nexus

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Nexus is a connection, usually where multiple elements meet, as for example spokes at a hub, originally from a Latin verb meaning "connect, bind." It may refer to:

Fiction, film, and gaming

• Nexus, the final novel in The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy by Henry Miller
• The Nexus, the central plot element in the film Star Trek Generations
• Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, a 2004 science fiction themed real-time tactics computer game
• Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, a 1996 Pay to Play MMORPG
• Nexus (Charmed), a place equidistant from the five elements in the TV series Charmed
• Nexus (comics), an American comic book series by Mike Baron and Steve Rude in 1981
• Nexus (film), a 2011 Canadian film
• Ultraman Nexus, the eponymous alien superhero
• The Nexus series of replicants in Blade Runner
• The Nexus, a central hub used to bind together various worlds in the game; Demon's Souls
• The Nexus, a dungeon in the MMORPG World of Warcraft
• Nexus, the capitol building of the protoss in the strategy games StarCraft and StarCraft 2
• The Nexus, a secret organisation in the Power of Five series by Anthony Horowitz
• Nexus, a major city in the RPG Exalted

Music

Albums

• Nexus (Argent album), 1974
• Nexus Polaris (The Kovenant album), 1998
• Nexus (Another Level album), 1999
• Nexus (Gene Harris album), 1975

Groups

• Nexus (Argentine band), a progressive rock band from Argentina
• Nexus (ensemble), a Toronto-based percussion ensemble that performs jazz, world music, and western avantgarde music
• Nexus (Estonian band), an Estonian pop band formed in 2003 which split up in 2006
• Nexus (Greek band), a Greek industrial rock band formed by vocalist/keyboardist Mike Pougounas
• Nexus Music, a Danish record label that was founded in 2002
• Nexus 21, a British techno duo formed in 1989 by Mark Archer and Chris Peat.

Songs

• "Nexus", a song from Bethlehem's 1998 album Sardonischer Untergang im Zeichen irreligiöser Darbietung
• "Nexus", a song from Dan Fogelberg's 1981 album The Innocent Age
• "Nexus", a song from Opshop's 2004 album You Are Here

Organizations

• Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (brandname Nexus), the Passenger Transport Executive for the Tyne and Wear region of North East England

Publishing

• Nexus (magazine), a bi-monthly alternative news magazine
• Nexus (student magazine), the weekly students' magazine of the Waikato Students Union at the University of Waikato, New Zealand

Science

• 2C-B (or Nexus), a psychedelic drug of the 2C family
• Gap junction (or nexus), a specialized intercellular connection between a multitude of animal cell-types
• NEXUS (rocket), a reusable rocket concept design created in the 1960s

Technology

Computing

• Nexus (data format), a common data format for neutron, X-ray, and muon science
• Nexus (Process integration and optimization), multidisciplinary optimization software
• Nexus (software), an oil and gas reservoir simulator
• Nexus (standard), a standard debugging interface for embedded systems
• Nexus, a series of Cisco Nexus switches
• Nexus file, a widely used file format used in bioinformatics
• WorldWideWeb (later Nexus), the first web browser and editor
• Sonatype Nexus, a repository manager commonly used with Maven

Google smartphones

• Google Nexus, a line of Android smartphones produced by Google:
  • Nexus One, manufactured by HTC, released January 2010
  • Nexus S, manufactured by Samsung, released December 2010
  • Galaxy Nexus, manufactured by Samsung, released in November 2011

Other

• Nexus, a person in debt bondage in ancient Rome; see nexum
• Nexus, an aspect of state income tax code in the United States; see State income tax#Nexus
• NEXUS (frequent traveler program), a program to allow low-risk travelers to cross the US-Canada border quickly
• Nexus (professional wrestling), a defunct professional wrestling stable in the WWE
• Nexus grammar, a system of analysing text which was first used in Denmark
• Nexus (process philosophy), a term coined by Alfred North Whitehead to show the network actual entity from universe
• Nexus Prime (disambiguation)
• Water, energy and food security nexus (development politics)

See also

• Nexxus, a line of hair care products

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