Quint

Quint

Quint may refer to:
* Quint (Jaws character), a character from "Jaws"
* Quint (fire apparatus), a piece of fire apparatus combining the features of an engine and a ladder truck
* Quint (Mega Man), an evil robot in the Mega Man game series
* Quint (Spider Riders), a shipmaker in the series of novels "Spider Riders"
* Quintinius Verginix, a character from The Edge Chronicles
* Catherine Guy-Quint, a French politician
* Charles Quint (Charles V), Holy Roman Emperor
* Peter Quint, a principal character in "The Turn of the Screw"
* Quint -, a numerical prefix meaning five
* Quint - A Free-bass system for the Accordion: invented by Bill Palmer - later patented by Titano as used in their line of "converter" (or "quint") bass accordions.
* A type of sackbut (musical instrument)
* A type of stop on a pipe organ
* A tandem bicycle with five seats
* A component of a graphical GUI scrollbar widget
* The Quint Networking Technology (QNT) is a modular network data link program focused on providing a multi-band modular capability to close the seams between five nodes - Aircraft, UCAV, Weapons, tactical UAV and dismounted ground forces.


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