Cheetah (disambiguation)

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

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
• Flakpanzer Gepard, the "anti-aircraft cannon tank Cheetah"
• 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 sportscar in the Grand Theft Auto (series) videogame series, mostly based on a Ferrari Testarossa

Computer related

• Cheetah3D a computer graphics program for 3D modeling, animation and rendering
• Cheetah, a forerunner of the IBM POWER chipset architecture
• CheetahTemplate, a Python template engine
• Mac OS X v10.0, operating system version codenamed "Cheetah"
• a hard drive made by Seagate Technology
• Cheetah Marketing, a UK-based computer hardware and musical equipment company

Music

• Cheetah (band), Australian rock band
• Cheetah Records, a record label

Entertainment

• Cheetah (1989 film), a 1989 Disney film
• Cheetah (1994 film), a 1994 Hindi-language Indian film directed by Harmesh Malhotra
• Cheetah (comics), a supervillain in the Wonder Woman comic series
• Cheetah (Marvel Comics), a fictional villain
• Cheeta, a chimpanzee appearing in numerous Tarzan movies

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 (Wild Adventures), 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

See also

• Cheater
• Cheaters (disambiguation)
• Cheeta, the chimpanzee in early Tarzan movies as well as the 1966–1968 television series
• Cheetah Energy, a brand of energy drink
• Cheetor, a Transformers character
• The Cheetah Girls (band), a musical group