Tun
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TUN or tun may refer to:
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[edit] Science and technology
- TUN/TAP, a computer network device driver
- TUN (product standard), a Danish product standard for building materials
- Tun (Maya calendar), a part of the Mayan long count calendar system
- A unit of time in the Mayan Long Count calendar
- Tun (volume), an antiquated measurement of liquid
[edit] Biology
- Large sea snails of the family Tonnidae
- A tardigrade in its cryptobiotic state
- The Indian name for Toona ciliata wood
[edit] Places
- Tun, former name of Ferdows, a city in Iran
- Tunisia, the country code
- Tunis-Carthage International Airport, the IATA airport code
[edit] Other uses
- Old English and Old Norse word for "enclosed piece of ground", and hence for a farm or village[1]
- A Malay title
- A drum used in the Music of French Guiana
- Touro University Nevada, a private non-profit institution of education
- Lauter tun, a vessel used in brewing
- Mash tun, a vessel used in brewing
[edit] References
- ^ Blair, Peter Hunter (1977) [1956]. An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England (2nd ed.). Cambridge & London: Cambridge University Press. pp. 258–259. ISBN 0 521 29219 0.
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