Gist

Gist or GIST may refer to:

• Essence, the central idea or main substance
• GiST, or Generalized Search Tree, a flexible data structure for building search trees
• Gist (Computing), a scientific graphics library written in the C programming language
• Gist, a pastebin service operated by GitHub
• Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, an uncommon neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract
• German Institute of Science and Technology (Singapore), an R&D institute in Singapore
• Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, an R&D university in Gwangju City, South Korea
• Mount Gist, a mountain 8 nautical miles (15 km) northwest of Mount Strathcona near the head of Denman Glacier

People

• Carole Gist, first African American woman to win the Miss USA title
• Christopher Gist (1706–1759), one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States
• James Gist (born 1986), American professional basketball player
• Joseph Gist (1775–1836), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• Mordecai Gist (1743–1792), member of a prominent Maryland family who became a general in command of the Maryland Line in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
• Robert Gist (1924–1998), American actor and film director
• States Rights Gist (1831–1864), lawyer, a militia general in South Carolina, and a Confederate Army general who served during the American Civil War
• William Henry Gist (1807–1874), 68th Governor of South Carolina from 1858 to 1860 and a leader of the secession movement in South Carolina