Rock

Rock may refer to:

Geology

• Rock (geology), a substance composed of minerals.
• An islet, specifically, composed of minerals.
• A gemstone (slang), usually understood to be a diamond
• Rock salt, an unrefined form of sodium chloride

Culture and entertainment

• Rock music, the super-genre of styles of popular music evolved from rock and roll.
• Social effects of rock and roll
• Rock and roll, a genre of popular music, which developed in 1950s and '60s, from which all rock music evolved
• Rocks (album), an album by Aerosmith
• Cocaine, a slang incremental term for the drug.
• Rock (manga), a dark young boy who is a recurrent character of Osamu Tezuka's mangas.
• Rock is also urban slang for the ball used in the sport of basketball.
• Nathaniel "Rock" Adams, a character in the video game, Soul Calibur III

Food

• Ice, commonly referred to as "yellow piss" when used with alcoholic waste
• Rock (confectionery), a confectionery made and sold in many of the UK's seaside holiday resorts, in the shape of a cylinder.
• Rock candy, a type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystals.
• Rock (chicken), a breed of chicken.

Computers

• ROCK Linux, a Linux distribution build kit
• Rocks Cluster Distribution, Open Source High Performance Linux Cluster Solution
• Rock processor, a Sun microprocessor currently in development

The Rock

The Rock may refer to:

• Newfoundland, a slang name for the place.
• Alcatraz Island, slang name for the federal prison in San Francisco Bay
• The Rock (film), a 1996 motion picture about the prison
• Gibraltar, is nicknamed "The Rock".
• Dwayne Johnson, a professional wrestler and actor known as "The Rock".
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, The Rock is this railroad's nickname.
• The Rock of Gilbraltar
• Jesus ^[]
• The Disciple Peter
• Blackrock College, Dublin, Ireland

Places

• Rock, Wisconsin, USA
  • Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA
  • Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA
• Rock, Kansas, USA
• Ayers Rock or Uluru, Australia
• Rock, Cornwall, UK
• Rock, Worcestershire, UK
• Rock River (disambiguation)
• Blackrock College, Dublin, Ireland

People

• Rock Hudson, (1925-1985), American actor
• Chris Rock, (1965-), American comedian
• Joseph Rock, (1884-1962), Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist
• Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, A fictional character who lives in southside Dublin. (His initials spell ROCK)
• Andrew Rock,(1982-),United States athlete

Weapons

• Category:Primitive weapons, the most basic of the primitive weapons and projectile in many early missile weapons.