Cirrus
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Cirrus can refer to:
- Cirrus cloud, a type of cloud.
- In biology, a bundle of cilia fused together into a large mobile projection.
- Chrysler Cirrus, a car produced by DaimlerChrysler.
- Cirrus (building), a high-rise apartment building in Helsinki, Finland.
- Cirrus (rocket), a German rocket.
- Cirrus (band), a trance music group.
- Cirrus (interbank network), an interbank network (ATM network) by MasterCard.
- Cirrus Engine, a British aircraft engine company.
- Cirrus Design, an aircraft company based in Duluth, Minnesota.
- Code name of a Microsoft internal database product development project — see Microsoft Jet Database Engine#History.
- Schempp-Hirth Cirrus, a sailplane.
- CIRRUS (Cable Installation, Recovery and Repair Underwater Submersible) — see Submarine communications cable.
- Cirrus Logic, a manufacturer of video cards