Yukon

Yukon may refer to:

Agriculture

• The Yukon Gold, a common Canadian-grown potato

Computers and software

• Yukon (software), a screen capture application for use with OpenGL software
• AMD Yukon notebook platform.^[1]
• Yukon Ethernet Chipset manufactured by Marvell
• Yukon, Microsoft's code word for the SQL Server 2005 development project

Fiction

• Yukon, the name of a fictional confederacy in the novel Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson
• Yukon Cornelius, the name of a prospector character in the 1964 Christmas television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)

Games

• Yukon (solitaire), a single-player card game similar to standard Klondike solitaire
• Yukon, a card game for three or more players in which the jacks (called "Yukons") are trumps
• The Yukon Trail, a computer game similar to The Oregon Trail

Geography

• Yukon, or Yukon Territory or the Yukon, a territory of Canada
  • Yukon (electoral district), a federal electoral district of Canada, corresponding to the territory
• The Yukon River, a river of Alaska and the Yukon Territory, for which the territory was named
• Yukon, Missouri, a town in the United States
• Yukon, Oklahoma, a town in the United States
• Yukon, West Virginia, a town in the United States

Music

• Yukon (band), a band from Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States

Sports

• The Giant Yukon and Giant Yukon DISC, mountain bicycles made by Giant Manufacturing
• Yukon Justice, a raquetball/tennis mix played by hand
• The YUKON Power Grip is a safety technique used by those in the fields of mountaineering and rock climbing

Transportation

Aircraft

• CC-106 Yukon, a Canadian military turboprop airliner and cargo aircraft used in the 1950s and 1960s

Ships

• HMCS Yukon, a Canadian destroyer launched in 1961 that later became an artificial reef off the coast of San Diego, California
• USC&GS Yukon, the name of more than one United States Coast Survey or United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ship
• USNS Yukon (T-AO-202), a United States Navy fleet replenishment oiler in service with the Military Sealift Command since 1994
• USS Yukon, the name of more than one United States Navy ship

Vehicles

• The GMC Yukon and GMC Yukon XL, full-size sport utility vehicles made by General Motors
• The Giant Yukon and Giant Yukon DISC, mountain bicycles made by Giant Manufacturing

See also

• The University of Connecticut, often referred to as UConn, a homophone of "Yukon"
• The Klondike Gold Rush, sometimes referred to as the Yukon Gold Rush

References

1. ^ "HEXUS.net - News :: Intel set to chop AMD Yukon's legs with new ultra-portable CULV platform : Page - 1/1". http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=16915.  090512 hexus.net

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