Cisco
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Cisco may refer to:
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Companies:
- Cisco SystemsCisco SystemsCisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
, a computer networking company - Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore
- Nissin Cisco Co. Ltd, a Japanese cereal and snack-food manufacturer
- Cisco, Inc Cisco, Inc. a company specializing in industrial batteries, loading docks and overhead doors
Fishes:
- Cisco (fish)Cisco (fish)The ciscoes are salmonid fish of the genus Coregonus that differ from other members of the genus in having upper and lower jaws of approximately equal length and high gillraker counts...
, certain freshwater whitefish - Coregonus artedi, the most common cisco in North America
People, real and fictional:
- Cisco AdlerCisco AdlerCisco Sam Adler is an American musician and former frontman for the band Whitestarr.Adler is the son of music producer and director Lou Adler and Phyllis Somer. He is also a relative of actress Daryl Hannah through his father's marriage to her sister Page Hannah.In 2008 Adler left Whitestarr, and...
, American musician - Cisco HoustonCisco HoustonGilbert Vandine 'Cisco' Houston was an American folk singer and songwriter who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of recording together....
, 20th century American folk singer - CiscoDon CiscoFrancisco Soto, better known by his stage name Don Cisco , is a Mexican American rapper and producer.-Biography:...
, a Bay Area rapper who is also called "Don CiscoDon CiscoFrancisco Soto, better known by his stage name Don Cisco , is a Mexican American rapper and producer.-Biography:...
" - The Cisco KidThe Cisco KidThe Cisco Kid refers to a character found in numerous film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way", published in the collection Heart of the West...
, a fictional character created by O. Henry - Cisco, a fictional character from Grand Theft Auto Advance
Places:
- Cisco, TexasCisco, TexasCisco is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,851 at the 2000 census.-History:Conrad Hilton started the Hilton Hotel chain with a single hotel bought in Cisco. Hilton came to Cisco to buy a bank, but the bank cost too much; so he purchased the Mobley Hotel in 1919...
, a small town midway between Dallas and Abilene, in Texas - Cisco, IllinoisCisco, IllinoisCisco is a village in Piatt County, Illinois, United States. The population was 264 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cisco is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
, a town in east-central Illinois - Cisco, MinnesotaCisco, MinnesotaCisco is a place name for the remnants of a former unincorporated community located along the Soo Line Railroad and US 59 in the NW 1/4 of Section 11 of Badger Township, 149 North, Range 42 West, in Polk County, United States, approximately four miles north of the city of Erskine, and about the...
, a former Soo Line Railroad station in Badger Township, Minnesota - Cisco, UtahCisco, UtahCisco is a ghost town in Grand County, Utah near the junction of State Route 128 and Interstate 70. At one time the town served as a saloon and water-refilling station for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The town's demise came with the demise of the steam locomotive. The town site...
, a ghost-town in eastern Utah - Cisco, CaliforniaCisco, CaliforniaCisco is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Cisco is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, south-southwest of Cisco Grove. It lies at an elevation of 5938 feet ....
, a small town along Interstate 80 in California - Cisco Field, a future baseball stadium to be built in San Jose, California that will be the home venue for the Oakland Athletics
- Cisco was the usual 19th Century name for Siska, British ColumbiaSiska, British ColumbiaSiska, also known historically as Cisco, is a locality in the Fraser Canyon of British Columbia, Canada 9.4 kilometres south of the town of Lytton. It is at Siska that the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways switch from one side of the river to the other, due to the impossibility of...
, and also the name of the adjacent Cisco Bluff and a CNR railway point and a former CPR station in the area. Both Cisco and Siska are forms of the Thompson languageThompson languageThe Thompson language, properly known as Nlaka'pamuctsin or the Nlaka'pamux language, is an Interior Salishan language spoken in the Fraser Canyon, Thompson Canyon, Nicola Country of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and also in the North Cascades region of Whatcom and Chelan counties of...
word for "uncle" - Lisco, Nebraska, a small town in western Nebraska, called "Cisco" by the United States Census Bureau
- a nickname for San Francisco
Other:
- Cisco, a low-end fortified wineLow-end fortified wineLow-end fortified wine is an inexpensive fortified wine that typically has an alcohol content between 13% and 20% ABV. These inexpensive wines usually contain added sugar, artificial color, and artificial flavor.- Brands :...
- USS CiscoUSS Cisco (SS-290)USS Cisco , a Balao-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cisco, a whitefish of the Great Lakes. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 24 December 1942 sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Bennett, through her...
, World War II submarine
See also
- CriscoCriscoCrisco is a brand of shortening produced by the J. M. Smucker Co. popular in the United States. Introduced in June 1911 by Procter & Gamble, it was the first shortening to be made entirely of vegetable oil...
- SisqóSisqóMark Durrell Andrews , known by his stage name Sisqó, is an American R&B singer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of R&B group Dru Hill, and also for "Thong Song", a song from his first solo LP, Unleash the Dragon, that became an international hit. - Biography :Sisqó was born Mark...
, an R&B singer - SyscoSYSCOSysco Corporation is the global leader in marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, hotels and inns, and other foodservice and hospitality businesses...
, a foodservice distributor