Cast
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Cast may refer to:
- Casting, a process by which a material is introduced into a mould while liquid, and allowed to solidify into a specific shape
- Caste, social division in society
- Casting (performing arts), a pre-production process for selecting a cast of actors and other talent
- Orthopedic cast, a protective shell to hold a broken bone in place until it has healed.
- In Archeology, a cavity formed by the decomposition of wood furnishings or human or animal remains, previously covered due to volcanic ash fall, may be revealed by filling it with plaster and then excavating the ash, resulting in a plaster replica of the original form.
Popular Culture
- Cast Away, a film about a FedEx employee who is stranded on a deserted island
- Cast (comic), a comic series published in the Philippines.
Music
- Cast (band), an English Rock n Roll band from the 1990s
- Cast (Mexican band), a progressive Mexican rock band
Other
- Cast, Finistère, a commune of the Finistère département, in France
- Cast (Earthworm), mineral-rich organic matter that is excreted by earthworms
- Urinary casts, tubules found in urine
- Casting (tails), a process whereby animals can 'drop' their tail, which may or may not regenerate
CAST may refer to:
- CAST, Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial
- C.A.S.T - 1970-80's satirical touring theatre company, led by Claire and Roland Muldoon (who is now artistic director at the Hackney Empire).
- College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST) at Rochester Institute of Technology
- CAST (axion observatory), the CERN Axion Solar Telescope
Computers
- CAST-128, a block cipher design process; the block ciphers CAST5 / CAST-128 and CAST-256.
- Computer Aided Software Testing (CAST), a sub-discipline of computer-aided software engineering
- Casting
- Type conversion, a programming language method for changing data types.