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Rock (geology) In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks form the Earth' ...
, a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids *
Rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States a ...
, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to:


Places


United Kingdom

* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales * Rock, Cornwall, a village in England *
Rock, County Tyrone __NOTOC__ Rock () is a small village in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland located approximately 5 miles south-west of Cookstown. The village and surrounding area is located mainly within the parish of Desertcreat. Sport Rock St. Patr ...
, a village in Northern Ireland * Rock, Devon, a location in England * Rock, Neath Port Talbot, a location in Wales *
Rock, Northumberland Rock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Rennington, in Northumberland, England about north of Alnwick. In 1951 the parish had a population of 162. Buildings The single street has on one side cottages and gardens; on t ...
, a village in England * Rock, Somerset, a location in Wales *
Rock, West Sussex Washington is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is located west of Steyning and east of Storrington on the A24 between Horsham and Worthing. The parish covers an area of . In the 2001 census 1,930 pe ...
, a hamlet in Washington, England * Rock, Worcestershire, a village and civil parish in England


United States

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Rock, Kansas Rock is an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 94. History 19th century The post office was established August 12, 1870. In 1877, the ...
, an unincorporated community * Rock, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Rock, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, a town in southern Wisconsin *
Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin Rock is a town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Lindsey and Nasonville are located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the ...
, a town in central Wisconsin


Elsewhere

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Corregidor Corregidor ( tl, Pulo ng Corregidor, ) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and is considered part of the Province of Cavite. Due to this location, Corregidor has historically b ...
, an island in the Philippines also known as "The Rock" *
Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispa ...
, an island in the Caribbean is locally referred to as the "Rock" *
Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between T ...
, an island near Tonga referred to as the "Rock" by residents *
Rock of Gibraltar The Rock of Gibraltar (from the Arabic name Jabel-al-Tariq) is a monolithic limestone promontory located in the British territory of Gibraltar, near the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, and near the entrance to the Medite ...
, a British overseas territory near the southernmost tip of Spain


Multiple entities

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Rock County (disambiguation) Rock County is the name of three counties in the United States: * Rock County, Minnesota * Rock County, Nebraska * Rock County, Wisconsin {{Geodis, uscounty ...
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Rock Creek (disambiguation) Rock Creek or Rockcreek may refer to: Streams United States * Rock Creek (California) * Rock Creek (Fountain Creek tributary), Colorado * Rock Creek (Idaho) * Rock Creek (Kankakee River tributary), Illinois * Rock Creek (Wapsipinicon River t ...
* Rock Island (disambiguation) *
Rock Lake (disambiguation) Rock Lake is the name of several locations: United States * Rock Lake (White Cloud Mountains), Idaho * Rock Lake (Lyon County, Minnesota) * Rock Lake (Minnesota) * Rock Lake (Wright County, Minnesota) * Rock Lake Township, Lyon County, Minnes ...
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Rock River (disambiguation) Rock River may refer to: Streams ;United States * Rock River (Mississippi River), a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin and Illinois * Rock River (Iowa), a tributary of the Big Sioux River in Minnesota and Iowa * Rock River (Lake Mic ...
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Rock Mountain (disambiguation) Rock Mountain could refer to these places in the United States of America: *Rock Mountain (Georgia) *Rock Mountain (Washington state), in the Central Cascade Range *Rock Mountain (Wyoming), Albany County, Wyoming Albany County ( ) is a county i ...
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Rock Township (disambiguation) Rock Township may refer to: ;in the United States * Rock Township, Cherokee County, Iowa * Rock Township, Lyon County, Iowa * Rock Township, Mitchell County, Iowa * Rock Township, Sioux County, Iowa, in Sioux County, Iowa * Rock Township, Woodbury ...


