Nautilus (disambiguation)

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Template:Wiktionarypar A nautilus is a cephalopod with a many-chambered, spiral shell.

Nautilus is a name given to some ships and submarines:

Nautilus (1800 submarine), first practical submarine invented by Robert Fulton
Nautilus (Verne), famous fictional submarine in Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
HMS Nautilus, vessels of the British Royal Navy
USS Nautilus, vessels of the United States Navy

Nautilus is also the name of:

Nautilus (board game), a submarine-themed German-style board game
Nautilus (comic), a furry science fiction comic
Nautilus file manager, the official file manager for the GNOME desktop
Nautilus Institute, a public policy think-tank and community resource
Nautilus laser, a weapon system to intercept long-range missiles
Nautilus Pompilius, a Russian rock group
Nautilus (space station module), an inflatable space habitation module
Nautilus, Incorporated, founded by Arthur Jones, a producer of exercise equipment, including Nautilus, Bowflex and Stairmaster

And Nautilus may also be:

a product line of speakers produced by Bowers & Wilkins (B&W)
the Greater Argonaut, an octopus also known as the "Paper Nautilus"
the codename for the VAX-8800 family of computer systems from Digital Equipment Corporation