Nuke
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The word nuke, as a verb or a noun, can refer to multiple things:
- Nuclear technology
- A colloquialism for a nuclear weapon, or the use of one, or the equivalent destruction of the use of one (as an analogy)
- A colloquialism for a nuclear power plant
- A member of the United States Navy trained to operate a naval reactor (i.e. nuclear watch officer, nuclear Machinist Mate "MM", Electricians Mate "EM", or Electronics Technician "ET"). The enlisted ratings are found with an "N" after their ratings when taking promotion exams.
- Computer technology
- Nuke (computer), a denial-of-service attack
- WinNuke, an exploit in some early versions of Microsoft Windows
- For the meaning in the context of the warez scene, see Nuke (warez)
- For the meaning in the context of role-playing games, see nuke (gaming)
- Nuke (software), digital compositing software by The Foundry
- A family of simple content management systems that provide basic functionality in the form of user management and news item editing, and add in more functionality, such as calendars and forums, through the use of modules.
- Fiction
- Nuke (Marvel Comics), an American Flag faced comic book Marvel Comics character
- Nuke (Squadron Supreme), a superhero from Earth-712 in the fictional Marvel Universe
- Fictional drug in RoboCop 2
- A portmonteau term (coming from "Noah" and "Luke") for the relationship between Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer on As the World Turns
- Other
- Heating something in a microwave oven is sometimes referred to as "nuking" it
- Nucleoside/Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, better known as nucleoside analogues or *Nukes were the first group of available antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV in 1987