Swift or SWIFT most commonly refers to:
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SWIFT
Swift or SWIFT most commonly refers to:
* SWIFT, an international organization facilitating transactions between banks
** SWIFT code
* Swift (programming language)
* Swift (bird), a family of birds
It may also refer to:
Organizations
* SWIFT, ...
, an international organization facilitating transactions between banks
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SWIFT code
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Swift (programming language)
Swift is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Apple Inc. and the open-source community. First released in 2014, Swift was developed as a replacement for Apple's earlier programming language Objective- ...
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Swift (bird)
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes with hummingbirds. The treeswifts are closely r ...
, a family of birds
It may also refer to:
Organizations
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SWIFT
Swift or SWIFT most commonly refers to:
* SWIFT, an international organization facilitating transactions between banks
** SWIFT code
* Swift (programming language)
* Swift (bird), a family of birds
It may also refer to:
Organizations
* SWIFT, ...
, an international organization facilitating transactions between banks
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Swift Engineering
Swift Engineering Inc. is an American spacecraft engineering firm that builds autonomous systems, helicopters, submarines, spacecraft, ground vehicles, robotics, and composite parts. Swift used to produce racing cars for open-wheel racing series ...
, an American engineering firm
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Swift & Company
JBS USA Holdings, Inc. is an American food processing company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the multinational company JBS S.A. The subsidiary was created when JBS entered the U.S. market in 2007 with its purchase of Swift & Company. JBS speci ...
, a meat processing company
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Swifts (aerobatic team), a Russian aerobatic team
Transportation companies
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Swift Cooper, a British racing car manufacturer
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Swift Leisure, a British manufacturer of caravans
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Swift Motor Company, of Coventry, England
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Swift Transportation, a US trucking company
Places
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River Swift
The River Swift is a 14-mile (23 km) long tributary of the River Avon that rises in south Leicestershire, and flows through the town of Lutterworth before joining the Avon at its confluence at Rugby in Warwickshire in the English Mi ...
, a river in England
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Swift, Illinois, an unincorporated community in northeastern Illinois
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Swift County, Minnesota, a county in west-central Minnesota
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Swift, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in northern Minnesota
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Swift, Missouri, a ghost town in southeastern Missouri
Astronomy
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Swift (lunar crater)
Swift is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the northwestern part of the Mare Crisium, in the northeast part of the Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System a ...
, a crater on the Moon
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Swift (Deimian crater)
Swift crater is a crater on Mars's moon Deimos. It is about in diameter. Swift crater is named after Jonathan Swift, whose 1726 book ''Gulliver's Travels'' predicted the existence of two moons of Mars. Swift crater is one of two named features ...
, a crater on Deimos
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5035 Swift
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...
(1991 UX), a Main-belt Asteroid
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Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer, a NASA spacecraft in low-Earth orbit
Biology
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Swift (bird)
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes with hummingbirds. The treeswifts are closely r ...
, a family of birds
* Swift butterflies, several genera in the skipper butterfly tribe
Gegenini
Baorini is a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies.
Genera
* '' Baoris''
* '' Borbo''
* '' Brusa''
* '' Caltoris''
* '' Gegenes''
* ''Iton''
* '' Parnara''
* ''Pelopidas
Pelopidas (; grc-gre, Πελοπίδας; died 3 ...
* Swift lizards, iguanian lizards typically of the genus ''
Sceloporus''
** Snow swift lizards, of the iguanian genus ''
Liolaemus
''Liolaemus'' is a genus of iguanian lizards, containing many species, all of which are endemic to South America.
Description
Members of the genus ''Liolaemus'' form a dominant part of the lizard fauna of the southern part of the continent of ...
''
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Swift moth
The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Hepialidae constitute by far the most diverse group of the infraorder Exopo ...
, of the family Hepialidae
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Swift fox
The swift fox (''Vulpes velox'') is a small light orange-tan fox around the size of a domestic cat found in the western grasslands of North America, such as Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. It also lives in southern Ma ...
, a species of North American fox
Computing and telecommunication
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Swift (distributed storage)
OpenStack is a free, open standard cloud computing platform. It is mostly deployed as infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) in both public and private clouds where virtual servers and other resources are made available to users. The software plat ...
, OpenStack's distributed storage component
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Swift (programming language)
Swift is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language developed by Apple Inc. and the open-source community. First released in 2014, Swift was developed as a replacement for Apple's earlier programming language Objective- ...
, a programming language developed by Apple Inc.
