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Pilot can refer to:
Paper publications
*"Pilot" (short story) by Stephen Baxter
*, a historical fiction novel by James Fenimore Cooper
*The Virginian-Pilot , newspaper serving the Hampton Roads part of Virginia
*The Pilot (Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador) , newspaper serving the Lewisporte area ofNewfoundland and Labrador ,Canada
*Pilot Magazine UK , a UK based General Aviation magazineFilm and television
*"Pilot #5", a 1947 film
*Pilot (Farscape) , a character in the science fiction television series "Farscape".
*Television pilot , often called just a pilot, is a trial episode made to sell a television series. There are also countless series whose pilot episodes are titled "Pilot"
*Film pilot : a trial segment used to attract further financing for a film
*"The Pilot, Part 1 " and "The Pilot, Part 2 ", the two episodes compromising Seinfeld's Season 4 finale
*Pilot Guides , a travel documentary and guide television series
*"The Pilot", also known as "Space Jockey", an extraterrestrial life form from the "Alien" franchise.Music
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Pilot (band) , a pop rock group best known for their 1975 hit songs "Magic" and "January"Biology
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Pilot fish , ("Naucrates ductor"), a small fish that often swims with sharks
*Pilot whale , a whale-like dolphin.
* "Agkistrodon piscivorus ", a.k.a. the cottonmouth; a venomous snake found in North America.
* "Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen ", a.k.a. the northern copperhead, another venomous snake found in North America.
* "Heterodon platirhinos ", a non-venomous colubrid found in North America.Computer science
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Pilot (operating system) , operating system designed by Xerox PARC in 1970s
*PILOT , programming languageOthers
*Pilot (aviation), an
aviator who flies aircraft
*Pilot (experiment) , a precursor to a full study
*Pilot light , a small outlet of gas kept continually burning and generally used to light the larger burners on the appliance
*Pilot signal , or pilot tone, in telecommunications, provided as a frequency or phase reference
*Pilot (locomotive) , the device at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles (also known as a "cowcatcher")
*Station pilot , a locomotive based at a major railway station for the purposes of shunting passenger coaches and vans
*Pilot (icebreaker) , the first icebreaker, built in 1864
*Maritime pilot , a mariner who guides ships through dangerous or congested waters, such as harbours or river mouths.Acronyms
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PILOT programming language , in computer science
*PILOT (finance) , in public finance, a payment in lieu of taxesee also
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Pilate (disambiguation) , a common misspelling
*Driver (operator of a land vehicle), a mistranslation from French or some other languages.
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