People

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Rock (name) Rock is an English and German surname, a given name and a nickname. Surname Politicians and activists * Allan Rock (born 1947), Canadian Justice Minister, Health Minister and diplomat * Heraldine Rock (1933–2012), Saint Lucian politician * J ...
, a list of people with the surname, first name or nickname *
Rock (rapper) Heltah Skeltah was an American hip hop duo which consisted of rappers Jahmal "Rock" Bush and Sean "Ruck" Price. The two were also members of New York supergroup Boot Camp Clik, along with Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun and O.G.C. Biography H ...
(born Jamal Bush in 1975), American rapper * Man Mountain Rock, later stage name used by professional wrestler
Maxx Payne Darryl Peterson (born October 3, 1961) is an American musician, actor and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling as Maxx Payne, and in the World Wrestling Federation as Man Mountain Rock. E ...
* Rock aka Blade Runner Rock, early ring name used by
The Ultimate Warrior Warrior (born James Brian Hellwig; June 16, 1959 – April 8, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. Best known by his ring name The Ultimate Warrior, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from ...
while as a member of the Blade Runners tag team. * The Rock, (born
Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor and former professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he was integral to the develop ...
in 1972), American actor and wrestler


Arts, entertainment, and media


Fictional characters

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Rock (comics) Armando Ramon Armando Ramon (alternately spelled Armando Ramone and also known as Reverb, Rupture and Hardline) is the older brother of Cisco Ramon / Vibe and Dante Ramon. Created by Gerry Conway and Chuck Patton, the character first appeared ...
, a character in the DC Comics universe *
Rock (manga) Rock (known in some series as Rokuro Makube a.k.a. Rock Macbeth or ) is a recurrent major character in most of Osamu Tezuka's manga series, and he is an important part of Osamu Tezuka's Star System. As all of Tezuka's main characters he is seen ...
, a recurring, major character in most of Osamu Tezuka's manga series * Rock Howard, the playable character in ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves'' *
Mega Man (character) Mega Man, known as in Japan, is the title character and the protagonist of the ''Mega Man'' series by Capcom. He was created by Akira Kitamura for the first ''Mega Man'' game released in 1987, with artist Keiji Inafune providing detailed characte ...
, also called Rock, from the ''Mega Man'' series * Chuck Rock, the playable character in the 1991 self-titled side-scrolling platform video game *
Sgt. Rock Sgt. Franklin John Rock is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Sgt. Rock first appeared in ''Our Army at War'' #83 (June 1959), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert. The character is a ...
, a DC Comics character


Music


Albums

* ''Rock'' (album), a 2003 nu-metal album by Pleymo * ''Rocks'' (Aerosmith album) (1976) * ''Rock'' (Casting Pearls EP) (2002) * ''
R.O.C.K. R.O.C.K. is a 1986 hard rock/ heavy metal album by Kirka. A major departure from Kirka's typical easy listening albums, the album featured English language lyrics, written by Kassu Halonen, and was largely hard rock oriented. Although Kirka had ...
'', a 1986 hard rock/heavy metal album by Kirka * '' Rock!!!!!'', an album released by Violent Femmes in 1995 * ''Rocks'' (Harem Scarem album) (2001) * ''
The Cosmos Rocks ''The Cosmos Rocks'' is the only studio album by Queen + Paul Rodgers (and Queen's sixteenth studio album overall), released on 15 September 2008. It contains 14 new tracks written by Brian May, Roger Taylor, and Paul Rodgers. This is the firs ...
'', a studio album by Queen and Paul Rodgers (2008)


Songs

* "Rock" a 2017 song by hip hop artist Plies from his mixtape ''Ain't No Mixtape Bih 3'' * "Rock", one of the tracks on '' Soft/Rock'', a single by Lemon Jelly * "Rocks" (song), by Primal Scream (1994)


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Rock'' (magazine), a former Yugoslav music magazine * ''Rock'', a novel by Hal Ellson * ''Rocks'' (film), a 2019 British coming-of-age drama film * ''Rocks (Das Rad)'', a 2001 German animated short * Rock Records, a Taiwanese record label founded in 1980 * Uprock or rock, a form of street dance


