Gist

Gist or GIST may refer to:

• Essence, the central idea or main substance
• GiST, or Generalized Search Tree, a flexible data structure for building search trees
• Gist (Computing), a scientific graphics library written in the C programming language
• Gist, a pastebin service operated by GitHub
• Gist processing, a cognitive process in fuzzy-trace theory
• Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, an uncommon neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract
• German Institute of Science and Technology (Singapore), an R&D institute in Singapore
• Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, an R&D university in Gwangju City, South Korea
• Mount Gist, a mountain 8 nautical miles (15 km) northwest of Mount Strathcona near the head of Denman Glacier