The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is the fastest of all land animals, and a member of the cat family. It hunts by speed (coursing) rather than by stalk-and-ambush.

Cheetah may also refer to:

• Miracinonyx, or American cheetah, a prehistoric genus of big cats found in North America
  

as well as:

• Aircraft
  • Atlas Cheetah, a South African military aircraft
  • Grumman American AA-5A Cheetah, a light general aviation aircraft
  • HAL Cheetah, an Indian licence built version of the Aérospatiale Alouette II light helicopter
• Automobiles
  • a fictional car in the Grand Theft Auto videogame series
  • Cheetah MMPV, an armored fighting vehicle produced by Force Protection Inc.
  • Cheetah Racing Cars, Australian race cars manufactured in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
  • Bill Thomas Cheetah, a US sports car developed by the Bill Thomas Motorsports company
  • The Lamborghini Cheetah, a large 4x4 off-road prototype that was a precursor to the 1980s Humvee.
• Computer related
  • Cheetah3D a computer graphics program for 3D modeling, animation and rendering.
  • Cheetah, a forerunner of the IBM POWER chipset architecture
  • CheetahTemplate, a programming language and template engine
  • Mac OS X v10.0, code named Cheetah
  • A computer hard drive from Seagate Technology.
• Recreational
  • Cheetah (band), Australian rock band
  • Cheetah (film), a 1989 film.
  • Cheetah (novel), published by Iota Publishing.
  • Cheetah (comics), a supervillain in the Wonder Woman comic series
  • Cheetah (music), a manufacturer of MIDI keyboards and synthesisers
  • Cheetah Brewers International Inc., a brewer of Canadian beer
  • Cheetah Magazine, a late 1960s rock and roll and counterculture magazine
  • Cheetah Club, a 1960s New York club frequented by Jimi Hendrix
  • Cheetah's Topless Club, a Las Vegas nightclub best known for being featured in the 1995 movie Showgirls
  • Cheetah Records, a record label
• Sports clubs
  • Free State Cheetahs, a South African rugby union club that plays in the country's domestic competition, the Currie Cup
  • Central Cheetahs, a South African rugby union club, related to the above, that plays in the Southern Hemisphere Super 14 competition
• Toys
  • Cheetah (riding toy), a children's tricycle riding toy, similar to the Big Wheel and Green Machine

See also

• Cheater
• Cheaters (disambiguation)
• Cheeta, the chimpanzee famous for appearing in early Hollywood Tarzan movies
• Cheetah Energy, for the energy drink.

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