Gist or GIST may refer to:

Computing

  • GiST (Generalized Search Tree), a flexible data structure for building search trees
  • Gist (upper ontology), an upper ontology in information science
  • Gist (GitHub), a pastebin service operated by GitHub
  • Gist (graphics software), a scientific graphics library
  • Gist (contact manager), an online contact management service acquired by BlackBerry

Organizations

  • German Institute of Science and Technology (Singapore), a research and education institute
  • Global Institute of Science & Technology, Haldia, West Bengal, India
  • Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, a research university in Gwangju City, South Korea
  • Global Innovation through Science and Technology initiative, an entrepreneur coaching organization

Places

  • Gist, Texas, an unincorporated community in the US
  • Mount Gist, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica

Other uses

  • Gist (surname)
  • Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, in medicine a neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract
  • The Gist (podcast), an American podcast by Slate magazine
  • Gist (Nigerian term), a word in Nigerian English referring to idle chat or gossip
  • Gist processing, a cognitive process in fuzzy-trace theory

See also

  • Jist (disambiguation)