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A tether is a cord, fixture, or flexible attachment that secures something movable to something else.

Tether may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Tether (cell biology), an elongated cylinder of the membrane of a cell bond to a substrate
• Molecular tether

Computing

• Tethering, sharing a mobile device's internet connection
• Tether (cryptocurrency), a cryptocurrency
• Tethered jailbreak, in iOS jailbreaking

Space

• Space tether, use of tethers to propel or stabilize objects in space
  • Electrodynamic tether, a conductive space tether which generates current and acts against a planetary magnetic field
  • Momentum exchange tether, a kind of space tether
    • Skyhook (structure), or a tidal stabilized tether
  • Space elevator, a geostationary orbital tether

Songs

• "Tether" (song), by Eric Prydz, 2015
• "Tether", by Chvrches from The Bones of What You Believe, 2013
• "Tether", by Damien Jurado from Where Shall You Take Me?, 2003
• "Tether", by Dreamers of the Ghetto from Enemy/Lover, 2011
• "Tether", by the Indigo Girls from All That We Let In, 2004
• "Tether", by On Broken Wings from Number One Beautiful, 2001
• "Tether", by Plaid from Reachy Prints, 2014
• "Tether", by Sarah Harmer from All of Our Names, 2004
• "Tether", by Tantric from Mercury Retrograde, 2018

Other uses

• Ankle monitor or tether, used to track parolees' whereabouts and/or alcohol use
• Tether (hieroglyph), an alphabetic uniliteral sign of ancient Egypt
• Anthony Tether (born ca. 1941), Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

See also

• Tethersonde, a radiosonde attached to a fixed or tethered balloon
• Teather (disambiguation)
• Mind at the End of Its Tether, a book by H.G. Wells
• Tying (disambiguation)
• Tether (album)

• Disambiguation pages
• Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists