Shell

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Shell may refer to:

• Animal shell, including sea shells, such as those of molluscs, turtles, and insects
  • Gastropod shell, animal shell of gastropods
• Eggshell, the outer covering of a hard-shelled egg

Any more or less hollow surface covering, including:

• Shell (projectile), a projectile which carries an explosive payload
• Shell (theater), a curved surface for reflecting and focusing sound
• Racing shell, a rowed watercraft
• Thin-shell structure, a method of building construction

In science and mathematics:

• Shell (mathematics), a ring-like algebraic structure
• Electron shell, describing the structure of electron configuration in atoms
• Electron shells in atomic physics
• On shell and off shell, in quantum field theory

In computing

• Shell (computing), a type of computer user interface (for example a Unix or a DOS shell)
• Shell account, a personal account that gives a user access to a Unix shell on another machine, usually through ssh
• Shell sort, a sorting algorithm

In business

• Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational energy company
  • Shell Oil Company, American subsidiary
  • Shell Canada
  • Shell Nigeria
• Shell Turbo Chargers, a defunct basketball team in the Philippines
• Big Shell, an offshore decontamination facility in the videogame Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

In other contexts:

• Seashell of the Holy Trinity, or "Conchiglia", an Italian religious writer
• Shell Thropp, a character from the books Wicked and Son of a Witch
• "Shells" (Angel episode), an episode of the television series Angel
• Shell, Ecuador, sometimes called Shell Mera, a city named after the Shell Oil Company

As a surname:

• Donald Shell, American computer scientist
• Art Shell, former American football player and coach