Quicksilver
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Quicksilver is an archaic name for the element mercury
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Mercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...
. It may also refer to:
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- Quicksilver (Computer), a codename for the third revision of the Power Mac G4
- Quicksilver (software)Quicksilver (software)Quicksilver is a computer utility software program for Mac OS X, originally developed by Blacktree Software and distributed freely. It is essentially a graphical shell for the Mac OS X operating system, allowing users to use the keyboard to rapidly perform tasks such as launching...
, an open source application launcher for Mac OS X - QuickSilver (DTP software), a desktop publishing software formerly called Interleaf by Broadvision
- QuickSilver (project)QuickSilver (project)The QuickSilver project at Cornell University is an AFRL-funded effort to build a platform in support of a new generation of scalable, secure, reliable distributed computing applications able to "regenerate" themselves after failure....
, a software research project at Cornell University - Quicksilver (ISP)Quicksilver (ISP)Quicksilver was an ISP based in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. It offered broadband, dialup and toll's services around New Zealand. Quicksilver was an activity of Mercury Telecommunications Ltd, a company formed by Matthew Hobbs and Mark Frater, both ex-employees of CLEAR...
, an ISP in New Zealand - Quicksilver SoftwareQuicksilver SoftwareQuicksilver Software, Inc. was founded in 1984 by three Intellivision programmers from Mattel Electronics. Two of the three, William Fisher and Stephen Roney, currently work there...
, a computer games company based in Irvine, California
Media and entertainment:
- DJ QuicksilverDJ QuicksilverOrhan Terzi , better known by his stage name DJ Quicksilver is a Turkish DJ and music producer.-Biography:Terzi moved to Germany with his family in the late 1960s...
, an electronic musician - Quicksilver (comics)Quicksilver (comics)Quicksilver is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in X-Men #4 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby...
, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe - Quicksilver (DC Comics), a superhero in the DC Comics universe
- Quicksilver (game show)Quicksilver (game show)Quicksilver was a game show hosted by Ron Maestri that aired on USA Network from June 27, 1994 to October 13, 1995. For its first month, it was paired with another Stone-Stanley game show Free 4 All which aired immediately after Quicksilver on the network's afternoon game show block...
, a short-lived USA Network game show - Quicksilver (film)Quicksilver (film)Quicksilver is a 1986 feature film starring Kevin Bacon. Written and directed by Thomas Michael Donnelly, the film also includes Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Louie Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, and Rudy Ramos.-Plot:...
, a film about bicycle messengers starring Kevin Bacon - "Quicksilver" (song)Quicksilver (song)"Quicksilver" is an avant-garde instrumental by Pink Floyd from their album Soundtrack from the Film More. It appeared in shortened form in the live suite The Man and the Journey, where it was entitled "Sleep". The studio album version of the piece runs 7 minutes 13 seconds, about 3 minutes longer...
, a song by Pink Floyd - Quicksilver Messenger ServiceQuicksilver Messenger ServiceQuicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band, formed in 1965 in San Francisco.-Introduction:Quicksilver Messenger Service gained wide popularity in the Bay Area and, through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe and several of their albums ranked...
, 1960s California rock band - Quicksilver (novel)Quicksilver (novel)Quicksilver is a historical novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2003. It is the first volume of The Baroque Cycle, his late Baroque historical fiction series, succeeded by The Confusion and The System of the World . Quicksilver won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and was nominated for the Locus...
by Neal Stephenson, the first volume of his The Baroque Cycle series - Quicksilver, the fictional invisibility-granting synthetic hormone featured in the Sci-Fi television series The Invisible ManThe Invisible Man (2000 TV series)The Invisible Man is a Sci-Fi American television series starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Michael McCafferty...
Transportation:
- Quicksilver ManufacturingQuicksilver ManufacturingQuicksilver Manufacturing is an American manufacturer of ultralight and light aircraft. Founded in 1972 as Eipper Formance and later Eipper Aircraft, the company today claims to be the leading manufacturer of ultralight aircraft in the United States, with the Quicksilver type ultralight being used...
, an American manufacturer of ultralight and light aircraft - Eipper Quicksilver ultralight aircraft
- Quicksilver GT500Quicksilver GT500|-See also:-External links:***...
ultralight aircraft - USS Quicksilver (SP-281)USS Quicksilver (SP-281)USS Quicksilver was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.Quicksilver was built by the Jahncke Navigation Company at New Orleans, Louisiana. The U.S. Navy acquired her under charter from her owner, Ernest Lee Jahncke, for World War I service as a patrol vessel...
, a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 - Quicksilver was one of the GWR 3031 ClassGWR 3031 ClassThe Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915, formerly named St. George before 1907
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- QuiksilverQuiksilverQuiksilver, Inc. , is an American company based in Huntington Beach, California, one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment...
, a clothing brand specializing in surfing and winter sports - Quicksilver, CaliforniaQuicksilver, CaliforniaQuicksilver is a former settlement in Lake County, California. It was located near the Sonoma County line, just south of Middletown....
, a former town in Lake County - Quicksilver (wrestler)Quicksilver (wrestler)Richard "Rick" Clements is a retired American professional wrestler from San Diego, California, better known as Quicksilver.-Career:Quicksilver was a regular on the California independent circuit, working for local promotions in the area such as Alternative Wrestling Show, Revolution Pro Wrestling,...
, the stage name of American professional wrestler Rick Clements - Las Vegas Quicksilvers, a former soccer team that played for the now-defunct North American Soccer League
- Operation Quicksilver (disambiguation), military operations
- Quicksilver ResourcesQuicksilver ResourcesQuicksilver Resources Inc. is an oil and gas exploration and production company based in Fort Worth, Texas. It has operations in the United States and Canada....
, an oil and gas production company