Trunk may refer to:
Biology
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Trunk (anatomy), synonym for torso
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Trunk (botany), a tree's central superstructure
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Trunk of corpus callosum
The corpus callosum (Latin for "tough body"), also callosal commissure, is a wide, thick nerve tract, consisting of a flat bundle of commissural fibers, beneath the cerebral cortex in the brain. The corpus callosum is only found in Placentalia, ...
, in neuroanatomy
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Elephant trunk, the proboscis of an elephant
Computing
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Trunk (software) Branching, in version control and software configuration management, is the duplication of an object under version control (such as a source code file or a directory tree). Each object can thereafter be modified separately and in parallel so that th ...
, in revision control
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Trunk line
In telecommunications, trunking is a technology for providing network access to multiple clients simultaneously by sharing a set of circuits, carriers, channels, or frequencies, instead of providing individual circuits or channels for each clie ...
, a system of shared network access
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VLAN, which uses a trunk port
Entertainment and media
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''Trunk'' (album), 2013 album by Ulf Lundell
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The Trunk
''The Trunk'' is a low budget, black and white 1961 British mystery film directed by Donovan Winter and starring Phil Carey, Julia Arnall and Dermot Walsh.
Plot
Trouble ensues when Lisa marries Henry, a British lawyer. Lisa's jealous ex-boy ...
'', a 1961 British film
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"The Trunk" (''The Twilight Zone''), a television episode
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Trunk Records, a record label
Physical containers
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Trunk (car), a large storage compartment
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Trunk (luggage)
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Trunk (motorcycle), a storage compartment
Other uses
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Trunk (surname), a German-language surname
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Trunk carrier
Trunk carriers or trunk airlines or trunklines or trunks, were the US scheduled airlines certificated in the period 1939–1941 by the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) or its immediate successor, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) after the pass ...
, a type of airline regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board of the United States up until 1978
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Trunk road, a major road
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Trunk shot, a cinematic shot from within a car trunk
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Trunk show, a merchandising event
See also
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Trunking (auto), riding in trunk or boot
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Trunks (disambiguation)
Trunks may refer to:
*Trunks (clothing), short swimsuits
* Trunks (''Dragon Ball''), a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media
* ''Trunks'' (album), by The Brothers Creeggan
*A name for the trunk line operator requested in pre-subscriber trunk dialling ...
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Elephant's trunk (disambiguation) An elephant trunk or elephant's trunk is the Elephant#Trunk, proboscis/nose of an elephant. An elephant's trunk contains 8 pairs of muscles (and 150,000 muscle fascicles) and can be about feet long. An African elephant's trunk has a diameter of abo ...
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