Computing and technology

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Rock (processor) Rock (or ROCK) was a multithreading, multicore, SPARC microprocessor under development at Sun Microsystems. Canceled in 2010, it was a separate project from the SPARC T-Series (CoolThreads/Niagara) family of processors. Rock aimed at higher per ...
, a microprocessor by Sun Microsystems *
Rocks Cluster Distribution Rocks Cluster Distribution (originally NPACI Rocks) is a Linux distribution intended for high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. It was started by National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure and the San Diego Supercompute ...
, Linux distribution for cluster computing


Food

* Rock (confectionery), a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery * Rock candy, also known as sugar candy or rock sugar * Rock salmon, often referred to as rock


Slang

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Crack cocaine Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of the stimulant cocaine that can be smoked. Crack offers a short, intense high to smokers. The ''Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment'' calls ...
or rock *
Diamond Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, b ...
, or rock *
Gemstone A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semiprecious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, ...
, or rock


Sports


Teams and leagues

* "Rocks", a nickname of the
Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fi ...
Major League Baseball team *
Toronto Rock The Toronto Rock are a professional box lacrosse franchise based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the North Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The team was the first Canadian franchise in the NLL. Oakville reside ...
, of the National Lacrosse League


Sports that use rocks

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Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...
, a sport in which players slide a stone or rock on a sheet of ice, towards a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles * Steinstossen, the Swiss variant of stone put, a competition in throwing a heavy stone or rock * Stone put, a competition in throwing a heavy stone or rock * Stone skipping (or stone skimming), the art of throwing a flat stone or rock


Other

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Rock (ski course) Rock is the Olympic downhill ski course in China, located in Yanqing District, part of National Alpine Ski Centre resort, opened in 2022. It is approximately northwest of Beijing, which hosted the speed alpine skiing events of the 2022 Winter ...
in China, the downhill course for the 2022 Winter Olympics


Other uses

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Alcatraz Prison United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz (, ''"the gannet"'') or The Rock was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States, the site of a ...
, nicknamed "The Rock" * Criminal rock throwing * Distaff, a tool used in spinning * Memorial Stadium (Indiana), on the Indiana University campus, also known as The Rock *
ROCK1 ROCK1 is a protein serine/threonine kinase also known as rho-associated, coiled-coil-containing protein kinase 1. Other common names are ROKβ and P160ROCK. ROCK1 is a major downstream effecter of the small GTPase RhoA and is a regulator of the a ...
, a human gene * USS ''Rock'' (SS-274), a US Navy submarine * Rock (landform), a type of islet


See also

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.rocks This list of Internet top-level domains (TLD) contains top-level domains, which are those domains in the DNS root zone of the Domain Name System of the Internet. A list of the top-level domains by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) ...
* ROC (disambiguation) *
ROCK (disambiguation) Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
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Rockey (disambiguation) Rockey is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Rockey Felker (born 1953), former quarterback, head football coach, currently director of player personnel for Mississippi State University * John Rockey Park ...
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Rockies (disambiguation) The Rockies can mean the following: * Rocky Mountains, a North American mountain range * Canadian Rockies, a North American mountain range in Canada * Colorado Rockies, a Colorado Major League baseball team * Colorado Rockies (NHL), a former NHL hoc ...
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Rocky (disambiguation) ''Rocky'' is a 1976 film starring Sylvester Stallone. Rocky may also refer to: Computing * Rocky Linux, a Linux distribution Films * ''Rocky'' (franchise), an American film franchise that debuted with the film ''Rocky'' in 1976 ** ''Roc ...
* Rok (disambiguation) * Roque (disambiguation) *
Rox (disambiguation) Rox or ROX may refer to: * ''Rox'' (album), an album by California punk band Supernova * Rox (singer), London-based singer * ''Rox'' (American TV series) * ''ROX'' (Belgian TV series) * Rox, Nevada, a ghost town * Roxithromycin, sold under the ...
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The Rock (disambiguation) The Rock most often refers to: * Dwayne Johnson (born 1972), American actor, businessman, retired professional wrestler * ''The Rock'' (film), 1996 film starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage, directed by Michael Bay The Rock or The Rocks may al ...
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