Longhorn may refer to:

Animals

English Longhorn The Longhorn or British Longhorn is a British breed of beef cattle characterised by long curving horns. It originated in northern England, in the counties of Lancashire, Westmorland and Yorkshire, and later spread to the English Midlands and ...

, a traditional long-horned brown and white breed of cattle *

Texas Longhorn The Texas Longhorn is an American breed of beef cattle, characterized by its long horns, which can span more than from tip to tip. It derives from cattle brought from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas by Spanish conquistadores from the t ...

, a breed of cattle * Highland cattle, a Scottish breed sometimes called Highland Longhorn *

Longhorn beetle The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...

, a family of beetles with very long antennae

In the US state of Texas

* Longhorn, Texas, a community * Longhorn Dam, on the Colorado River in Austin *

Texas Longhorns The Texas Longhorns are the athletic teams representing the University of Texas at Austin. The teams are sometimes referred to as the Horns and take their name from Longhorn cattle that were an important part of the development of Texas, and a ...

, sports teams and organizations at the University of Texas at Austin * Longhorn, the mascot (a Texas Longhorn bull) of

J. Frank Dobie High School J. Frank Dobie High School is a public secondary school located in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1968, it is named after the Texas writer of the same name. It houses grades 10-12. A Ninth Grade Center was opened recently to help with the influx of ...

, Houston * Longhorn, A candy of chocolate, pecans, and caramel made by Lammes Candy * Longhorn Railway Company

Technology

Windows Longhorn The New product development, development of Windows Vista occurred over the span of five years, starting in earnest in May 2001, prior to the release of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, and continuing until November 2006. Microsoft origin ...

, the pre-release internal Microsoft codename of the Windows Vista **

Longhorn Server Windows Server 2008 is the fourth release of the Windows Server operating system produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of the operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and generally to retail on Fe ...

, the original codename of Windows Server 2008 * Okapi Longhorn, a batch processing server in

Okapi Framework The Okapi Framework is a cross-platform and open-source set of components and applications that offer extensive support for localizing and translating documentation and software. Architecture The Okapi Framework is organized around the followin ...

Fictional characters

* Longhorn, a fictional character on the animated television show ''

Freakazoid! ''Freakazoid!'' is an American superhero comedy animated television series created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini and developed by Tom Ruegger for the Kids' WB programming block of The WB. The series chronicles the adventures of the title characte ...

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Longhorn (Transformers) This is a help:sorting, sortable list of characters and toys in the Transformers: Beast Wars, ''Beast Wars'' franchise, part of the larger Transformers franchise, from Hasbro. This includes characters appearing in an animated series, comics or ...

, one of several characters in the various "Transformers" fictional universes

Music

Jay's Longhorn Bar Jay's Longhorn Bar was a nexus of the punk rock and New Wave scenes in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. History Most frequently referred to by patrons as The Longhorn, Jay's Longhorn Bar was described by music critic ...

, a former music venue in Minneapolis commonly known as "The Longhorn" * "Longhorn", a piece of music used as the entrance theme for

John Bradshaw Layfield John Charles Layfield (born November 29, 1966), better known by the ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield (abbreviated to JBL), is an American retired professional wrestler and football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on t ...

, composed by Jim Johnston

Other uses

Farman MF.7 The Maurice Farman MF.7 ''Longhorn'' is a French biplane developed before World War I which was used for reconnaissance by both the French and British air services in the early stages of the war before being relegated to service as a trainer. D ...

''Longhorn'', a French biplane flown in World War I *

Longhorn cheddar Colby is a semi-hard orange cheese made from cow's milk. It is named after the city of Colby, Wisconsin, US, where it was first developed in 1885 and quickly became popular. Colby is manufactured in a similar process as cheddar cheese. Inst ...

, a type of colby cheese *

Longhorn Kenya Limited Overview Longhorn Publishers PLC is a Pan-African publishing house that is publicly listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The company has grown its dominance in the publishing sector by establishing its presence throughout the region. In t ...

, a Kenyan publishing company *

Longhorn Steakhouse LongHorn Steakhouse is an American casual dining restaurant chain owned and operated by Darden Restaurants, Inc., headquartered in Orlando, Florida. As of 2016, LongHorn Steakhouse generated $1.6 billion in sales in its 559 locations. History ...

, a chain of restaurants in the United States * Weinheim Longhorns, an American football team in Weinheim, Germany {{disambiguation