Boomerang

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A boomerang is a curved wooden throwing implement.

Boomerang may also mean:

Geopolitics

• The Boomerang effect, a concept describing the effects colonial governance has on the metropole

Technology

• Boomerang (programming language), for bidirectional transformations of text
• Boomerang (roller coaster), a type of roller coaster made by Vekoma
• BOOMERanG experiment, a sub-orbital experiment which studied the properties of cosmic microwave background radiation
• CAC Boomerang, an aircraft
• Maserati Boomerang, an influential prototype automobile
• Scaled Composites Boomerang, an unconventional twin engine aircraft designed by Burt Rutan
• Boomerang (mobile shooter detection system), a gunshot location detection system designed for military uses.
• Whitney Boomerang, an aircraft
• Boomerang (schooner), an operational 1903 schooner, part of the Sydney Heritage Fleet

Entertainment

• Boomerang (TV channel), a TV channel operated by Cartoon Network with various international versions:
  • Boomerang (UK & Ireland)
  • Boomerang (Italy)
  • Boomerang (Southeast Asia TV channel)
  • Boomerang (Australian TV channel)
  • Boomerang (Latin American TV channel)
  • Boomerang (Spanish TV channel)
• Boomerang (1947 film), a 1947 courtroom drama film
• Boomerang (1992 film), a 1992 movie starring Eddie Murphy
• Boomerang (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the 1992 film
• Boomerang (The Creatures album)
• Boomerang (Hanson album)
• Boomerang (Stacey Q album)
• "Boom Boom Boomerang" (song), a song made popular in 1955 by the The DeCastro Sisters
• The Boomerangs, Jonathan Kelly's first band
• Boomerang (radio show), a short lived BBC Radio 4 series
• Boomerang (Japanese single), a single by The Grace
• Boomerang (Daara J album), an album by Daara J
• Boomerang (Worlds of Fun), a rollercoaster at the Worlds of Fun theme park
• Laramie Boomerang, a daily newspaper in Laramie, Wyoming
• Boomerang (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Captain Boomerang, a DC Comics supervillain and enemy of the Flash
• Boomerang! (audio magazine), an audio magazine for kids
• Boomerang (horse), a show jumping horse
• Boomerang, an arcade game developed by Sunsoft. Also known as Farmers Rebellion and Ikki.

Other uses

• A controller for the PlayStation 3 games console
• A color magazine, used to change the colors of a spotlight
• Flying Boomerangs - the national indigenous Australian youth Australian football team
• Boomerang Generation^{[dubious – discuss]}, the generation of youth which returns to their parents

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