Hydra
Hydra (from ancient Greek for water snake; to ὕδωρ [ hýdōr ] literally "water") stands for:
- Hydra (mythology) , a creature from Greek mythology
- Hydra from Mallorca , two-headed specimen of the hooded snake found in Spain in 2003
- Freshwater polyps , family Hydridae , only with genus Hydra , from the tribe of the cnidarians
Geography, Astronomy:
- Hydra (Algiers) , a quarter in Algiers (Algeria) with almost 60,000 inhabitants
- Hydra (island) , a Greek island in the Aegean Sea
- Hydra (Cape) , in ancient times a cape on the Gulf of Elaia in the Aeolis in Asia Minor
- Hydra (moon) , a moon of the dwarf planet Pluto
- Ancient lake in Aetolia, now Lake Lysimachia
- Water snake (constellation) , Latin name
- Hydra Cove , Livingston Island Bay in the Archipelago of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Companies, brands, products, vehicles:
- Hydra , code name of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
- Hydra , code name for an encrypted transatlantic communications link in World War II, see Camp X # story
- HYDRA , name of a fictional Nazi criminal organization from the Marvel Comics, see characters from the Marvel universe # HYDRA
- Hydra (bicycle brand) , a German manufacturer of bicycles
- HYDRA Game Development Kit , a game console based on the propeller chip
- Hydra (production management) , a system for collecting operational production data
- Protocol for bidirectional data transmission in mailbox systems and in FidoNet, see Janus (protocol)
- Hydra (missile) , an American unguided air-to-surface missile
- Hydra (chess computer)
- Hydra (ship) , Greek ship of the line (1889–1918)
- Hydra (boat) , test vehicle with fuel cell drive
- Hydra (Schnellboot) , Schnellboot of the German Navy
- Hydra (software) , a cracking program for decrypting passwords
- Hydra (Software II) , a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Also:
- Hydra (band) , a German symphonic metal band
- Hydra (Toto album) , an album by the American rock band Toto (band)
- Hydra (Cr7z album) , an EP by the German hip hop artist Cr7z
- an EU funded research project on ambient intelligence
- a German TV film, see Tatort: Hydra
- Hydra (association) , a German advocacy group for prostitutes
- Hydra (Within Temptation Album) , an album by the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation
- Operation Hydra , the English code for the bombing of the Peenemünde Army Research Center on August 17, 1943
- The Hydra , magazine at Craiglockhart Hydropathic Hospital in Edinburgh
See also:
Wiktionary: Hydra - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
