Vault may refer to: *

Jumping Jumping or leaping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jumping can be distinguished from running, galloping and o ...

, the act of propelling oneself upwards

Architecture

Vault (architecture) In architecture, a vault (French ''voûte'', from Italian ''volta'') is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof. As in building an arch, a temporary support is needed while rin ...

, an arched form above an enclosed space *

Bank vault A bank vault is a secure space where money, valuables, records, and documents are stored. It is intended to protect their contents from theft, unauthorized use, fire, natural disasters, and other threats, much like a safe. Unlike safes, vaults a ...

, a reinforced room or compartment where valuables are stored *

Burial vault (enclosure) A burial vault (also known as a burial liner, grave vault, and grave liner) is a container, formerly made of wood or brick but more often today made of metal or concrete, that encloses a coffin to help prevent a grave from sinking. Wooden coffi ...

, a protective coffin enclosure *

Burial vault (tomb) A burial vault is a structural underground tomb. It houses the casket and protects them through a lined, sealed container. A burial vault shields the casket from maintenance equipment and resists water. Different levels of burial vaults are off ...

, an underground tomb *

Utility vault A utility vault is an underground room providing access to subterranean public utility equipment, such as valves for water or natural gas pipes, or switchgear for electrical or telecommunications equipment. A vault is often accessible directly fro ...

, an underground storage area accessed by a maintenance hole * Film vault, in

film preservation Film preservation, or film restoration, describes a series of ongoing efforts among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images they contain. In the wi ...

, a climate-controlled storage facility for films *

Pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

vault, a working men's bar in northern England pubs

Arts, entertainment, and media

Vault (Marvel Comics) The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several noteworthy concepts besides its fictional characters, such as unique places and artifacts. There follows a list of those features. Places Certain places fe ...

, a prison for super-villains in the Marvel Comics universe *

Vaults (Fallout) ''Fallout'' is a series of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games—and later action role-playing games—created by Interplay Entertainment. The series is set during the 21st, 22nd and 23rd centuries, and its atompunk retrofuturistic set ...

, underground nuclear blast shelters in the Fallout video game series * ''Vault'' (sculpture), a sculpture by Ron Robertson-Swann * Vault, former drummer for the band

Dark Lunacy Dark Lunacy is an Italian melodic death metal band with symphonic metal influences. From the beginnings (1997) to ''Devoid'' (2000) The band formed in early 1997, when singer Mike and guitarist Enomys first met. Their first self-produced EP, en ...

* "Vault", a song by

Pendulum A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that will accelerate it back toward the ...

* '' Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)'', an album *

Vaults (band) Vaults was a British electronica band from London, United Kingdom, composed of Blythe Pepino, Barney Freeman, and Ben Vella. The band split in 2017. History The band was founded in 2013, after Pepino was recruited to provide vocals on Freeman ...

, a music group from London * ''Vault'' (film), a 2019 film based on the 1975 Bonded Vault heist

Brands and enterprises

Vault (drink) Vault was a sweetened carbonated beverage that was released by The Coca-Cola Company in June 2005 and marketed until December 2011. It was touted as an artificially flavored hybrid energy soda. Coca-Cola was marketing Vault as a combination with ...

, a discontinued soft drink made by the Coca-Cola Company from 2005 to 2011 *

Vault.com Mark Stanford Oldman (born January 5, 1969) is an American entrepreneur, wine expert, and author of several books on wine. He has been described as "one of the wine world's great populizers" and "one of the wine world's great showmen." He regularl ...

(formerly Vault Reports), a recruitment company founded by Mark Oldman

Computing and technology

Vault (revision control system) Vault is a commercial, proprietary version control system by SourceGear LLC which markets its product as a replacement for Microsoft's Visual Source Safe. Vault uses Microsoft SQL Server as a back end database and provides atomic commits to the v ...

, made by SourceGear * Vault, a cross-platform password manager and authentication tool maintained by

HashiCorp HashiCorp is a software company with a freemium business model based in San Francisco, California. HashiCorp provides open-source tools and commercial products that enable developers, operators and security professionals to provision, secure, run ...

Autodesk Vault ''Autodesk Vault'' is a data management tool integrated with Autodesk Inventor Series, Autodesk Inventor Professional, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD Electrical, Autodesk Revit and Civil 3D products. It helps design teams track work in progress a ...

, a data management tool from Autodesk *

Microsoft HealthVault Microsoft HealthVault (2007–2019) was a web-based personal health record created by Microsoft, in October 2007, to store and maintain health and fitness information. This website was for use by both individuals and healthcare professionals, and ...

, a web-based personal health record

Mathematics and science

Vault (organelle) The vault or vault cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein is a eukaryotic organelle whose function is not yet fully understood. Discovered and isolated by Nancy Kedersha and Leonard Rome in 1986, vaults are cytoplasmic organelles which, when negative-s ...

, a ribonucleoprotein found in biological cells * Vault, in mathematics, a bisected bicylinder

Steinmetz solid In geometry, a Steinmetz solid is the solid body obtained as the intersection of two or three cylinders of equal radius at right angles. Each of the curves of the intersection of two cylinders is an ellipse. The intersection of two cylinders ...

Cranial vault The cranial vault is the space in the skull within the neurocranium, occupied by the brain. Development In humans, the cranial vault is imperfectly composed in newborns, to allow the large human head to pass through the birth canal. During bir ...

, a space in the skull within the neurocranium *

Vaginal vault The vaginal vault is the expanded region of the vaginal canal at the internal end of the vagina. Prolapse The vaginal vault may prolapse after a hysterectomy, as there is no uterus supporting the interior end of the vagina. ''Colposacropexy'' is ...

, an expanded part of the vaginal canal

Sports

Vault (gymnastics) The vault is an artistic gymnastics apparatus which gymnasts perform on, as well as the skill performed using that apparatus. Vaulting is also the action of performing a vault. Both male and female gymnasts perform the vault. The English abbreviat ...

, an artistic gymnastics apparatus *

Vault (parkour) In various urban activities, a vault is any type of movement that involves overcoming an obstacle by some combination of jumping, climbing Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or any other part of the body to ascend a stee ...

, a movement to get past an obstacle quickly and efficiently *

Equestrian vaulting Equestrian vaulting, or simply vaulting, is most often described as gymnastics and dance on horseback, which can be practiced both competitively or non-competitively. Vaulting has a history as an equestrian act at circuses, but its origins stre ...

, a sport that combines gymnastics and dance on a moving horse *

Pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

, an athletics event

Other uses

Svalbard Global Seed Vault The Svalbard Global Seed Vault ( no, Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago. The Seed Vault provides long-term stora ...

(or Doomsday Vault), a secure seed bank in Norway *

Vault Beach Vault Beach (also Bow Beach) is situated on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK, near Gorran Haven.Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190''. 1961 The beach consists mainly of shingle but does have some ...

(also Bow Beach), Cornwall, England, UK *

Vault Comics Vault may refer to: * Jumping, the act of propelling oneself upwards Architecture * Vault (architecture), an arched form above an enclosed space * Bank vault, a reinforced room or compartment where valuables are stored * Burial vault (enclosur ...

, an American comic book publisher