Shell
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Shell may refer to:
Architecture and design
- Shell (structure), a structural element with very small thickness
- Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
- Thin-shell structure, light weight constructions using shell elements
Science
Biology
- Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine animal, found on beaches
- Eggshell
- Nutshell
- Exoskeleton, an external covering of some animals
- Mollusc shell
- Shell, of a brachiopod
- Turtle shell
Chemistry and physics
- Electron shell or a principal energy level of electrons outside an atom's nucleus
- Nuclear shell model, a principal energy level of nucleons within an atom's nucleus
- On shell and off shell, quantum field theory concepts depending on whether classical equations of motion are obeyed
Organisations
- Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil and gas company
- Shell Oil Company, the U.S.-based subsidiary
- Shell Canada
- Shell Nigeria
- Shell corporation, a company which serves as a vehicle for business transactions
Computing
- Shell (computing), a type of user interface
- Command-line interface, sometimes referred to as command shell
- List of command-line interpreters, programs occasionally referred to as shells
- Read–eval–print loop, also known as a language shell
- Shell account, a user account on a remote server
- Secure Shell protocol
- Shellsort or Shell sort, a sorting algorithm by Donald Shell
- Shell, an empty expert system
Entertainment
- Shell (film)
- Shell (theater), a curved surface for reflecting sound
- The Shells, a musical group
- "Shells" (Angel), a TV episode
- Shell, a receptacle used in the Shell game
Places
Weaponry
- Shell (projectile), an explosive device fired from artillery
- Shotgun shell, a type of shotgun ammunition
Persons with the surname Shell
- Art Shell (born 1946), American football player and coach
- Donnie Shell (born 1952), American football player
- Donald Shell (1924–2015), American computer scientist
- George W. Shell (1831–1899), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Karl Shell (born 1938), American economist
Other uses
- Racing shell, a watercraft
- Shell (machinery), each half of a two-piece plain bearing
- Coverage shell, the number of defenders guarding the deep portion of the field in American football
See also
- Shell suit, a descendant of the tracksuit
- All pages beginning with "Shell"
- All pages with titles containing Shell
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