Nexus
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The term Nexus (Latin origin) may mean:
- a place of being connected, something that connects two objects in a group, a connection between two things. (This is perhaps the most common use of the word.)
It is also used as a name in several other contexts.
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Computing / Internet
- A module that will run in parallel with the Windows Longhorn operating system that enables compatibility to the Fritz-chip.
- The main building of the Protoss in the computer game Starcraft.
- A massively multiplayer online role-playing game named Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, as seen on its website here (http://www.nexustk.com).
- A computer game, Nexus: The Jupiter Incident released in 2004 by HD Interactive.
- There is an online database called LexisNexis.
- The name of the first browser formerly known as WorldWideWeb.
- NEXUS International Broadcasting Association first developed a Content Delivery Network (CDN) in 1995.
- Nexus (http://www.chattersnexus.com) : A forum based online community, started by princefigs in 2004 also known as Chatters Nexus (http://www.chattersnexus.com)
- Admin & Operator of DC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_connect_file-sharing_application) hubs.
Literature & science fiction
- A model of replicant in the film Blade Runner.
- A novel by Henry Miller.
- A spatial anomaly called The Nexus in the movie Star Trek: Generations.
- The group of planets linked together by wormholes which form the setting for Lois Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga.
- Nexus has been adopted as the name for the official fan web-site (http://www.dendarii.com/) of the saga.
- A comic book by Mike Baron and Steve Rude.
- A journal edited by Kerry Bolton.
- Nexus magazine - an international bi-monthly alternative news magazine.
- A important location under The Manor in the television series Charmed.
Music
Organisations & projects
- An international research project "NEXUS.How to think About the Balkans: Region, Culture, Identities" (2000 - 2003) hosted by the Centre for Advanced Study, Sofia [www.cas.bg].
- NEXUS International Broadcasting Association [1] (http://www.nexus.org) a non profit association of broadcasters and program producers.
- The operators of the Tyne and Wear Metro in north-east England (formerly the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive).
- The student wing of the Institute of Physics - [2] (http://nexus.iop.org/).
Other uses
- A legal transaction of the Roman Empire.
- A provision of the Australian Constitution which requires that the number of Members of the House of Representatives be, as nearly as practicable, twice the number of Senators.
- A slang term for the psychedelic entheogen 2C-B.