Jack
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For information about the given name and surname "Jack", see Jack (name).
Jack may refer to:
- Jack (connector), an electrical connector
- Jack plug, a common audio connector
- JACK Audio Connection Kit, a computer sound server
- Jack (device), a device used to lift heavy objects
- Jack (human modeling), a human modeling and simulation system
- Jack (playing card), the lowest face card in a deck of playing cards
- Jack (tree), a relative of the mango
- Jack (software), audio CD ripper
- Jacking, a form of dance popular in the late 1980s
- Jacks, playground game for children
- Jack, one of a pair of windmills at Clayton, Sussex.
[edit] in entertainment and fiction
- Jack Bauer, the main character of 24
- Jack (band), a Britpop band
- Jack (cat), a cat on Blue Peter.
- Jack (film), a 1996 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Robin Williams
- Jack, The titular character of the 2001 animated series Samurai Jack
- Jack (Tekken), a series of robots in the Tekken series
- Jack (webcomic), an online adult furry comic by David Hopkins
- Jack FM, a radio format in Canada and the United States
- Jack of Fables, an American comic book series
- Jack Horner (Fables), the main character of Jack of Fables
- Jack Sparrow, the main character of the film Pirates of the Caribbean
- The Jack, song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC
- Father Jack Hackett, a character from the British television series Father Ted
- Jack Skellington, a character in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Jack, a fictional character from the TV series The Tribe (1999-2003)
[edit] names and aliases
- Jack the Ripper (19th century), alias given to an unidentified serial killer of Victorian England
- Spring Heeled Jack (19th century), a legendary figure of Victorian England
- Jack the Stripper (mid-20th century), nickname given to an unknown serial killer of London, England who stripped victims
- Jack (mascot), the Jack-in-the-box mascot of American restaurant chain Jack In The Box
[edit] other uses
Jack may also be used for:
- Jack Daniel's, a brand of whiskey
- Jack plane, a tool for smoothing wood
- Jackfruit, a species of tree native to the East Indies
- Jacks, maritime flags flown from the bow of a ship
- Sailors
- Jack (fish), several species of fish
[edit] See also
- Crackerjack (disambiguation)
- Jack-in-the-Box (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with Jack
- Jack of all trades
- You Don't Know Jack
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