Rock(s) may refer to:

Contents 1 Geology 2 People 3 Places 3.1 United Kingdom 3.2 United States 4 Food 5 Computers 6 Other

Geology

• Rock (geology), a substance composed of mineral that can consist in particulate form or in large form (mountains, tectonic plates, planets)
• Rock salt or Halite, an unrefined form of sodium chloride
• Rock, slang for a gemstone, usually understood to be a diamond

People

• Allan Rock, Canadian Justice Minister, Health Minister and diplomat
• Andrew Rock, Olympic athlete
• Bob Rock, musician, sound engineer and record producer
• Chris Rock, American comedian
• David M. Rock, former mayor of Central Elgin, Ontario, Canada
• John Rock (American scientist), one of the inventors of the contraceptive pill
• Joseph Rock, Austrian-American explorer, geographer and botanist
• Kid Rock, American rapper and rock musician
• Raymond Rock, Canadian politician
• Rock Hudson, American actor
• Rock (rapper), half of the hip hop duo Heltah Skeltah
• Robert Rock, Loyalist gang leader from North Belfast
• Rock Whittington, guitarist
• The Rock (entertainer), Dwayne Johnson, actor and former professional wrestler
• Rahman "Rock" Harper, winner of Hell's Kitchen Season 3
• Tim Raines, American baseball player, nicknamed "Rock"

Places

• "The Rock", a nickname for Gibraltar

United Kingdom

• Rock, Cornwall, UK
• Rock, Worcestershire, UK

United States

• Rock, Kansas
• Rock Township, Benson County, North Dakota
• Rock County, Wisconsin
• Rock, Wisconsin:
  • Rock, Rock County, Wisconsin
  • Rock, Wood County, Wisconsin
• Rock Island, Illinois, USA
• Rock River (Illinois), which flows from southern Wisconsin into the Mississippi River
• "The Rock", a slang name for Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay and the former federal prison located on it

Food

• Rock (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
• "Rocks", slang for ice when used with alcoholic beverages

Computers

• Rocks Cluster Distribution, a Linux distribution for cluster computing
• ROCK Linux software for building customized Linux distributions
• Rock processor, a microprocessor currently in development by Sun Microsystems

Other

• Rock Music
• The Rock, an instrumental track from The Who's 1973 album, Quadrophenia. In Geology, rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of Minerals and/or Mineraloids The Earth's outer solid layer the ‘ Lithosphere Halite is the Mineral form of Sodium chloride, Na[[chlorine Cl]] commonly known as rock salt. A gemstone or gem, also called a precious or semi-precious stone, is a piece of attractive Mineral, which &mdash when cut and polished &mdash This article is about the Canadian statesman For the similarly-named places in Massachusetts, see Allen Rock. Andrew Rock (born January 23, 1982) is an American athlete who specializes in the 400 meter dash. Robert Jens Rock, aka Bob Rock (born 19 April, 1954 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian Musician Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter, Television The Municipality of Central Elgin is a township in southwestern Ontario, Canada in Elgin County on Lake Erie. John Rock ( 24 March 1890 - 4 December 1984) was one of the inventors of the birth control pill. Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884 – 1962 was an Austrian American explorer, Geographer, linguist and Botanist. Robert James Ritchie (born January 17 1971 in Romeo Michigan) known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American Musician and actor known for his over-the-top Raymond Rock (born October 1, 1922 in Lachine Quebec, Canada) is a former Canadian Politician and a Businessman Rock Hudson (November 17 1925 &ndash October 2 1985 was an American Film and Television Actor, recognised as a romantic leading man during Jamal Bush, better known by his stage name Tha Rockness Monstah, or in short Rock, is an American Rapper, famous as a member of Results in major championships New Orleans LA native Rock Whittington is the former guitarist for New Orleans LA based band Punch People, and Timothy Raines (born September 16 1959 in Sanford Florida) nicknamed "Rock"is a former Left fielder in Major League Baseball Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar Rock is a village in Cornwall, England, UK, located at the Estuary on the North-Eastern bank of the River Rock is a Village in Worcestershire, which lies south-west of Bewdley. Rock is an unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. Rock Township is a Civil township in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. Rock County is a county in the US state of Wisconsin. It is included in the Janesville Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area Rock is a town in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3338 at the 2000 census Rock is a town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census Rock Island is a City in and the County seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. Alcatraz Island, sometimes informally referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as the Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay Rock is a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar Confectionery most usually flavoured with peppermint Rock candy (also called rock sugar) is a type of Confectionery composed of relatively large Sugar Crystals Homemade rock candy is commonly formed The Plymouth Rock, often called simply Rocks or Barred Rocks (after their most popular color is a Chicken breed that originated in the United States Ice is a Solid phase, usually crystalline, of a Non-metalic substance that is liquid or gas at Room temperature, such as Ammonia Rocks Cluster Distribution (originally called NPACI Rocks is a Linux distribution intended for High-performance computing clusters ROCK Linux is a flexible Linux distribution Build Kit Ie it is a toolchain/framework for making your own Linux distributions Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Quadrophenia is the sixth album by the English rock band The Who. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Quadrophenia is the sixth album by the English rock band The Who.
• Rocks (album), a 1976 album by Aerosmith
• Rocks (song), a song by Primal Scream
• Rock, slang for a basketball
• Rock (manga character), a character in Osamu Tezuka's manga
• Rock, the name of Mega Man in the Japanese versions of the games
• Rock Lee, a character from the anime and manga series Naruto
• The Rock (film), a 1996 motion picture about the Alcatraz prison
• Nathaniel "Rock" Adams, a character from the Soul Calibur series of games
• Rock, another name for Crack cocaine
• Rock, another name for Crystal methamphetamine
• Rock, an islet, usually a small island
• Rock Howard, a character from the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series of games
• ROCK1, a human gene
• Rock, the mascot of Rock Island High School, Rock Island, Illinois
• "The Rock", short for Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Rocks is the fourth Album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1976 Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" " Rocks " is a 1994 single by UK group Primal Scream. Primal Scream are a Brit-nominated Scottish Alternative rock group formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie ( vocals A basketball is an inflated spherical Ball used in the game of Basketball. Rock (known in some series as Rokuro Makube aka Rock Holmes) is a recurrent character in Osamu Tezuka 's Manga series and he is (from the phrase "Rock n Roll" in Japan is a Video game character created by Keiji Inafune and is the title character of what has been referred to as the original The Naruto Anime and Manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Masashi Kishimoto. The Rock is a 1996 Academy Award -nominated Action film that primarily takes place on Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco Bay Crack cocaine or crack is a solid smokable form of Cocaine. It is a freebase form of cocaine that can be made using baking soda ( Sodium bicarbonate For human anatomy see Islets of Langerhans An islet is a small Island. Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1, also known as ROCK1, is a protein Serine/threonine kinase, but also denotes the human Gene encoding Rock Island High School also known as "Rocky" is a public four-year high school located in Rock Island Illinois.

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