Quicksilver
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Quicksilver is an archaic name for the element mercury. It may also refer to:
Science and technology:
- Quicksilver (Computer), a codename for the third revision of the Power Mac G4
- Quicksilver (software), an open source application launcher for Mac OS X
- QuickSilver (DTP software), a desktop publishing software formerly called Interleaf by Broadvision
- QuickSilver (project), a software research project at Cornell University
- Quicksilver (ISP), an ISP in New Zealand
- Quicksilver Software, a computer games company based in Irvine, California
Media and entertainment:
- DJ Quicksilver, an electronic musician
- Quicksilver (comics), a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe
- Quicksilver (DC Comics), a superhero in the DC Comics universe
- Quicksilver (game show), a short-lived USA Network game show
- Quicksilver (film), a film about bicycle messengers starring Kevin Bacon
- "Quicksilver" (song), a song by Pink Floyd
- Quicksilver Messenger Service, 1960s California rock band
- Quicksilver (novel) by Neal Stephenson, the first volume of his The Baroque Cycle series
- Quicksilver, the fictional invisibility-granting synthetic hormone featured in the Sci-Fi television series The Invisible Man
Transportation:
- Quicksilver Manufacturing, an American manufacturer of ultralight and light aircraft
- Eipper Quicksilver ultralight aircraft
- Quicksilver GT500 ultralight aircraft
- USS Quicksilver (SP-281), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
- Quicksilver was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915, formerly named St. George before 1907
Other:
- Quiksilver, a clothing brand specializing in surfing and winter sports
- Quicksilver, California, a former town in Lake County
- Quicksilver (wrestler), the stage name of American professional wrestler Rick Clements
- Las Vegas Quicksilvers, a former soccer team that played for the now-defunct North American Soccer League
- Operation Quicksilver (disambiguation), military operations
- Quicksilver Resources, an oil and gas production company
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