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A skeleton is a biological system providing support in a living organism.

Skeleton often refers to:

• Human skeleton, human anatomy
• Skeleton key, a type of key (lock)
• Skeleton watch, a type of watch where the gearing is visible
• Skeleton crew, a reduced number of staff working off-hours or during a labour strike
• A Lich is sometimes mistaken as a normal skeleton

It may also refer to:

Contents 1 Science and computers 2 Entertainment 3 Miscellaneous 4 See also

[edit] Science and computers

• n-skeleton, the subcomplex of a simplicial complex or CW complex consisting of all faces of or below a certain dimension
• Skeleton (category theory), in mathematics, every category has a skeleton in which no two distinct objects are isomorphic
• Skeleton (computer science), a style of parallel programming based on simple high-level patterns
• Skeletal animation, a computer technique used to animate 3D characters
• Topological skeleton, a digital image processing technique used to detect objects and regions within images
• Class skeleton, an outline of a class used in software engineering
• Skeletal formula, in chemistry, a shorthand graphical representation of the structure of organic chemicals.

[edit] Entertainment

• Skeleton (undead), in fantasy, an undead, animated skeleton.
• Skeleton (Videogame), A homebrew game for the Atari 2600. Has an updated version called Skeleton+.
• "The Skeleton", a 1963 Stop motion B movie
• "Skeletons", a film by David Decoteau
• "Skeletons and the Empty Pockets", a rock band from Rotherham and Sheffield, UK.
• Skeletons (band), a New York-based indie rock group also known as "Skeletons and the Girl-Faced Boys" and "Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities"
• "Skeletons", a 1987 song by Stevie Wonder
• "Skeleton", a song by Bloc Party from their 2004 EP Little Thoughts
• Skeleton (Guitar Hero), a playable character in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero: World Tour
• "The Skeleton", a song by Quasi from their 1999 album Field Studies
• Skeletons (Wednesday 13 album), an album from Wednesday 13
• Skeleton is an album by Danish indie-rock band Figurines

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Skeleton (sport) (or tobogganing), an Olympic winter sport
• "Skelly" is scooter slang for a cutdown scooter

[edit] See also

• Exoskeleton, an exterior skeleton
• Endoskeleton, an interior skeleton
• Skeleton in the cupboard, a colloquialism

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