Revolution

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A revolution is a drastic political or social change that usually occurs relatively quickly. Revolution may also refer to:

Computing

• Revolution (programming language), a dynamically-typed programming language also known as Transcript
• Nintendo Revolution, prototype name for the Wii video game console
• Revolution Software, an English videogame company
• Revolution Web Call Accounting, call accounting software by Resource Software International Ltd.
• Runtime Revolution ("RunRev"), a cross-platform software development environment
• Revolution (video game), 1986 computer game released by U.S. Gold

Engineering and science

• In astronomy and related fields, the term revolution is used when one body moves around another ("orbiting") while the term rotation is used to mean the movement around an axis
• Industrial Revolution, an 18th–19th-century period of rapid technological development in the West
• Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution
• Revolution engine, a Harley–Davidson engine
• Revolutions per minute (RPM), a unit of frequency measuring rotational speed, as around a fixed axis

Film and television

• Revolution (1967 film), an eight-minute short by Peter Greenaway
• Revolution (1968 film), a documentary film by Jack O'Connell made in San Francisco
• Révolution (1985 film), a French adult film directed by veteran José Bénazéraf
• Revolution (1985 film), a film about a New York fur trapper during the American Revolutionary War
• Revolution!! (1989), a comic re-enactment of the French Revolution by the National Theatre of Brent
• Revolution (2009 film), a Moroccan 2009 short film
• ¿¡Revolución!? a 2006 Quebec political documentary about the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
• RevoLOUtion: The Transformation of Lou Benedetti a 2006 dramedy about a Brooklyn boxer
• Revolution OS (2001), a 2001 documentary on Linux and the free software movement
• Revolution Studios, a film production company

Television

• "Revolution" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), the Law & Order: Criminal Intent eighth season finale based on a banking revolution
• The Revolution (TV series), a 2012 ABC health and lifestyle talk show
• Revolution (TV series), an American science fiction drama that will debut on NBC in autumn 2012

Mathematics

• Surface of revolution
• Turn (geometry), a complete rotation, 360°
  • Orbital revolution, the cyclical path taken by one object around another object, as of planets

Medicine

• Selamectin, a parasiticide and anthelmintic for cats and dogs, with the trade name Revolution

Music

Albums

• Revolution (All Star United album), or the title song
• Revolution (Crematory album), or the title song
• Revolution (The Dubliners album)
• Revolution (Little Steven album), or the title song
• Revolution (Sister Machine Gun album), a 1999 album by industrial rock band Sister Machine Gun
• Revolution (Kara album)
• Revolution (Slaughter album), or the title song
• Revolution (Tiësto album)
• Revolution (YFriday album), or the title song
• Revolution, by 2R
• Revolution, by Dilba
• Revolution, by Wickeda
• Revolution (EP), by One Minute Silence, or the title song
• Revolución (English: Revolution), by WarCry
• The Revolution (Belly album)
• The Revolution (Inhabited album)
• Revolution (Miranda Lambert album)
• Revolution (Sirsy album)
• Revolution!, by Paul Revere & the Raiders

Songs

• "Revolution" (song), by The Beatles
• "Revolution 9", by The Beatles
• "Revolution" (Chumbawamba song), 1985
• "Revolution" (Jars of Clay song), 2002
• "Revolution" (Judas Priest song), 2005
• "Revolution" (Nina Simone song), 1968
• "Revolution" (Spacemen 3 song), 1989
• "Revolution" (Tomorrow song), 1967
• "Revolution" (The Veronicas song), 2006
• "Revolution (B-Boy Anthem)", by Zion I
• "Revolution (In the Summertime?)", by Cosmic Rough Riders
• "Revolution 909", an instrumental by Daft Punk
• "Revolution", by 30 Seconds to Mars, an unreleased song
• "Revolution", by Aimee Allen, used as the title music for the TV series Birds of Prey
• "Revolution", by Arrested Development
• "Revolution", by Bang Camaro from Bang Camaro II
• "Revolution", by Bob Marley from Natty Dread
• "Revolution", by Built to Spill from Ultimate Alternative Wavers
• "Revolution", by Dennis Brown
• "Revolution", by Eric Clapton from Back Home
• "Revolution", by Krayzie Bone, featuring The Marley Brothers, from Thug Mentality 1999
• "Revolution", by rapper Lil' Kim for the album The Notorious K.I.M.
• "Revolution", by Moth from Immune to Gravity
• "Revolution", by P.O.D. from Payable on Death
• "Revolution", by Public Enemy from New Whirl Odor
• "Revolution", by R.E.M. from their documentary video Road Movie and the Batman & Robin soundtrack
• "Revolution", by Robbie Williams from Escapology
• "Revolution", by Rogue Traders from We Know What You're Up To
• "Revolution 1993", by Jamiroquai from Emergency on Planet Earth
• "Revolution Song", by Oasis, a demo recorded during the sessions for Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
• "La révolution", by Tryo from Mamagubida

Other

• The Revolution (band), Prince's original band, formed in 1979
• Revolution (Sirius), a "faith-based" music station on Sirius Satellite Radio
• Revolution Records, a U.S. record label

Politics

• Revolution (political group), a political group founded by the League for a Fifth International
• Total revolution, the political philosophy of veganism and anarchism

Publications

• Revolution (newspaper), the weekly publication of the Revolutionary Communist Party, formerly the Revolutionary Worker
• The Revolution (newspaper), a women's rights newspaper published from 1868 to 1872
• The Revolution: A Manifesto, a 2008 New York Times #1 bestseller by U.S. Congressman Ron Paul
• Revolution magazine, a luxury horology quarterly magazine
• Revolution (nursing journal, 1991-1998), a professional journal for nurses, also known as "Revolution: the journal for nurse empowerment", published from 1991 to 1998
• Revolution (nursing journal), a professional journal for nurses, also known as "Revolution: the journal for RNs and patient advocacy", published from 2000
• Revolution (novel), a 2010 YA Historical Fiction novel by Jennifer Donnelly

Society

• Revolution (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California
• Revolution (Pleasure Beach Blackpool), a roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, England
• Revolution (vodka bar), a brand of bars founded in Manchester in 1996
• Revolution LLC, a principal investment firm founded by former AOL chairman Steve Case
• Revolution Pet Medicine, a flea and heartworm preventative treatment for cats and dogs
• The Revolution (radio station), a radio station broadcasting to Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside, United Kingdom

Sport

• New England Revolution, a Major League soccer team
• Revolution (professional wrestling), a stable in the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling professional wrestling promotion
• Revolution, a ball rotation in ten-pin bowling
• Revolution, nickname of a United States national Australian rules football team
• Shropshire Revolution, American football team in Shropshire, England
• Revolution (cycling series), a track cycling event held at the Manchester Velodrome, England

See also

• List of revolutions and rebellions
• Revolutions (disambiguation)

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