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Swift (parallel scripting language)
Swift is an implicitly parallel programming language that allows writing scripts that distribute program execution across distributed computing resources, including clusters, clouds, grids, and supercomputers. Swift implementations are open-s ...
, a programming language for parallel computing developed at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
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Swift (SoC)
Swift or SWIFT most commonly refers to:
* SWIFT, an international organization facilitating transactions between banks
** SWIFT code
* Swift (programming language)
* Swift (bird), a family of birds
It may also refer to:
Organizations
* SWIFT, ...
platform by
Philips
Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i ...
* Swift, the
ARM architecture
ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures for computer processors, configured ...
CPU core in the
Apple A6
The Apple A6 is a 32-bit package on package (PoP) system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. that was introduced on September 12, 2012 at the launch of the iPhone 5. Apple states that it is up to twice as fast and has up to twice the graphics ...
and
Apple A6X
The Apple A6X is a 32-bit system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., introduced at the launch of the 4th generation iPad on October 23, 2012. It is a high-performance variant of the Apple A6 and the last 32-bit chip Apple used on an iOS de ...
* Swift, an
XMPP
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP, originally named Jabber) is an open communication protocol designed for instant messaging (IM), presence information, and contact list maintenance. Based on XML (Extensible Markup Language), it ...
client for Windows, Mac and Linux
* SWIFT – System for wireless infotainment forwarding and teledistribution: former abbreviation for
DAta Radio Channel Data Radio Channel (DARC) is a high-rate (16 kbit/s) standard for encoding data in a subcarrier over FM radio broadcasts. It uses a frequency of 76kHz, the fourth harmonic of the FM radio pilot tone.
DARC was approved as the All-European standard ...
(DARC) subcarrier messaging standard
Transportation
Aircraft
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Aériane Swift
The Aériane Swift is a lightweight (48 kg) foot-launched tailless sailplane whose rigid wings have a span of 40 feet. The Swift has been succeeded by the "Swift'Lite".
Although designed in California, Swift aircraft are now manufactured by ...
, a Belgian sail plane design
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Comper Swift
The Comper C.L.A.7 Swift is a British 1930s single-seat sporting aircraft produced by Comper Aircraft Company Ltd of Hooton Park, Cheshire.
Design and development
In March 1929 Flight Lieutenant Nicholas Comper left the Royal Air Force and form ...
, a British 1930s single-seat sporting aircraft
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Globe GC-1 Swift
The Globe GC-1 Swift, also known as the Globe/Temco Swift, is a light, two-seat sport monoplane from the post-World War II period.
Design and development
The Swift was designed by R.S. "Pop" Johnson in 1940, despite the fanciful story whic ...
, an American two-seat light airplane produced from 1946 to 1951
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Swift S-1
The Swift S-1 is a single seat aerobatic glider manufactured by Polish company Swift Ltd.
Design and development
Edward Margański, Jerzy Cisowski and Jerzy Makula developed the Swift at Bielsko-Biała from the SZD-21-2b Kobuz 3. The prototyp ...
, a Polish sailplane
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Supermarine Swift, a British jet fighter built after World War II
Land
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Leyland Swift
The Leyland Swift was a midibus chassis manufactured by Leyland between 1987 and 1990 as a successor to the Leyland Cub. It shared many components with the Roadrunner light truck but with the engine relocated to behind the front axle which was ...
, a British mid-sized bus
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Suzuki Swift
The is a supermini car (B-segment) produced by Suzuki. The vehicle is classified as a B-segment marque in the European single market, a segment referred to as a supermini in the British Isles. Prior to this, the "Swift" nameplate had been app ...
, a car
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Skokie Swift
The Yellow Line, alternatively known as the Skokie Swift, is a branch of the Chicago "L" in Chicago, Illinois. The route runs from the Howard Terminal on the north side of Chicago, through the southern part of Evanston and to the Dempster Ter ...
, now known as the CTA Yellow Line, between Chicago and Skokie, IL, US
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Swift Bus Rapid Transit
Swift or SWIFT most commonly refers to:
* SWIFT, an international organization facilitating transactions between banks
** SWIFT code
* Swift (programming language)
* Swift (bird), a family of birds
It may also refer to:
Organizations
* SWIFT, a ...
, in Snohomish County, Washington, US
Water
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Swift Boat (disambiguation) Swift Boat or swift boat may refer to:
* Patrol Craft Fast, known as "Swift Boats", boats operated by the United States Navy during the Vietnam War
** Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, former name of the political group Swift Vets and POWs for Truth
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Military
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HSV-2 ''Swift'', a non-commissioned catamaran leased by the United States Navy
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Swift Boats, used by the US Navy in the Vietnam War
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Swift-class coastal patrol craft, patrol vessels built for the Republic of Singapore Navy
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HMS ''Swift'', several ships of British Royal Navy
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Operation Swift
Operation Swift was a military operation in the Vietnam War, launched by units of the U.S. 1st Marine Division to rescue two Marine companies which had been ambushed by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The operation took place in the Quế ...
