Jumper or Jumpers may refer to:

Clothing

Jumper (sweater) A sweater (North American English) or pullover, also called a Jersey (clothing), jersey or jumper (British English, Hiberno-English and Australian English),

, is a long-sleeve article of clothing; also called a top, pullover, or sweater **A waist-length top garment of dense wool, part of the

Royal Navy uniform The uniforms of the Royal Navy have evolved gradually since the first uniform regulations for officer (military), officers were issued in 1748. The predominant colours of Royal Navy uniforms are navy blue and white. Since reforms in 1997 male and ...

and the uniform of the United States Navy **In Australian English, a sporting

jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...

guernsey Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...

Jumper (dress) A jumper (in American English), jumper dress, or pinafore dress is a sleeveless, collarless dress intended to be worn over a blouse, shirt, T-shirt or sweater. Hemlines can be of different lengths and the type of collar and whether there is ple ...

(U.S. English; known elsewhere as a ''pinafore dress''), a sleeveless dress intended to be worn over a top or blouse *

Jumpsuit A jumpsuit is a one-piece garment with sleeves and legs and typically without integral coverings for feet, hands or head. The original jump suit is the functional one-piece garment used by parachutists. The original skydivers' jumpsuits were ...

- one piece outfit

People

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, also known as ''Potackee'' (April 27, 1923 – January 14, 2011) (Seminole), was the first and so far the only female chairperson of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. A nurse, she co-founded the tribe's first newspaper in 1 ...

(1923–2011), first female chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida * Hunter Jumper (born 1989), American soccer player *

John Jumper (Seminole chief) John Jumper (c.1820 – September 21, 1896) or Heneha Mekko, was Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation from 1849 to 1865, and again from 1882 to 1885. He was also a Baptist pastor. Jumper led those Seminole who supported the Confederacy, signing ...

(1820–1896), principal chief of the Seminoles from 1849 to 1865 *

John P. Jumper John Phillip Jumper (born February 4, 1945) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) General (United States), general, who served as 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, chief of staff of the United States Air Force from Septemb ...

(born 1945), former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force *

William Jumper Sir William Jumper ( – 12 March 1715) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He rose to the rank of captain after service in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession. He is known for being one of the first to step onto land du ...

(1660–1715), Royal Navy officer *

Jimmy J. Jumper Jimmy Jefferson Jumper (1923–1979) was an United States, American United States Air Force, Air Force Major general (United States), Major General and the father of 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff John ...

(1923-1979), Airforce Major General and father of General John P. Jumper

Arts, media, and entertainment

* ''Jumper'' (novel), a novel by Steven Gould ** ''Jumper'' (2008 film), a 2008 film adaptation of the novel ** ''Jumper: Griffin's Story'' (video game), a video game based on the film ** ''Jumper: Griffin's Story'' (novel), a novel based on the film * ''Jumper'' (1991 film), a pornographic film * ''Jumpers'' (play), a play by Tom Stoppard * "Jumpers", an episode of the television series ''

Zoboomafoo ''Zoboomafoo'' is a live-action/animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS from January 25, 1999, to November 21, 2001. After the original run on public television, reruns were shown on Universal Kids#As PBS Kids Sprout/S ...

'' * Jumpers (''Wild Cards''), characters in the ''Wild Cards'' series of books *

Jumper (short story) "Jumper" is a short story by Stephen King. Originally serialized in the self-published newspaper ''Dave's Rag '' in 1959–1960, it was later collected in the 2000 work '' Secret Windows''. It was King's first piece of fiction to be published. ...

, a short story by

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...

Music

Jumper (band) Jumper was a pop group in Kristinehamn, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to ...

, a Swedish pop group 1996-2001 * "Jumper" (Third Eye Blind song), 1998 * "Jumper" (Hardwell and W&W song), 2013 * "Jumper", by Capsule from ''

More! More! More! ''More! More! More!'' is the tenth studio album by the Japanese electronica band Capsule, released on November 19, 2008. The album reached #3 and #6 on the Oricon daily and weekly charts, making it the band's most successful album in their caree ...

'', 2008 * "Jumper", by

Cravity Cravity () is a South Korean boy band formed by Starship Entertainment. The group is composed of nine members: Serim, Allen, Jungmo, Woobin, Wonjin, Minhee, Hyeongjun, Taeyoung, and Seongmin. They debuted on April 14, 2020, with their extended p ...

from ''Hideout: Remember Who We Are - Season 1,'' 2020 *"Jumper", by Rudimental from '' Ground Control'', 2021 * "Jumpers", by Sleater-Kinney from '' The Woods'', 2005

Computers and software

Jumper (computing) In electronics and particularly computing, a jumper is a short length of conductor used to close, open or bypass part of an electronic circuit. They are typically used to set up or configure printed circuit boards, such as the motherboards of ...

, an electrical connector *

Jumper 2.0 ApexKB (formerly Jumper), is a discontinued free and open-source script for collaborative search engine, collaborative search and knowledge management. It is powered by a shared enterprise bookmarking engine that is a fork of KnowledgebasePublishe ...

, open source collaborative enterprise search software

Electronics

* Jumper (BEAM), in BEAM robotics, a robot that moves by jumping *

Jump wire A jump wire (also known as jumper, jumper wire, DuPont wire) is an electrical wire, or group of them in a cable, with a connector or pin at each end (or sometimes without them simply "tinned"), which is normally used to interconnect the ...

(also known as jumper, jumper wire, jumper cable, DuPont wire or cable)

Religious groups

* Jumpers, members of the

Welsh Methodist Revival The Welsh Methodist revival was an evangelical revival that revitalised Christianity in Wales during the 18th century. Methodist preachers such as Daniel Rowland, William Williams and Howell Harris were heavily influential in the movement. The ...

Sports

Jump shot (basketball) In basketball (and derivatives like netball), a player may attempt to score a basket by leaping straight into the air, the elbow of the shooting hand cocked, ball in hand above the head, and launching the ball in a high arc towards the basket f ...

Show jumper Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics. Sometimes shows are li ...

, a type of equestrian competition, or the horses that compete in same * Jumper, a person who participates in

parachuting Parachuting and skydiving are methods of descending from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or multiple parachutes. For hu ...

Other meanings

Jumper (person) Jumping from a dangerous location, such as from a high window, balcony, or roof, or from a cliff, dam, or bridge, is a common suicide method. The 2023 ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for jumping from a high place is X80*, and this method of suicide is ...

, a person who kills themself by jumping from a height * Jumper ant, venomous ant of Australian temperate regions *

Citroën Jumper The Fiat Ducato is a light commercial vehicle jointly developed by FCA Italy and PSA Group (currently Stellantis), and mainly manufactured by Sevel, a joint venture between the two companies since 1981. It has also been sold as the Citroën C2 ...

, a French van * IAI JUMPER, a self-contained missile launcher system * A common name for

jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...