Capstone

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Capstone often refers to:

• Coping (architecture), also called cap stone or capstone, one of the finishing or protective stones that form the top of an exterior masonry wall or building
• Keystone (architecture), sometimes referred to as capstone
• Capstone (cryptography), a US government project about cryptographic standards

Capstone may also refer to:

Places

• Capstone Farm Country Park, a former farmland now nature reserve and park, near Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom

Brands and enterprises

• Capstone Partners, an investment banking firm
• Capstone Publishers, a publisher of children's educational books
• Capstone Records, an American classical music record label
• Capstone Software, a producer of computer games
• Capstone Turbine, a microturbine manufacturer
• The Capstone, a nickname for the University of Alabama campus

Education

• Capstone course, in education
• Capstone Military Leadership Program, a professional military training course for U.S. generals and admirals
• Capstone Units, final units of tertiary study

See also

• Caprock, a harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type
• Monadnock, an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain