Turtle (disambiguation)
The word turtle has several meanings:
- The animal turtle.
- The Turtle was the first military submarine. It was built by American David Bushnell with the intention of sinking British warships during the American Revolutionary War.
- A turtle is a type of robot which moves round on wheels on a flat surface. Its movements can be programmed in using a computer or it can programmed to perform pseudorandom movements. When it is low on energy it will return to its home for a power up.
- A virtual turtle was the basis of the turtle graphics system used by the Logo programming language.
- There is an American folk-rock band called The Turtles, best known for the 1967 hit "Happy Together".
People named Turtle
- Turtle is a member of the band, The Classics, and has acted in five movies, including Dude, Where's My Car?.
- Turtle is a mural artist for the dramatic picture Old Man Music.
- Turtle was a boom operator for the fantasy porn movie Haven's Heaven.
- Turtle is a character in a book called The Westing Game.
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In the world of fighting games, especially those of the 2-D variety, a "turtle" style of play is a defensive style that focuses on patience, positioning, timing, and relatively safe attack options to slow down the pace of the game and minimize the number of punishable mistakes made during the course of the match. This style can be very useful in timed matches, as it allows a player to deal a negligible amount of damage to an opponent, and then win the match by running down the clock.
This is apparently the signature style of East Coast players.
Compare with: Rushdown
Notable turtle characters: Guile, Hibiki, and basically most characters with charge-back specials.
