Centaur (disambiguation)

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Centaur refers to a Greek mythological creature, half human, half horse.

Centaur may also refer to:

Computing

• Centaur, external memory controller for the POWER8 processors
• Centaur Technology, a CPU design company

Film and TV

• The Centaurs (1921 film)
• USS Centaur, a fictional spaceship from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "A Time to Stand"

Literature

• Narnian Centaurs, the representation of centaurs specifically in CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia
• The Centaur, a novel by John Updike
• Centaur Publications (1938–1942), one of the earliest American comic book publishers.
• Centaur (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature in the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game

Military

• Centaur tank, a British World War II tank
• AHS Centaur, an Australian hospital ship sunk by the Japanese during World War II
• HMS Centaur, the name of five different Royal Navy warships

Music

• The Centaurs, band
• Centaur, an American rock band formed in 2000 by Hum founder Matt Talbott.
• "The Centaur," a song by Buck 65 from the album Vertex

Space

• Centaur (minor planet), a class of minor planets orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune
• Centaur (rocket stage), an American rocket stage used for space launches

Transportation

• Acme Centaur, a conversion program for the Stinson L-13 aircraft
• Centaur (1849 ship), a brig shipwrecked off Western Australia
• Rambler Centaur, a 1962 show car by American Motors

Other uses

• Centaur (typeface), a 20th-century serif typeface based on Renaissance models
• Centaur (pinball), a pinball machine
• Centaur Media

See also

• Centaure (disambiguation)
• Centauri (disambiguation)
• Centaurus (disambiguation)