Skeleton (disambiguation)

A skeleton is usually the internal structure of a thing. The word has the following meanings: {{wiktionarypar|Skeleton}}

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• In biology, a skeleton is a biological system providing support in a living organism.
• In computer science, skeleton programming is a style of parallel programming based on simple high-level patterns.
• In computer animation, skeletal animation is a technique used to animate 3D characters.
• In digital image processing, skeletonizing is a technique used to detect objects and regions within images.
• In mathematics, every category has a skeleton in which no two distinct objects are isomorphic.
• Skeleton (or tobogganing) is an Olympic winter sport.
• A skeleton key is a particular type of key.
• In fantasy, a skeleton is an undead creature which consists of an animated bone structure.