Mount

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Mount may refer to:

Displays and equipment

• Lens mount, an interface used to fix a lens to a camera
• Telescope mount, a device used to support a telescope
• Attaching equipment to a fixed point, such as a hardpoint on an airframe
• Displaying an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore
• Preparing dead animals for display in taxidermy

Computing and software

• Mount (computing), the process of preparing a file system for use by an operating system
• Mount (streaming), a concept used in streaming software programs
• Mount (Unix), a command line utility

Education

• College of Mount St. Joseph "The Mount"

Other meanings

• Mount (grappling), a grappling position
• Mountain, a landform
• Copulation, the union of the sex organs in mating
• Riding animal, any animal that can be ridden
• Boarding an apparatus used for gymnastics, such as a balance beam

See also

• Mount (surname)
• The Mount

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