# Mount

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**Mount** is often used as part of the name of specific [mountains](/source/Mountain), e.g. [Mount Everest](/source/Mount_Everest).

**Mount** or **Mounts** may also refer to:

## Places

- [Mount, Cornwall](/source/Mount,_Cornwall), a village in Warleggan parish, England
- [Mount, Perranzabuloe](/source/Mount,_Perranzabuloe), a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England

## People

- [Mount (surname)](/source/Mount_(surname))
- [William L. Mounts](/source/William_L._Mounts) (1862–1929), American lawyer and politician

## Computing and software

- [Mount (computing)](/source/Mount_(computing)), the process of making a file system accessible
- [Mount (Unix)](/source/Mount_(Unix)), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems

## Displays and equipment

- Mount, a fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a [hardpoint](/source/Hardpoint) on an airframe
- [Mounting board](/source/Mounting_board), in picture framing
- Mount, a [hanging scroll](/source/Hanging_scroll) for mounting paintings
- Mount, to display an item on a heavy backing such as [foamcore](/source/Foamcore), e.g.: - To pin a [biological specimen](/source/Biological_specimen), on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissection or display - To prepare dead animals for display in [taxidermy](/source/Taxidermy)
- [Lens mount](/source/Lens_mount), an interface used to fix a lens to a camera
- Mounting, placing a [cover slip](/source/Cover_slip) on a specimen on a microscopic slide
- [Telescope mount](/source/Telescope_mount), a device used to support a telescope
- [Weapon mount](/source/Weapon_mount), equipment used to secure an armament
- [Picture mount](/source/Mat_(picture_framing))

## Sports

- [Mount (grappling)](/source/Mount_(grappling)), a grappling position
- Mount, to board an apparatus used for [gymnastics](/source/Gymnastics), such as a balance beam

## Other uses

- *[Mount!](/source/Mount!)*, a 2016 novel by Jilly Cooper
- Mount, in [copulation](/source/Copulation_(zoology)), the union of the sex organs in mating
- Mount, a [riding animal](/source/Riding_animal)
- Mount, or [Vahana](/source/Vahana), an animal or mythical entity closely associated with a particular deity in [Hindu](/source/Hindu) mythology
- Mount, to add butter to a sauce in order to thicken it, as with *[beurre monté](/source/Beurre_mont%C3%A9)*

## See also

- [The Mount (disambiguation)](/source/The_Mount_(disambiguation))
- [Mountain (disambiguation)](/source/Mountain_(disambiguation))
- [Massif (disambiguation)](/source/Massif_(disambiguation))
- [Hill (disambiguation)](/source/Hill_(disambiguation))

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