Fetch
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Fetch may refer to:
- Fetch (geography)Fetch (geography)The fetch, often called the fetch length, is the length of water over which a given wind has blown. It is used in geography and meteorology and is usually associated with coastal erosion. It plays a large part in longshore drift as well....
, the length of water over which a given wind has blown - Fetch (game)Fetch (game)Fetch is a game usually played with a dog. An object, such as a stick or ball, is thrown a moderate distance away from the animal, and it is the animal's objective to grab and retrieve it. Many times, the owner of the animal will say "Fetch" to the animal before or after throwing the object. In...
, a game played between a human and a pet in which the human throws an object for the pet to retrieve - Fetch (folklore)Fetch (folklore)A fetch is a supernatural double or apparition of a living person in Irish folklore. It is largely akin to the doppelgänger. Francis Grose associated the term with Northern England in his 1787 Provincial Glossary, but otherwise it seems to have been in popular use only in Ireland...
, a doppelgänger or double in Irish folklore - Fetch (slang), a word used in the movie Mean GirlsMean GirlsMean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy-drama film directed by Mark Waters. The screenplay was written by Tina Fey and is based in part on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman, which describes how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have...
to convey a sense of awe or satisfaction - Fetch, a software FTP client—see Comparison of FTP client softwareComparison of FTP client softwareThe following tables compare general and technical information for a number of FTP clients and related clients that use other file transfer protocols. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up to date...
- FETCH! with Ruff RuffmanFETCH! with Ruff RuffmanFETCH! with Ruff Ruffman, sometimes shortened as FETCH!, is a children's television series for children ages 6–12 on PBS during the PBS Kids GO! block of educational programming. It is a game show/reality show that is hosted by an animated anthropomorphic dog who dispenses challenges to the show's...
, a children's animated television series - Fetch-execute cycle, a typical sequence of computer machine actions