User talk:Propaniac/seal

Seal or SEAL may refer to:

Marine mammal

 * Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals belonging to the suborder Pinnipedia
 * Earless seal (or true seals), members of the family Phocidae
 * Eared seal (or walking seals), members of the family Otariidae

United States Navy

 * United States Navy SEALs, the Special Operations Forces of the US Navy
 * USS Seal (SS-19½), renamed G-1 in 1911, commissioned in 1912
 * USS Seal (SS-183), commissioned in 1937

Royal Navy

 * HMS Seal (N37)

Places

 * Seal, Kent, a village in England
 * Seals, Georgia

Authentication and legal meanings

 * Seal (contract law), a legal formality for contracts and other instruments
 * Seal (device), an official stamp or symbol used as a means of authentication
 * Cylinder seal, an engraved cylinder used to roll an impression onto a flat surface, such as clay

Computing

 * SEAL GUI, an open source interface for DOS
 * Semantics-directed Environment Adaptation Language, a computer programming language

Engineering

 * Seal (mechanical), a device joining two systems or mechanisms
 * Safety Evidence Assurance Level, a concept in safety engineering
 * Software Engineering and Ada Lab, a NASA research laboratory

People

 * Seal (musician), English singer-songwriter
 * Seal (1991 album), his 1991 debut album
 * Seal (1994 album), also called Seal II, his second album
 * Seal (2003 album), also called Seal IV, his fourth album
 * Barry Seal, drug smuggler who became an informant
 * Brajendra Nath Seal (born 1864), Indian philosopher and Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University
 * David Seal (born 1972), Australian footballer
 * Jaynie Seal (born 1973), Australian television presenter
 * Jimmy Seal (born 1950), English footballer
 * Lou Seal, mascot of the San Francisco Giants baseball team
 * Manuel Seal, songwriter and producer at Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings
 * Tong Seal (born 1346 AD), legendary Burmese ruler

Other meanings

 * SEAL (cipher), a cryptographic algorithm
 * Digital Signature And Electronic Authentication Law, a bill introduced in the United States Congress in 1998 to update banking regulations
 * A training course for Sea Scouts