pathfinder n : someone who can find paths through unexplored territory [syn: scout, guide]

English

Noun

1. One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.

   The cow is the true pathfinder and pathmaker. --J. Burroughs.

Translations

Pathfinder or pathfinders may refer to:

In Academic Competitions:

• Pathfinder Business Plan Competition, Business Plan Competition

In astronomy:

• Mars Pathfinder, NASA exploration probe
• Space Shuttle Pathfinder, space shuttle mockup known as OV-098

In the military:

• Pathfinders (military), specialized elite airborne soldiers who perform many dangerous assignments
• Pathfinder Badge (U.S.), military badge of the United States Army awarded to a Pathfinder
• Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury, of the United States Navy, "Pathfinder of the Seas"
• Second Lieutenant John Charles Frémont The "Pathfinder" who led multiple surveying and other expeditions through the western territory of the United States.
• HMS Pathfinder (1904), Royal Navy light cruiser launched in 1904
• USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS 60), Oceanographic Survey Ship
• USS Pathfinder (AGS-1)
• Pathfinder (RAF), elite squadrons of Royal Air Force Bomber Command during World War II
• Pathfinders Company (Portugal) elite recon unit of the Portuguese paratroopers.

In computer science:

• Path Finder, a shareware file browser for Mac OS X
• Pathfinder Networks, method for deriving networks from proximity data
• Pathfinder.com, one of the first Internet portals
• Java Pathfinder, tool for model checking developed by NASA

In fiction:

• Pathfinder (Transformers) - A fictional robot in the Transformers universes.
• Pathfinder (Command & Conquer), sniper unit of the USA in Command and Conquer: Generals and its expansion pack
• Pathfinder (Star Trek), a term occasionally used to describe the first ship in a given class of starship in the fictional Star Trek universe

In film:

• Pathfinder (1987 film), Norwegian, Sami language, Oscar nominated film
• Pathfinder (2007 action film), film about Vikings plundering a Native American village that leave behind a boy around Newfoundland

In literature:

• Pathfinders (novel), novel by Cecil Lewis
• The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea, novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper
• Pathfinder Press, publisher of socialist literature
• Pathfinder (comics), graphic novel adaptation of the 2007 film, from Dark Horse Comics by Laeta Kalogridis and Christopher Shy
• Pathfinder (periodical), a monthly publication presenting roleplaying game Adventure Paths

In television:

• Pathfinder (pricing game), pricing game on the American game show The Price Is Right
• "Pathfinder" (Voyager episode), episode of the television series Star Trek: Voyager
• Pathfinders, a 1972 British TV series about a Pathfinder (RAF) squadron

In transportation:

• Riley Pathfinder, British made saloon
• Nissan Pathfinder, sport utility vehicle
• Pathfinder Parkway, bicycle path in Bartlesville, OK
• Pathfinder Tours, railtour operating company operating in the United Kingdom
• Piper PA-28-235 Cherokee Pathfinder, light, piston-powered airplane
• Pontiac Pathfinder, post-war automobile
• Soloy Pathfinder 21, stretched twin engine version of the Cessna 208 aircraft
• S.T.V. Pathfinder, a Canadian sail training vessel. Brigantine rigged.
• NASA Pathfinder and Pathfinder-Plus, a high-altitude unmanned solar-powered aircraft
• Wright Pathfinder, a UK-built low-floor bus body

In youth organizations:

• Camp Pathfinder, boys' camp located in Algonquin Provincial Park
• Pathfinders (scouting), division of Girl Guides of Canada
• Pathfinders (Seventh-day Adventist), community service oriented youth organization

In other fields:

• Pathfinder Dam, cyclopean dam
• Pathfinder International, US-based non-profit that focuses on reproduction and AIDS/HIV prevention issues
• Pathfinder Pubs, a UK Public house operator associated with Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries
• Pathfinder tendency, group of organizations together with the Socialist Workers Party of the United States
• Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme, a UK Government regeneration initiative

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