, in the Vietnam War
Music
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Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bor ...
, American country and pop singer-songwriter
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Swift (rapper) (born Ondre Moore), US rapper in D12
* Miss Swift, character in
Cardiacs
Cardiacs are an English rock band formed in Kingston upon Thames by Tim Smith (lead guitar and vocals) and his brother Jim (bass, backing vocals) in 1977 under the name Cardiac Arrest. The band's sound fused circus, baroque pop and medieval mu ...
Sport
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Swifts F.C., a defunct English football club
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New South Wales Swifts
New South Wales Swifts are an Australian netball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. Since 2017 they have represented Netball New South Wales in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. The team was ...
, an Australian netball team
People
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Swift (surname)
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Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish Satire, satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whig (British political party), Whigs, then for the Tories (British political party), Tories), poe ...
, Anglo-Irish writer
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Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bor ...
, American singer and songwriter
Fictional characters
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Tom Swift
Tom Swift is the main character of six series of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention, and technology. First published in 1910, the series totals more than 100 volumes. The character was ...
, the central character in five series of books of juvenile science fiction and adventure novels, first appearing in 1910
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Tom Swift Jr.
Tom Swift Jr. is the central character in a series of 33 science fiction adventure novels for male adolescents, following in the tradition of the earlier Tom Swift ("Senior") novels. The series was titled ''The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures''. Un ...
, following in the tradition of the earlier Tom Swift novels, first appearing in 1954
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Swift Alternetter
'' Cars'' is a media franchise including the 2006 film '' Cars'', the 2011 film ''Cars 2'', the 2017 film '' Cars 3'', the 2013 film ''Planes'' and the 2014 film '' Planes: Fire & Rescue''. Characters in the fictional universe include:
Piston ...
, a character in the film ''Cars''
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Swift (character)
Swift (Shen Li-Min) is a superhero in the Wildstorm universe published by DC Comics. Swift first appeared in Stormwatch #28 and was created by Jeff Mariotte and Ron Lim. She is currently a member of The Authority.
Fictional character biography
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, comic-book character from ''The Authority''
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Swift Wind
This is a list of characters that appear in '' She-Ra: Princess of Power'' and ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power''.
Overview
The Rebellion
The Great Rebellion is a faction on Etheria that fights the occupation of Etheria by the Horde. While ...
, is fictional character from ''She-Ra: Princess of Power''
Other uses
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Swifts, Darling Point, a mansion in Sydney, Australia
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Structured What If Technique, in risk management
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ISO 9362
ISO 9362 is an international standard for Business Identifier Codes (BIC), a unique identifier for business institutions, approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). BIC is also known as SWIFT-BIC, SWIFT ID, or SWIFT code, ...
, the SWIFT/BIC code standard in banking
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Swift (textiles), tool used to hold a hank of yarn
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.220 Swift
The .220 Swift (5.56×56mmSR) is a semi-rimmed rifle cartridge developed by Winchester and introduced in 1935 for small game and varmint hunting. It was the first factory-loaded rifle cartridge with a muzzle velocity of over , just under ...
, a rifle cartridge
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Swift card, a card on public transport in Birmingham, United Kingdom
* ''Swift'', a newsletter of the
James Randi Educational Foundation
James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) is an American grant-making institution founded in 1996 by magician and skeptic James Randi. As a nonprofit organization, the mission of JREF includes educating the public and the media on the dangers of ...
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''Swift'' (comic), a Hulton Press publication related to ''Eagle''
See also
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Swiftfuel
Avgas (aviation gasoline, also known as aviation spirit in the UK) is an aviation fuel used in aircraft with spark-ignited internal combustion engines. ''Avgas'' is distinguished from conventional gasoline (petrol) used in motor vehicles, w ...
, an ethanol-derived replacement for leaded gasoline airplane fuel
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Swift water rescue
Swift water rescue (also called "white water rescue") is a subset of technical rescue dealing in white water river conditions. Due to the added pressure of moving water, swift water rescue involves the use of specially trained personnel, ropes an ...
, a subset of technical rescue dealing in white water river conditions
* ''
Swift v. Tyson'', an 1842 case in the Supreme Court of the United States
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Justice Swift (disambiguation)
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