Raptor

Raptor or RAPTOR may refer to:

Animals

• Raptor (bird) or bird of prey, birds that hunt and feed on other animals
• Velociraptor, a genus of dinosaurs
  • Dromaeosauridae, the family that includes Velociraptor

Military

• Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, a United States Air Force stealth fighter aircraft
• HSM-71, a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron, known by the nickname "The Raptors"
• VMMT-204, United States Marine Corps Osprey training squadron, known by the nickname "The Raptors"
• RAPTOR, a reconnaissance pod carried by the RAF Tornado aircraft

Entertainment

• Raptor , Daniel Varela Denver Colorado
• Raptor (Cedar Point), an inverted roller coaster at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States
• Raptor (Fantasilandia), a roller coaster in Fantasilandia, Chile
• Raptor (Gardaland), a wing roller coaster at Gardaland amusement park in Italy
• Raptor: Call of the Shadows, a 1994 vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up video game
• Raptor convention, a contract bridge convention
• Raptor (band), a Thai pop duo consisting of two boys, Joni Anwar (also known as Joni Raptor) and Louis Scott
• A series of electric guitar produced by Peavey Guitars

Fiction

• Raptor (Battlestar Galactica), a military spacecraft in the Battlestar Galactica universe
• Raptor (film), a 2001 made-for-television horror film
• Raptor (G.I. Joe), a Cobra character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Raptor (Marvel Comics), the name of three fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe
• Raptor (novel), written by Gary Jennings
• Raptor heavy fighter, a starfighter in the Wing Commander universe
• Lord Raptor, a character from the Darkstalkers series of fighting games
• A chapter of the Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000 universe
• One of the Unreal Tournament 2004 Vehicles (and 2007) as well as a vehicle in Unreal II eXpanded MultiPlayer
• A character in the XTNCT comic strip

Computers and programming

• RAPTOR (software), which provides 3D protein structure prediction for drug discovery researchers
• Raptor (programming language), visual programming language for developing executable flowcharts
• WD Raptor, a high-performance hard disk drive from Western Digital
• Raptor RDF, parser and serializer from the Redland RDF Application Framework
• Gecko (layout engine), open source layout engine originally released as Raptor
• Raptor code, a certain type of rateless error correcting code

Vehicles and engines

• Raptor (rocket engine), a methane/LOX powered rocket engine being developed by SpaceX
• Raptor 125, a motorbike built by Cagiva
• Raptor 660, an ATV 4-wheel motorcycle produced by Yamaha
• Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, a pickup truck designed to compete in the Baja 1000 off-road race
• Raptor-class, a design of car ferry used by Red Funnel to cross the Solent

Sports

• Toronto Raptors, an NBA basketball team
• Ogden Raptors, an American professional baseball team in the Pioneer League
• A downhill ski course adjacent to Birds of Prey (ski course) in Beaver Creek, Colorado, US

See also

• RPTOR (gene), human gene for the KIAA1303 adapter protein
• Rapture (disambiguation)
• Rapt (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Raptor