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Mercury
may refer to many different things:
Science
Mercury (planet)
- in
astronomy
, the nearest
planet
to the
Sun
in the
solar system
Project Mercury
- in astronautics, an early American program for launching humans into space
Mercury (element)
- in
chemistry
, a chemical element
Mercury (magazine)
- a popular astronomy magazine published by the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
[1]
Mercury (computer)
- developed in the early 1950's by
Ferranti
and
University of Manchester
computing department
Good King Henry
- a species of
goosefoot
also called mercury or English mercury
Culture
Mercury (mythology)
- a
Roman
god
Freddie Mercury
- in
rock music
, a singer from the group
Queen
Mercury Drug
-
Philippine
drug store chain
Mercury Records
- in the
music industry
, a commercial
record label
The Mercury
- a
newspaper
published in
Hobart
,
Australia
Mercury dime
- a coin preceding the current dime in the
United States
Mercury, France
- a commune in the
Savoie
département
of
France
Mercury, Nevada
- a "town" in the US State of
Nevada
Mercury, the Winged Messenger
- in
music
, a
movement
in
Gustav Holst
's
The Planets
suite
Technology
Mercury (automobile)
- a
marque
of
automobile
produced by the
Ford Motor Company
Bristol Mercury
- in
aeronautics
, a 9-cylinder
aircraft engine
Mercury programming language
- in
computing
, a
programming language
Mercury - SMS Sending Program
- a program that sends
SMS
messages
Mercury Communications
- a now-defunct British
telco
Mercury outboard motors
- in
boating
, a manufacturer of outboard
motors
Mercury memory
- in
computers
, kind of
delay line memory
, in use in 50's (
UNIVAC I
)
Mercury (company)
- a software and consulting company
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