Slammer
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Slammer can refer to:
- SQL Slammer, a Computer wormComputer wormA computer worm is a self-replicating malware computer program, which uses a computer network to send copies of itself to other nodes and it may do so without any user intervention. This is due to security shortcomings on the target computer. Unlike a computer virus, it does not need to attach...
- a slang term for prisonPrisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
or jail - an "Alabama Slammer" or "Tequila Slammer" cocktailCocktailA cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...
- Sholef / Slammer, an Israeli self-propelled 155mm howitzer based on a Merkava tank chassis
- the non-transforming tank who is a partner to MetroplexMetroplex (Transformers)Metroplex is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers series.-Transformers: Generation 1:Metroplex is capable of transforming into a battle station or a giant robot...
in Transformers - Slammer Guitars, a budget subsidiary of Hamer GuitarsHamer GuitarsHamer Guitars is an American manufacturer of electric guitars. Founded in 1973 by vintage guitar shop owners, Jol Dantzig and his business partner Paul Hamer. Early instruments featured guitar designs based on the Gibson Explorer and Flying V...
- an AIM-120 AMRAAMAIM-120 AMRAAMThe AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM , is a modern beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile capable of all-weather day-and-night operations. Designed with the same form-factor as the previous generation of semi-active guided Sparrow missiles, it is a fire-and-forget...
Missile, nicknamed Slammer - Penn JillettePenn JillettePenn Fraser Jillette is an American magician, comedian, illusionist, juggler, bassist and a best-selling author known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team Penn & Teller, and advocacy of atheism, libertarian philosophy, free-market economics, and scientific skepticism.-Early...
's house in Las Vegas, also known as "the slammer" - Slammer (calypsonian), an early Barbadian calypsonianCalypsonianA calypsonian , originally known as the chantwell is a musician, from the Anglophone Caribbean, who sings songs called calypso. Calypsos are musical renditions having their origins in the West African griot tradition...
- Slammer (Ride)Slammer (Ride)Slammer is an S&S Power Sky Swat at Thorpe Park, Chertsey, UK. It is one of only two Sky Swats in the world, alongside Catapult ....
, the second S&S Power Sky Swat in the world at Thorpe Park, Surrey, England - Slammer, an entity who changes a telephone carrier of a telephone line illegally (Telephone slammingTelephone slammingTelephone slamming is an illegal telecommunications practice, in which a subscriber's telephone service is changed without their consent. Slamming became a more visible issue after the deregulation of the telecommunications industry in the mid-1980s, especially after several brutal price wars...
) - Railfan term for a British Rail electrical multiple unit based on Mark 1 carriages, having manual doors that one has to slam, hence the term.