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Contents 1 Geology 2 Culture and entertainment 3 Food 4 Software 5 The Rock 6 Places 7 People

Rock may refer to:

Geology

• Rock (geology), a substance composed of minerals.
• An islet, specifically, one that is small and with minimal soil
• A gemstone (slang), usually understood to be a diamond
• Rock salt, an unrefined form of sodium chloride

Culture and entertainment

• Rock (music), the super-genre of styles of popular music evolved from rock and roll
• Rock and roll, a genre of popular music, most prominent in 1950s and '60s, from which all rock music evolved
• Rocks (album), an album by Aerosmith
• Mega Man (character), the main character of a video game before his transformation into "Mega Man".
• To Rock someone, a slang term to describe having sex with someone
• Rock (manga), a dark young boy who is a recurrent character of Osamu Tezuka's mangas.
• Cocaine, a slang term for the drug.
• Rock (dance), a term to describe 'having a dance' in rave communities, (i.e. Melbourne Shuffle)
• To Rock someone, a slang term to describe having sex with someone

Food

• Ice, commonly referred to as "rocks" when used with alcoholic beverages
• Rock (confectionery), a confectionery made and sold in many of the UK's seaside holiday resorts
• Rock candy, a type of confectionery composed of large sugar crystals.
• Rock (chicken), a breed of chicken.

Software

• ROCK Linux, a Linux distribution build kit
• Rocks Cluster Distribution, Open Source High Performance Linux Cluster Solution

The Rock

The Rock may refer to:

• Newfoundland, a slang name for the place.
• Alcatraz Island, slang name for the federal prison in San Francisco Bay
• The Rock (movie), a 1996 motion picture about the prison
• Gibraltar, is nicknamed "The Rock".
• Dwayne Johnson, a professional wrestler and actor known as "The Rock".
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, The Rock is this railroad's nickname.
• Jesus
• The Basketball a slang term for the a Basketball

Places

• Rock, Wisconsin, USA
  • Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA
  • Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA
• Rock, Kansas, USA
• Ayers Rock or Uluru, Australia
• Rock, Cornwall, UK
• Rock, Worcestershire, UK
• Rock River (disambiguation)
• The Rocks, New South Wales, Australia

People

• Chris Rock, (1965-), African-American comedian
• Joseph Rock (1884-1962), Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist
• Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, A fictional character who lives in southside Dublin. (His initials spell ROCK)

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