Guard

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Guard or guards may refer to:

Professional occupations

• Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault
• Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street
• Lifeguard, who rescues people from drowning
• Prison guard, who supervises prisoners in a prison or jail
• Security guard, who protects property, assets, or people
• Conductor (rail) § Train guard, in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and India

Computing and telecommunications

• Guard (computer science), in programming language, an expression that directs program execution
• Guard (information security), a device for controlling communication between computer networks
• Guard interval, intervals in transmission, used in telecommunications
• Aircraft emergency frequency, commonly referred to as "guard"

Governmental and military

• Border guard, a state security agency
• Coast guard, responsible for coastal defence and offshore rescue
• Colour guard, a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colors
• Commander-in-Chief's Guard, a unit of the Continental Army that protected General George Washington
• Foot guards, a senior infantry unit in some armies, often with ceremonial duties
• Guard (military), a military guard responsible for protection and ceremonial duties.
• Garda Síochána, Irish police force informally known as Guards
• Guard of honour, primarily ceremonial
• Guards (Russia), elite military in pre-revolutionary Russia
• Guards unit, a title earned by distinguished units in the former Soviet Union and in some contemporary ex-Soviet states
• Police in medieval contexts
• Royal Guard, military bodyguards, soldiers or armed retainers responsible for the protection of a royal person, often an elite unit of the regular armed forces.

Sports

• Guard (gridiron football), a player between the center and the tackles on the offensive line
• Guard (basketball)
  • Point guard, or "playmaker"
  • Shooting guard, or "off guard"
  • Combo guard, combining both point and shooting guard
• Guard (grappling), a position in martial arts
• Color guard (flag spinning), people who toss flags, spin a rifle and a saber at performances with a marching band
• Winter guard, people who spin and toss flags, rifles, and/or sabers at indoor performances on a tarp

Other uses

• Guard (surname)
• Guards (band), an American rock band
• Guards (steamboat)
• Guard (weapon), part of the handle of a sword designed to protect the user's hand
  • Guard (knife), finger protection barrier between the handle and the blade
• Guard dogs, guard llamas and guard geese, animals employed to watch for unwanted or unexpected animals or people
• Abdominal guarding, in medicine, the tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs
• Mate guarding, guarding of a potential or former mate from other individuals
• Mouthguard, a protective device for the mouth
• Wächter (Anatol) (Guards), several monumental sculptures by Anatol Herzfeld

See also

• Civil Guard (disambiguation)
• The Guard (disambiguation)
• National Guard (disambiguation)
• Sentry (disambiguation)
• Sentinel (disambiguation)

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