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'''Baton''' may refer to:

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==Stick-like objects==
*Baton, a type of [[Club (weapon)|club]]
*[[Baton (law enforcement)]]
*[[Baston (weapon)]], a type of baton used in Arnis and Filipino Martial Arts
*[[Baton charge]], a coordinated tactic for dispersing crowds of people
*[[Baton (conducting)]], a short thin stick used for directing a musical performance
*[[Baton (military)]], a symbolic attribute of military or other office
*[[Baton (running)]], an object transferred by runners in a relay race
*[[Baton sinister]], a mark of cadency in heraldry
*[[Baton twirling]], a light metal rod used for keeping time, twirling in competitions, etc.
*Baton, a smaller version of a [[baguette]]
*Baton, in [[stick juggling]], the central stick, which is manipulated with the side-sticks (control sticks)
*Baton, another word for a [[batonette]], a culinary knife cut
*Batons, in the keyboard of a [[carillon]], the stick-like keys used to play the bells
*[[Batons (suit)]], one of the four suits of playing card in the standard Latin deck
*[[Suit of wands]], Batons in the tarot card

==Other uses==
*[[BATON]], a Type 1 block cipher, used by the United States to secure all types of classified information
*[[Baton Bob]], a costumed street performer currently based in Atlanta, Georgia
*Baton Broadcasting, a Canadian broadcaster that is the predecessor to present-day [[Bell Media]]
*[[Baton Broadcasting System]], a defunct television system owned by Baton Broadcasting Inc.
*''[[Baton Bunny]]'', a Bugs Bunny cartoon of the ''Looney Tunes'' series produced in 1958
*[[BATON Overlay]] or Balanced Tree Over-lay Network, a distributed tree structure for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems
*[[Baton Records]], a record label
*[[Baton River]], a river in the Tasman District of New Zealand

==See also==
*[[Baton Rouge (disambiguation)]]
*[[Batton]], a surname
*[[Batten (disambiguation)]]
*[[Batong (disambiguation)]]
*[[Batoni (disambiguation)]]

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