Dock

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Contents 1 In transportation 2 In natural sciences 3 In molecular biology 4 In computing 5 Other 6 See also

Dock may refer to:

[edit] In transportation

• Dock (maritime), an area of water for building or repairing or loading and unloading ships or ferries. See also:
  • Dry dock, a narrow basin that can be flooded and drained to allow a load to come to rest on a dry platform
  • Impounded dock, a large basin in which the water is impounded by gates or locks allowing ships to remain afloat at low tide, see Docklands
  • Ferry slip, a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat
  • Floating dock is a dock resting on pontoons.
  • Harbor
  • Jetty
  • Marina
  • Pier, a raised walkway over water, supported by widely spread piles or pillars
  • Pontoon, a buoyant device, used to support docks or floating bridges
  • Quay
  • Wharf, a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, where ships are loaded and unloaded
• Loading dock or Cargo bay, an unloading area for trucks to deliver cargo
• Space rendezvous, if it includes docking
• Stevedore, a worker who loads and unloads ships, also known as a docker or longshoreman

[edit] In natural sciences

• Dock (tailhead); see Rump (croup)
• Dock, to remove part of an animal's tail or ears

• Docking (animal), the removal of part of an animal, often tail or ears
• Docking (dog)
• Docking as human corporal punishment

• Dock, a plant common name

• Dock, referring to genus Rumex

• Narrow-leaf dock, Rumex mexicanus and Rumex acetosa
• Curly dock or curled dock, Rumex crispus
• Broadleaf dock or butter dock, Rumex obtusifolius

• Prairie dock (disambiguation)

[edit] In molecular biology

• DOCK, Dedicator Of CytoKinesis), a family of proteins involved in cell signalling
• Docking, a research technique for predicting the relative orientation of two molecules to each other in a bimolecular complex

[edit] In computing

• Dock (computing), a graphical user interface feature
• Docking station, for a portable computer

[edit] Other

• Dock (Hayden Scott-Barren), a UK manga illustrator
• Docking (sexual practice)
• Docking, Norfolk, a village in East Anglia, England
• The Docks Waterfront Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• The first level of the Heretic video game
• The former name of Devonport, Devon, now a part of the city of Plymouth
• The place where the defendant stands in a British courtroom (see the layout of courts in Scotland) hence the expression "in the dock"

[edit] See also

• Burdock (disambiguation)
• Dox, a supposed hybrid between a dog and a fox
• DOC (disambiguation)
• Docklands, the area in London

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