Jacket (disambiguation)
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Jacket
A jacket is a hip- or waist-length garment for the upper body. A jacket typically has sleeves, and fastens in the front. A jacket is generally lighter, tighter-fitting, and less insulating than a coat, which is outerwear...

is a relatively tight-fitting garment for the upper body.

Jacket may also refer to:
  • Jacket (software)
    Jacket (software)
    Jacket is a numerical computing platform enabling GPU acceleration of MATLAB-based codes. Developed by AccelerEyes, Jacket allows GPU-based matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, and interfacing with programs written in other languages, including C, C++,...

    , the GPU engine for MATLAB
  • Jacket (magazine)
    Jacket (magazine)
    Jacket is an on-line literary periodical edited by the Australian poet John Tranter. The first issue was in October 1997.Each new number of the magazine is posted at the Web site piece by piece until the new issue is full, when the next issue starts. Past issues remain posted as well...

    , an online poetry magazine
  • Jacket Lake, Nova Scotia
    Jacket Lake, Nova Scotia
    Jacket Lake is a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia....

    , a community in the Halifax Regional Municipality
  • The Jacket
    The Jacket
    The Jacket is a 2005 psychological thriller film directed by John Maybury that is partly based on the Jack London novel of the same name, released in the US as The Star Rover. Massy Tadjedin wrote the screenplay based on a story by Tom Bleecker and Marc Rocco...

    (2005), an American film directed by John Maybury

  • Dust jacket
    Dust jacket
    The dust jacket of a book is the detachable outer cover, usually made of paper and printed with text and illustrations. This outer cover has folded flaps that hold it to the front and back book covers...

    , the detachable outer cover of a book
  • Jacket matrix, a square matrix that is a generalization of the Hadamard matrix
  • Jacket potato, a baked potato filled with other ingredients
  • Jacketed vessel
    Jacketed vessel
    In chemical engineering, a jacketed vessel is a container that is designed for controlling the temperature of its contents, by using a cooling or heating "jacket" around the vessel through which a cooling or heating fluid is circulated....

    , a container designed for controlling the temperature of its contents
  • Bullet jacket, the plating/covering of a bullet
    Bullet
    A bullet is a projectile propelled by a firearm, sling, or air gun. Bullets do not normally contain explosives, but damage the intended target by impact and penetration...

    's core with metal to give it a higher velocity
  • The supporting legs and lattice framework of an offshore oil platform
    Oil platform
    An oil platform, also referred to as an offshore platform or, somewhat incorrectly, oil rig, is a lаrge structure with facilities to drill wells, to extract and process oil and natural gas, and to temporarily store product until it can be brought to shore for refining and marketing...

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