Jack may refer to:

• Jack (connector), an electrical connector
  • Jack plug, a common audio connector
• JACK Audio Connection Kit, a computer sound server
• Jack (device), a device used to lift heavy objects
• Jack (human modeling), a human modeling and simulation system
• Jack (playing card), the lowest face card in a deck of playing cards
• Jack (tree), a relative of the mango
• Jack (software), audio CD ripper
• Jacking, a form of dance popular in the late 1980s
• Jacks, playground game for children
• Jack, one of a pair of windmills at Clayton, Sussex. In Electronics, a jack is generally a Socket (female connector but because the related term Jack plug is often abbreviated to just jack confusion can A TRS connector, also called an audio jack, phone plug, jack plug, stereo plug, mini-jack, or mini-stereo, is a common The JACK Audio Connection Kit or JACK is a Sound server daemon that provides Low latency connections between so-called jackified For other uses see Jack or Carjacking. A jack is mechanical device used to lift heavy loads or apply great forces The Jack human simulation system was developed at the Center for Human Modeling and Simulation at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1980s & 1990s A jack or knave is a Playing card with a picture of a young man on it See also Jackfruit The Malaysian Mango ( Mangifera caesia) locally called Binjai in the Malay language, is a species of Mango Jack is a command line CD Ripping program for Linux. The program is written in Python and possesses many configurable options Jacking may refer to Stealing To Illegally, or without the Owner 's Permission, take Possession of something Jacks (sometimes called jackstones, fivestones or onesies) is a Playground game for children The Clayton Windmills, known locally as Jack and Jill, stand on the South Downs above the village of Clayton West Sussex, England. A windmill is a machine that is powered by the energy of the wind Clayton is a small Village at the foot of the South Downs in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England.

in entertainment and fiction

• Jack Bauer, the main character of 24
• Jack (band), a Britpop band
• Jack (cat), a cat on Blue Peter. Jack Bauer is the Protagonist of the United States Television series 24, in which he has trained and worked in various capacities 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American action Drama Television series. Jack were a British Alternative rock band formed in Cardiff, Wales, in 1992. The Blue Peter pets are the animals who regularly appear on the BBC children's television series Blue Peter.
• Jack (film), a 1996 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Robin Williams
• Jack, The titular character of the 2001 animated series Samurai Jack
• Jack (Tekken), a series of robots in the Tekken series
• Jack (webcomic), an online adult furry comic by David Hopkins
• Jack FM, a radio format in Canada and the United States
• Jack of Fables, an American comic book series
  • Jack Horner (Fables), the main character of Jack of Fables
• Jack Sparrow, the main character of the film Pirates of the Caribbean
• The Jack, song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC
• Father Jack Hackett, a character from the British television series Father Ted
• Jack Skellington, a character in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Jack, a fictional character from the TV series The Tribe (1999-2003)

names and aliases

Main article: Jack (name)

• Jack the Ripper (19th century), alias given to an unidentified serial killer of Victorian England
• Spring Heeled Jack (19th century), a legendary figure of Victorian England
• Jack the Stripper (mid-20th century), nickname given to an unknown serial killer of London, England who stripped victims
• Jack (mascot), the Jack-in-the-box mascot of American restaurant chain Jack In The Box

other uses

Jack may also be used for:

• Jack Daniel's, a brand of whiskey
• Jack plane, a tool for smoothing wood
• Jackfruit, a species of tree native to the East Indies
• Jacks, maritime flags flown from the bow of a ship
• Sailors
• Jack (fish), several species of fish

See also

• Crackerjack (disambiguation)
• Jack-in-the-Box (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with Jack
• Jack of all trades
• You Don't Know Jack