Docking may refer to:
In science and technology
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Docking and berthing of spacecraft, the process of joining one spacecraft or space station module to another
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Docking (molecular)
In the field of molecular modeling, docking is a method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when a ligand and a target are bound to each other to form a stable complex. Knowledge of the preferred orientation in ...
, a research technique for predicting the relative orientation of two molecules to each other
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Docking@Home
Docking@Home was a volunteer computing project hosted by the University of Delaware and running on the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) software platform. It models protein-ligand docking using the CHARMM program. ...
, a distributed computing project
* Docking, a synonym for
accretion in
geology
Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...
Other uses
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Docking (surname)
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Docking, Norfolk
Docking is a village and ancient civil parish in the north-west of the English county of Norfolk. It is near the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Topography Parish
The parish covers an area of (one of the larger ones in ...
, a village
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Docking (animal)
Docking is the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or, sometimes, ears. The term cropping is more commonly used in reference to the cropping of ears, while ''docking'' more commonly—but not exclusively—refers to the tail. The ter ...
, the practice of cutting off or trimming the tail of an animal
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Docking (dog)
Docking is the removal of portions of an animal's tail. While docking and bobbing are more commonly used to refer to removal of the tail, the term cropping is used in reference to the ears. Tail docking occurs in one of two ways. The first inv ...
, the above practice as specifically applies to dogs
** Docking, the similar
mutilation of humans, e.g. as corporal punishment
* Docking, the piercing of dough as it is manipulated, sometimes with a tool such as a
Roller docker
Roller may refer to:
Birds
*Roller, a bird of the family Coraciidae
* Roller (pigeon), a domesticated breed or variety of pigeon
Devices
* Roller (agricultural tool), a non-powered tool for flattening ground
* Road roller, a vehicle for compa ...
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Docking (sex), a sex act
See also
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Dock (disambiguation)
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Docker (disambiguation)
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