Swift (disambiguation)

Swift may refer to:

Zoology

* Swifts, birds in the order Apodiformes
* Swift lizards, of the genus Sceloporus
* Swift moths of the family Hepialidae
* Swift butterflies, several genera in the skipper butterfly tribe Gegenini

Physics

Swift ($approx$ "in flight") refers to way of dealing with moving particles (usually atoms or ions) in the particle beam [ cite journal
name=Swift cluster-atom collisions: experiment and model calculations
author=K Wohrer et al
year=1996
journal=JOPB
volume=29
pages=L755-L761
doi: 10.1088/0953-4075/29/20/006
url=http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0953-4075/29/20/006/] .

People

People whose family name is or was Swift include:

*Allan Swift (born 1935), U.S. politician
*Charles Swift, defense counsel for Salim Ahmed Hamdan
*Clive Swift (born 1936), British actor
*David Swift (born 1933), British actor
*Edward D. Swift, U.S. astronomer
*George R. Swift (1887–1972), U.S. politician
*Graham Swift (born 1949), British novelist
*Gustavus Franklin Swift (1839–1903), U.S. entrepreneur, founder of Swift & Company meatpacking plants
*Henry Adoniram Swift (1823–1896), U.S. politician
*Jane Swift (born 1965), U.S. politician
*Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Irish author, satirist and cleric.
*Kay Swift (1897–1993), American composer
*Lewis Swift (1820–1913), U.S. astronomer
*Philetus Swift (1763-1828), Acting NY Lt. Gov. 1817
* Richard Swift (disambiguation), various including:
** Richard Swift (composer) (1927–2003), American composer and music theorist
** Richard Swift (musician) (fl. 2000s), American singer-songwriter
*Robert Swift (born 1985), basketball player
*Swift (rapper) (born Ondre Moore), U.S. rapper in D12
*Stephanie Swift, adult actress
*Stromile Swift (born 1979), basketball player
*Suzanne Swift
*Taylor Swift, American country music singer
*Todd Swift (1966), Canadian poet
*William Swift (born 1848), governor of Guam and U.S.N. Rear Admiral

Fiction

*Tom Swift
*Tom Swift, Jr.
*Swift (comics), comic book character from "The Authority"

Transport

* Aériane Swift, a Belgian sail plane design
* HSV-2 Swift, a non-commissioned catamaran leased by the United States Navy
* S-1 Swift, a Polish sailplane
* Supermarine Swift, a British jet fighter built after World War II
* Swift boat, also known as Fast Patrol Craft, used by the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War
* Comper Swift, a British 1930s single-seat sporting aircraft
* NASA's Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, an orbiting robotic observatory
* Swiftfuel is an ethanol-derived replacement for leaded gasoline airplane fuel
* Suzuki Swift, a car
* Swift Engineering, an American race car manufacturer
* Swift Racing Cars, a British racing car manufacturer
* Swift Leisure, a British manufacturer of caravans
* Swift Motor Company, of Coventry, England

Banking

* Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)
* ISO 9362, the SWIFT/BIC code standard in banking

Software and information technology

* Swift (web browser), a WebKit based web browser for Windows
* AVL SWIFT, a multi-purpose thermofluid software package using 3D Computational fluid dynamics
* SWIFT software, a health and social care software product produced by Anite in the UK

Miscellenea

* Swift Leisure a British manufacturer of caravans
* Swift & Company, a meat processing company
* Operation Swift in the Vietnam War, 1967
* Swift (band), a band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
* The Swift, a Christian band on the Rocketown Records label
* Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, a NASA spacecraft
* Swift, a serif typeface
* SWIFT Bus Rapid Transit planned for Snohomish County, Washington, USA
* Swifts F.C., defunct English football club
* Swift (textiles), a tool used to hold a skein of yarn.

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