Science and Technology
- Cyclops (genus), a genus of crustaceans
- Cyclops (rock), a type of agate
- Cyclops (computer system), an automated line-calling system in tennis
- Cyclops laser, a high-power laser
- Cyclops64, an IBM supercomputer architecture
- Project Cyclops, a NASA proposal for an Earth-based radio telescope array
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