# Guard

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**Guard** or **guards** may refer to:

## Professional occupations

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

## Computing and telecommunications

- [Guard (computer science)](/source/Guard_(computer_science)), in programming language, an expression that directs program execution
- [Guard (information security)](/source/Guard_(information_security)), a device for controlling communication between computer networks
- [Guard interval](/source/Guard_interval), intervals in transmission, used in telecommunications
- [Aircraft emergency frequency](/source/Aircraft_emergency_frequency), commonly referred to as "guard"

## Governmental and military

See also: [List of army units called Guards](/source/List_of_army_units_called_Guards) and [List of protective service agencies](/source/List_of_protective_service_agencies)

- [Border guard](/source/Border_guard), a state security agency
- [Coast guard](/source/Coast_guard), responsible for coastal defence and offshore rescue
- [Colour guard](/source/Colour_guard), a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colors
- [Commander-in-Chief's Guard](/source/Commander-in-Chief's_Guard), a unit of the Continental Army that protected General George Washington
- [Foot guards](/source/Foot_guards), a senior infantry unit in some armies, often with ceremonial duties
- [Guard (military)](/source/Guard_(military)), a military guard responsible for protection and ceremonial duties.
- [Garda Síochána](/source/Garda_S%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na), Irish police force informally known as Guards
- [Guard of honour](/source/Guard_of_honour), primarily ceremonial
- [Guards (Russia)](/source/Guards_(Russia)), elite military in pre-revolutionary Russia
- [Guards unit](/source/Guards_unit), a title earned by distinguished units in the former Soviet Union and in some contemporary ex-Soviet states
- [Police](/source/Police) in medieval contexts
- [Royal Guard](/source/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)](/source/Guard_(gridiron_football)), a player between the center and the tackles on the offensive line
- [Guard (basketball)](/source/Guard_(basketball)) - [Point guard](/source/Point_guard), or "playmaker" - [Shooting guard](/source/Shooting_guard), or "off guard" - [Combo guard](/source/Combo_guard), combining both point and shooting guard
- [Guard (grappling)](/source/Guard_(grappling)), a position in martial arts
- [Color guard (flag spinning)](/source/Color_guard_(flag_spinning)), people who toss flags, spin a rifle and a saber at performances with a marching band
- [Winter guard](/source/Winter_guard), people who spin and toss flags, rifles, and/or sabers at indoor performances on a tarp

## Other uses

- [Guard (surname)](/source/Guard_(surname))
- [Guards (band)](/source/Guards_(band)), an American rock band
- [Guards (steamboat)](/source/Guards_(steamboat))
- [Guard (weapon)](/source/Guard_(weapon)), part of the handle of a sword designed to protect the user's hand - [Guard (knife)](/source/Guard_(knife)), finger protection barrier between the handle and the blade
- [Guard dogs](/source/Guard_dog), [guard llamas](/source/Guard_llama) and [guard geese](/source/Guard_goose), animals employed to watch for unwanted or unexpected animals or people
- [Abdominal guarding](/source/Abdominal_guarding), in medicine, the tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs
- [Mate guarding](/source/Mate_guarding), guarding of a potential or former mate from other individuals
- [Mouthguard](/source/Mouthguard), a protective device for the mouth
- [*Wächter* (Anatol)](/source/W%C3%A4chter_(Anatol)) (*Guards*), several monumental sculptures by Anatol Herzfeld

## See also

- [Civil Guard (disambiguation)](/source/Civil_Guard_(disambiguation))
- [The Guard (disambiguation)](/source/The_Guard_(disambiguation))
- [National Guard (disambiguation)](/source/National_Guard_(disambiguation))
- [Sentry (disambiguation)](/source/Sentry_(disambiguation))
- [Sentinel (disambiguation)](/source/Sentinel_(disambiguation))

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