Capstone
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Capstone may refer to:
- Coping (architecture)Coping (architecture)Coping , consists of the capping or covering of a wall.A splayed or wedge coping slopes in a single direction; a saddle coping slopes to either side of a central high point....
, one of the finishing or protective stones that form the top of an exterior masonry wall or building - Capstone (cryptography)Capstone (cryptography)Capstone is the name of a United States government long-term project to develop cryptography standards for public and government use. Capstone was driven by the NIST and the NSA; the project began in 1993...
, a US government project about cryptographic standards - Capstone Military Leadership ProgramCAPSTONE Military Leadership ProgramCAPSTONE is a joint service professional military education courses for newly promoted brigadier generals and rear admirals serving in the United States military. The National Defense University conducts the CAPSTONE course at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, DC...
, a professional military training course for U.S. generals and admirals - Capstone SoftwareCapstone SoftwareCapstone Software was a subsidiary of IntraCorp, a Miami, Florida-based computer and video game company. Founded in 1984, Capstone created first-person games such as Corridor 7: Alien Invasion, William Shatner's TekWar and Witchaven, and is also known for releasing games based on movie/TV...
, a producer of computer games - Nickname for the University of AlabamaUniversity of AlabamaThe University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
campus - Capstone TurbineCapstone TurbineCapstone Turbine Corporation , incorporated in 1988, is a California based gas turbine manufacturer that specializes in microturbine power and heat cogeneration systems. Key to the Capstone design is its use of foil bearings, which provides maintenance and fluid-free operation for the lifetime of...
, a microturbine manufacturer - Capstone PartnersCapstone PartnersCapstone Partners, LLC is an independent middle market investment bank, formerly the Boston branch for Arthur Andersen Corporate Finance's M&A group, at that time a wholly owned subsidiary of Arthur Andersen. The practice was founded in 1996, with John Ferrara as Andersen's Director for the Boston...
, an investment banking firm - Capstone Farm Country ParkCapstone Farm Country ParkCapstone Farm Country Park is in Chatham, Kent, Medway, in Kent, England. A former farm converted into a landscaped park and open-space area.This park is set on 114 hectares of converted farm land, on the North Downs, near Walderslade...
, a former farmland now nature reserve and park, near Gillingham, Kent - Capstone RecordsCapstone RecordsCapstone Records is an American classical music record label focusing particularly on contemporary classical music. It was established by Richard Brooks in 1986, and was based in Brooklyn, New York...
, an American classical music record label
See also
- CaprockCaprockThe Caprock is a region in the Panhandle of Texas . It is the land to the west of the Caprock Escarpment, which separates it from plains stretching to the east at a much lower elevation....
, a harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type - MonadnockMonadnockA monadnock or inselberg is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain...
, an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain