Raptor(s) or RAPTOR may refer to:

Animals

The word "raptor" refers to several groups of avian and

non-avian dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is ...

s which primarily capture and subdue/kill prey with their talons. *

Raptor (bird) Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as (although not the same as) raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and smaller birds). In addition to speed and stren ...

or bird of prey, a bird that primarily hunts and feeds on vertebrates * Raptor- or -raptor, a taxonomic affix used in to describe dromeosaurs or similar animals *

Dromaeosauridae Dromaeosauridae () is a family of feathered coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs. They were generally small to medium-sized feathered carnivores that flourished in the Cretaceous Period. The name Dromaeosauridae means 'running lizards', from ...

, a family of dinosaurs including

Velociraptor ''Velociraptor'' (; ) is a genus of small dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 75 million to 71 million years ago. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in th ...

, Utahraptor,

Microraptor ''Microraptor'' (Greek language, Greek, μικρός, ''mīkros'': "small"; Latin language, Latin, ''raptor'': "one who seizes") is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovere ...

Oviraptorosauria Oviraptorosaurs ("egg thief lizards") are a group of feathered maniraptoran dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period (geology), Period of what are now Asia and North America. They are distinct for their characteristically short, beaked, parrot-like s ...

, a clade of dinosaurs including Oviraptor and

Gigantoraptor ''Gigantoraptor'' () is a genus of large oviraptorosaur dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period. It is known from the Iren Dabasu Formation of Inner Mongolia, where the first remains were found in 2005. ''Gigantoraptor'' w ...

* Megaraptora, a clade of dinosaurs including Fukuiraptor

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Raptor'' (film), a 2001 film * Raptor, a fictional spacecraft in ''

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Gaming

* '' Raptor: Call of the Shadows'', a 1994 video game * Raptor heavy fighter, a fictional craft in the ''

Wing Commander Wing commander (Wg Cdr or W/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. Wing commander is immediately se ...

'' game *

Lord Raptor This is a list of characters from Capcom's '' Darkstalkers'' media franchise, who are either based on various literary and cinematic monsters or inspired by international mythology and fairy tales. Consisting of supernatural creatures engaging in c ...

, a ''Darkstalkers'' character

In print

* ''Raptor'' (novel), a 1993 novel by Gary Jennings * Raptor (Gary Wilton, Jr.), a Marvel Comics character * Raptor (Damon Ryder), a Marvel Comics character * Raptor (Brenda Drago), a Marvel Comics character * Raptor (DC Comics), various DC Comics characters

Roller coasters

* Raptor (Fantasilandia), a roller coaster in Santiago, Chile * Raptor (Gardaland), a roller coaster in Lake Garda, Italy *

Raptor (Cedar Point) Raptor is an inverted roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. The coaster, which broke many records upon its opening in 1994, differs from previous inverted coasters. Instead of having a ...

, a roller coaster in Sandusky, Ohio, U.S.

Other arts and entertainment

Raptor (Thai duo) Raptor was a Thai musical duo popular in the 1990s. The duo consisted of two '' luk khrueng'' (people of mixed Thai and Caucasoid) boys Joni Anwar and Louis Scott. Their albums ''Raptor'', ''Waab Boys'', ''Day Shock'' and ''Raptor Goodbye'' ea ...

, a music group *

Rex Raptor The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, created by Kazuki Takahashi, features an extensive cast of characters, many of whom are from Domino City, a fictional city in Japan where the series takes place. As many plot elements are influenced by Egypt and its my ...

, a ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' character

Computers and programming

Raptor (programming language) RAPTOR, the Rapid Algorithmic Prototyping Tool for Ordered Reasoning, is a graphical authoring tool created by Martin C. Carlisle, Terry Wilson, Jeff Humphries and Jason Moore. Thosted and maintained by former US Air Force Academy and current T ...

, a graphical authoring tool *

Raptor (robot) ''Raptor'' () is a bipedal robot which was designed and conceived in 2014 by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). It has a top speed of 46 km/h, making it the second fastest robot after the Cheetah, and the fastest biped ...

