Title: Seal Content: Seal or SEAL may refer to articles connected to a variety of meanings: ==A marine mammal== *a pinniped, a large ocean mammal. There are three main groups: **Earless seals (or true seals) **Eared seals (or walking seals) **Walrus *Seal hunting, both personal and commercial hunting of seals *Seal brown is a rich dark brown color RGB(50, 20, 20) (from the colour of dyed Fur seal fur) ==Fixing or closing to give a tight fit== *Seal (mechanical), a device to contain pressure. *Diaphragm seal, a flexible membrane that seals and isolates an enclosure ==Symbol of authentication== *Seal (device), a device used to produce an official stamp as a symbol of authority, or the impression left by a seal in sealing wax. (Origin: Latin sigillum = "small symbol", a diminutive of signum) *Cylinder seal, cylinder engraved with a picture story, used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a sheet of wet clay *Great Seal of the United States used since 1782 to authenticate some documents issued by the United States government *Great Seal of the Realm, a British institution for authorising the monarch's official documents a personal signature *Great Seal of Scotland allows the monarch to authorise documents without signing *Imperial Seal of Japan, called 菊の御紋 in Japanese, meaning "Noble Symbol of Chrysanthemum" *Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices of state in the United Kingdom *Knights Templar Seal used to validate documents approved by the order *Seal of Solomon, a legendary magical signet ring said to have belonged to King Solomon *LMLK seal, stamped on handles of large storage jars around Jerusalem about 700 BC *Nintendo Seal of Quality is a gold seal used by Nintendo to show that a game is properly licensed to run on their game consoles ==As a person's name== *Barry Seal (Adler Berriman Seal), pilot and drug smuggler turned DEA informant * Brajendra Nath Seal (born 1864), Indian philosopher of the Brahmo Samaj, Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University *David Seal (born 1972), an Australian football (soccer) player *Jaynie Seal (born 1973), an Australian television presenter *Lou Seal (Luigi Francisco Seal, Jr.), the official mascot of the San Francisco Giants team in Major League Baseball *Manuel Seal, a staff songwriter and producer at Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings *Pu Tong Seal (1346 AD), legendary Burmese hero * Seal (musician) (Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel), an Afro-European soul singer who has released three albums named "Seal": **Seal (1991 album) **Seal (1994 album) **Seal (2003 album) ==As a place name== Some of these names referred originally to the marine mammal. * Seal Bay Conservation Park, on Kangaroo Island, South Australia * Seal Beach, a city in Orange County, California, United States of America ** Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, a United States Navy weapons and munitions loading, storage and maintenance facility in Seal Beach, California * Seal Island, a small islet about 5.7 km off the northern beaches of False Bay near Cape Town in South Africa * Seal Island (South Shetland Islands), a group of small islands and rocks lying 3 to 6 miles northwest of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands * Machias Seal Island at under disputed sovereignty between the United States and Canada * Seal Island Bridge, an arch truss bridge crossing the Great Bras d'Or channel in Victoria County, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia * Seal Rock, a prominent rock offshore at the North end of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, United States * Seal Rocks, a small settlement in New South Wales, Australia * Seal, Kent, a village in Kent, England. (Origin: probably Anglo-Saxon sēale = "copse of sallow-trees") * Seals, Georgia ==As an acronym== * United States Navy SEALs, special forces of the United States Navy. (Origin: acronym from "SEa, Air, Land") **Advanced SEAL Delivery System, a midget submarine providing stealthy submerged transportation for special forces, primarily U.S. Navy SEALs **SEAL Recon Rifle, rifle developed to provide SEAL snipers with a portable, lightweight system with greater lethality * Semantics-directed Environment Adaptation Language, a computer programming language * SEAL (cipher), (Software-Optimized Encryption Algorithm), a fast cryptographic cipher * Safety Evidence Assurance Level, US government * SEAL (Computer Language), the Semantics-directed Environment Adaptation Language * SEAL (Sea Scout Leadership Training), a leadership training course for Sea Scouts youth in the Boy Scouts of America * Software Engineering and Ada Lab, NASA ==Ships== * HMS Seal (N37), a submarine of the Royal Navy * USS Seal has been used as the name of two submarines of the United States Navy * Red seal ships (朱印船), Japanese armed merchant sailing ships with a red-sealed patent (early 17th century) ==In computers== *SEAL GUI, an open source Graphical User Interface for DOS