Raptor
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The term raptor can refer to:
- In zoology, a bird of prey.
- In paleontology, a dromaeosaurid dinosaur, like the Velociraptor.
- In the military, the F/A-22 Raptor is a fighter jet.
- In the military, the RAPTOR reconnaissance pod carried by RAF Tornados
- In sports, the Toronto Raptors, a team in the NBA.
- In computer games, the Raptor is a starfighter in the Wing Commander universe.
- In computer games, Raptor: Call of the Shadows is a shoot 'em up computer game by Apogee.
- In computer hardware, the WD Raptor is a high-performance hard disk drive.
- In astronomy, the Rapid Telescope for Optical Response is an instrument to detect celestial optical transients automatically and autonomously follow-up on them before they fade away. [1] (http://www.raptor.lanl.gov/)