Vault may refer to: *

Jumping Jumping or leaping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jumping can be distinguished from running, galloping and ...

, the act of propelling oneself upwards

Architecture

Vault (architecture) In architecture, a vault (French ''voûte'', from Italian ''volta'') is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof. As in building an arch, a temporary support is needed while ring ...

, an arched form above an enclosed space *

Bank vault A bank vault is a secure space where money, valuables, records, and documents are stored. It is intended to protect their contents from theft, unauthorized use, fire, natural disasters, and other threats, much like a safe. Unlike safes, vaults a ...

, a reinforced room or compartment where valuables are stored *

Burial vault (enclosure) A burial vault (also known as a burial liner, grave vault, and grave liner) is a container, formerly made of wood or brick but more often today made of metal or concrete, that encloses a coffin to help prevent a grave from sinking. Wooden coffin ...

, a protective coffin enclosure *

Burial vault (tomb) A burial vault is a structural underground tomb. It houses the casket and protects them through a lined, sealed container. A burial vault shields the casket from maintenance equipment and resists water. Different levels of burial vaults are off ...

, an underground tomb *

Utility vault A utility vault is an underground room providing access to subterranean public utility equipment, such as valves for water or natural gas pipes, or switchgear for electrical or telecommunications equipment. A vault is often accessible directly fro ...

, an underground storage area accessed by a maintenance hole * Film vault, in

film preservation Film preservation, or film restoration, describes a series of ongoing efforts among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images they contain. In the wid ...

, a climate-controlled storage facility for films *

Pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

vault, a working men's bar in northern England pubs

Arts, entertainment, and media

Vault (Marvel Comics) The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several noteworthy concepts besides its fictional characters, such as unique places and artifacts. There follows a list of those features. Places Certain places fe ...

, a prison for super-villains in the Marvel Comics universe * Vaults (Fallout), underground nuclear blast shelters in the Fallout video game series * ''Vault'' (sculpture), a sculpture by Ron Robertson-Swann * Vault, former drummer for the band Dark Lunacy * "Vault", a song by

Pendulum A pendulum is a weight suspended from a wikt:pivot, pivot so that it can swing freely. When a pendulum is displaced sideways from its resting, Mechanical equilibrium, equilibrium position, it is subject to a restoring force due to gravity that ...

* '' Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)'', an album *

Vaults (band) Vaults was a British electronica band from London, United Kingdom, composed of Blythe Pepino, Barney Freeman, and Ben Vella. The band split in 2017. History The band was founded in 2013, after Pepino was recruited to provide vocals on Freeman ...

, a music group from London * ''Vault'' (film), a 2019 film based on the 1975 Bonded Vault heist

Brands and enterprises

* Vault (drink), a discontinued soft drink made by the Coca-Cola Company from 2005 to 2011 * Vault.com (formerly Vault Reports), a recruitment company founded by Mark Oldman

Computing and technology

Vault (revision control system) Vault is a commercial, proprietary version control system by SourceGear LLC which markets its product as a replacement for Microsoft's Visual Source Safe. Vault uses Microsoft SQL Server as a back end database and provides atomic commits to t ...

, made by SourceGear * Vault, a cross-platform password manager and authentication tool maintained by

HashiCorp HashiCorp is a software company with a freemium business model based in San Francisco, California. HashiCorp provides open-source tools and commercial products that enable developers, operators and security professionals to provision, secure, run ...

* Autodesk Vault, a data management tool from Autodesk * Microsoft HealthVault, a web-based personal health record

Mathematics and science

Vault (organelle) The vault or vault cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein is a eukaryotic organelle whose function is not yet fully understood. Discovered and isolated by Nancy Kedersha and Leonard Rome in 1986, vaults are cytoplasmic organelles which, when negative- ...

, a ribonucleoprotein found in biological cells * Vault, in mathematics, a bisected bicylinder Steinmetz solid *

Cranial vault The cranial vault is the space in the skull within the neurocranium, occupied by the brain. Development In humans, the cranial vault is imperfectly composed in newborns, to allow the large human head to pass through the birth canal. During bi ...

, a space in the skull within the neurocranium * Vaginal vault, an expanded part of the vaginal canal

Sports

Vault (gymnastics) The vault is an artistic gymnastics apparatus which gymnasts perform on, as well as the skill performed using that apparatus. Vaulting is also the action of performing a vault. Both male and female gymnasts perform the vault. The English abbreviat ...

, an artistic gymnastics apparatus *

Vault (parkour) In various urban activities, a vault is any type of movement that involves overcoming an obstacle by some combination of jumping, climbing or diving. Although parkour doesn't involve the idea of set movements, practitioners use similar ways of ...

, a movement to get past an obstacle quickly and efficiently *

Equestrian vaulting Equestrian vaulting, or simply vaulting, is most often described as gymnastics and dance on horseback, which can be practiced both competitively or non-competitively. Vaulting has a history as an equestrian act at circuses, but its origins st ...

, a sport that combines gymnastics and dance on a moving horse *

Pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the My ...

, an athletics event

Other uses

Svalbard Global Seed Vault The Svalbard Global Seed Vault ( no, Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norway, Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago. The Seed Vault provides long-te ...

(or Doomsday Vault), a secure seed bank in Norway *

Vault Beach Vault Beach (also Bow Beach) is situated on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK, near Gorran Haven.Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190''. 1961 The beach consists mainly of shingle but does have so ...

(also Bow Beach), Cornwall, England, UK *

Vault Comics Vault may refer to: * Jumping, the act of propelling oneself upwards Architecture * Vault (architecture), an arched form above an enclosed space * Bank vault, a reinforced room or compartment where valuables are stored * Burial vault (enclosure ...

, an American comic book publisher