, a South Korean bipedal robot *

RAPTOR (software) RAPTOR is protein threading software used for protein structure prediction. It has been replaced by RaptorX, which is much more accurate than RAPTOR. Comparison of techniques Protein threading vs. homology modeling Researchers attempting to s ...

, protein threading software * Western Digital Raptor, hard disk drives *

Raptor code In computer science, Raptor codes (''rapid tornado''; see Tornado codes) are the first known class of fountain codes with linear time encoding and decoding. They were invented by Amin Shokrollahi in 2000/2001 and were first published in 2004 as ...

, error correction code *

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or Raptor * Raptor RDF, from the Redland RDF Application Framework * Raptor Computing Systems/Raptor Engineering, a company which sells computers with

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processors

Military

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American Twinjet, twin-engine, Jet engine, jet-powered, Night fighter, all-weather, supersonic Stealth aircraft, stealth fighter aircraft. As a product of the United States Air Force's Advanced Ta ...

, a United States Air Force stealth fighter aircraft * HSM-71 or the Raptors, a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron * VMMT-204 or the Raptors, a U.S. Marine Corps Osprey training squadron *

Raptor-class patrol boat The Raptor-class patrol boat, Russian designation Project 03160, is a series of Russian high-speed coastal patrol boats. Boats of the class belong to the 4th rank ships in the Russian Navy. This project was developed by the design bureau of JSC L ...

, a series of Russian high-speed coastal patrol boats * RAPTOR (Reconnaissance Airborne Pod Tornado), a British Royal Air Force reconnaissance pod

Sporting teams

United States

* American Raptors, a rugby union team based in Glendale, Colorado * Everett Raptors, an American indoor football team * Iowa Raptors FC, an American soccer team * Ogden Raptors, an American baseball team * Ridgefield Raptors, an American baseball team *

Rockford Raptors The Rockford Raptors were an American soccer team based in Rockford, Illinois. The team began in the USISL and moved to the USL Second Division, USISL Pro League in 1995. In 1999, the team was relegated to the Premier Development League. The ...

, an American soccer team * Rock River Raptors, an American indoor football team

Elsewhere

* Bangalore Raptors, an Indian tennis team * Bengaluru Raptors, an Indian badminton team * Dunkin' Raptors, a Thai basketball team * Lancashire Raptors, a British ice hockey team * Raptors de Naucalpan, a Mexican American football team *

Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), E ...

, a Canadian basketball team in the NBA ** Raptors 905, a Canadian basketball team in the G-League; minor league affiliate of the Toronto Raptors

Transportation

Air

* Aviate Raptor, a South African trike * Independence Raptor, a German paraglider * Raptor Aircraft Raptor, an American light aircraft kit

Land

* Ford Raptor, a line of pickup trucks * Yamaha Raptor 660, an all-terrain vehicle * Zagato Raptor, a concept car design * Raptor, motorcycles by

Cagiva Cagiva is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded in 1950 by Giovanni Castiglioni in Varese, originally producing small metal components. Giovanni's sons, Claudio and Gianfranco Castiglioni, went into the motorcycle industry in 1978. ...

Sea

* Raptor, a car ferry class used by Red Funnel

Space

* SpaceX Raptor, a rocket engine

Other uses

* Raptor, a series of Peavey guitars * Raptor, a downhill

Birds of Prey Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as (although not the same as) raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively predation, hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and smaller birds). In addition to speed ...

ski course in Colorado, U.S. * Raptor (G.I. Joe), an action figure * Raptor convention, a convention in contract bridge * Raptor Group, a private investing company founded by

James Pallotta James Joseph Pallotta (born March 13, 1958) is an American billionaire businessman. In 2009, he founded Raptor Group, a private investment company. Prior to forming Raptor, Pallotta was vice chairman at Tudor Investment Corporation. He was co-o ...

* RPTOR, also known as raptor, a regulatory-associated protein * Strike Force Raptor, a group within New South Wales Police Force targeting organised crime groups