Pyro

Pyro comes from the Greek word πυρ (pyr) meaning fire. In English, it can be a prefix pertaining to fire, or it may refer to:

In computing and computer games:

• Pyro Desktop, a desktop environment for Linux built on Mozilla Firefox
• Pyro Studios, a computer game developer based in Madrid
• PYthon Remote Objects, a remote procedure call library for the Python programming language
• Python Robotics, a project designed to create an easy-to-use interface for accessing and controlling a wide variety of real and simulated robots
• The Pyro, a playable class in the Team Fortress and Team Fortress 2 games
• Pyro 2, an ASCII game
• Pyro, a god in Sacrifice (video game)

In entertainment:

• Pyro (Transformers), a fictional character
• Pyro (comics), a fictional fire-controlling mutant in Marvel Comics's X-Men titles
• Fuego (1964 film), also known as Pyro, a suspense film starring Martha Hyer and Barry Sullivan
• "Pyro" (song), second single from Kings of Leon's 2010 album Come Around Sundown
• The Pyro, a playable character in the 2007 video game, Team Fortress 2.

Other uses:

• USS Pyro, the name of two U.S. Navy ammunition ships
• Mick Pyro, born Michael Tierney, Irish musician and journalist
• Pyrotechnics, the science of using materials capable of undergoing exothermic chemical reactions for the production of heat, light, gas, smoke and/or sound
• Pyrotechnic fastener, also known as pyros or explosive bolts
• Mineral Insulated Copper Clad cable, a type of fire resistant electrical cable
• Pyrogallol, when used as a photographic developing agent
• Pyro (horse), American thoroughbred racehorse
• A chemistry prefix indicating a dimeric acid anhydride, e.g. pyrophosphoric acid
• Pyromaniac, someone with a mental illness that wills them to start fires.
• Fire, the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition.