Handspring
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Handspring may refer to:
- Handspring (company)Handspring (company)Handspring was a maker of Palm OS-based Visor- and Treo-branded personal digital assistants. It was run by Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky, and Ed Colligan, the original inventors of the Palm Pilot and founders of Palm Computing, after they became unhappy with the direction in which 3Com was taking...
, a company that made personal digital assistants - Handspring (gymnastics)Handspring (gymnastics)A handspring is an acrobatic move in which a person executes a complete revolution of the body by lunging headfirst from an upright position into a handstand and then pushing off from the floor with the hands so as to leap back to an upright position. Handsprings are performed in various physical...
, a gymnastics move involving forward or backward rotation of the body - Rising Handspring or kip-upKip-upKip-up is one of several names for an acrobatic move in which a person transitions from a supine, and less commonly, a prone position, directly to a squatting position by propelling the legs, and consequently the entire body, away from the floor. The move often incorporates the use of the arms and...
, an acrobatic move from a supine position to a squatting position