georgia, USA
• Cheetah (riding toy), a children's tricycle riding toy
• Beretta Cheetah, a semi-automatic pistol
• .22 Cheetah, a custom cartridge
• Cheetah Brewers International Inc., a brewer of Canadian beer

[edit] See also

• Cheater
• Cheaters (disambiguation)
• Cheeta, the chimpanzee in early Tarzan movies
• Cheetah Energy, a brand of energy drink
• Cheetor, a Transformers character
• The Cheetah Girls (band), a musical group

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