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Alien may refer to: Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ...


Science and Engineering

In biology the adjective alien, as in alien species, means that the normal locale is somewhere else, that a species or specimen exceptionally has been established in the area in question. ... Green people redirects here. ... UFO redirects here. ...

Film and television

Alien franchise

The Alien (franchise) is a science fiction horror film franchise consisting of several movies and numerous other related media spin-offs. For the creature featured in the franchise see Alien (Alien franchise). Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Horror Movie redirects here. ...


Main film series:

This article is about the first film in a series. ... This article is about the film; for the video games see Aliens (Square computer game) and Aliens (arcade game). ... Alien³ is a science fiction/horror film that opened May 22, 1992. ... Film poster Alien: Resurrection Alien: Resurrection (1997) is the fourth movie in the Alien series, preceded by Alien, Aliens and Alien³. Synopsis Spoiler warning: Alien: Resurrection takes place 200 years after the events of Alien³. Ellen Ripley has been cloned using blood samples from Fiorina 161, on ice so that... Aliens is the key word in the titles of a number of comic book limited series and one-shots, first published by Dark Horse Comics 1988 and set in the Alien fictional universe. ... The Aliens novels are an extension of the Alien franchise, with the most recent ones being published by Dark Horse Comics under their DH Press imprint. ... Aliens (video game) may refer to: Aliens (Activision video game), a 1986 video game for various platforms by Activision Aliens (Square video game), a 1987 platform game for MSX computers by Square Co. ... Aliens is a run and gun shoot em up arcade game by Konami released in 1990, based on the Aliens movie. ... Comic book series Film version of Alien vs. ... The Predator aliens are a fictional extraterrestrial species featured in the Predator science-fiction franchise, characterised by their trophy hunting of other dangerous species for sport, including humans and Aliens. ...

Other

  • Fictional extraterrestrials, aliens as depicted in films, television and popular literature
  • "Alien" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • The Alien, a cancelled film with a script by Satyajit Ray.
  • Aliens in America (2007 show)
  • AVH: Alien vs. Hunter (2008 film)

The Alien was a science fiction film under production in the late 1960s which was eventually cancelled. ... Aliens in America is an American situation comedy created by David Guarascio and Moses Port. ...

Computing

  • Alienware Computer Corporation, a division of Dell.
  • Alien (software), computer program that converts between different Linux package formats.
  • AliEn (ALICE Environment), software/grid middleware used CERN.

Alienware headquarters in Kendall Alienware is an American computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell, Inc. ... This article is about the corporation Dell, Inc. ... Alien is a computer program that converts between different Linux package formats. ... For other uses, see Alien . ... CERN logo The European Organization for Nuclear Research (French: ), commonly known as CERN (see Naming), pronounced (or in French), is the worlds largest particle physics laboratory, situated just northwest of Geneva on the border between France and Switzerland. ...

Music

The Aliens are a Scottish band consisting of Gordon Anderson (aka Lone Pigeon, lead vocals & guitar) and former Beta Band members John Maclean (keyboards & backing vocals) and Robin Jones (drums & backing vocals). ... Alien is the fourth album by Canadian heavy metal band Strapping Young Lad. ... ATLiens is the second album by hip-hop duo OutKast. ... Alien is one of Pennywises well-known singles. ... For the Stephen King creature, see It (monster). ... Alien is a song by Christian rock band Third Day, and the first single from their second album Conspiracy No. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Christian rock (occasionally abbreviated CR) is a form of rock music played by bands whose members are Christian and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. ... Third Day is a Christian rock band formed in Marietta, Georgia during the 1990s. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Singles from Enema of the State Released: November 9, 1999 Released: January 18, 2000 Released: August 29, 2000 Enema of the State, Blink-182s third, and most successful, studio album, was released June 1, 1999, on MCA Records and features the hits Whats My Age Again?, Adams...

Miscellaneous

  • Alien (law), owing political allegiance to another country or government. A person who is neither a native nor a citizen of the country of residence. Person refers both to humans, which US law calls individuals as well as corporations.
  • Alien (signifier), use in literature and criticism as the embodiment of an outside perspective or the sense of the other.
  • Alien Technology, a maker of UHF RFID tags.
  • Alien Sun, a Singaporean actress.
In U.S. law, an alien is a term Americans use for a person who owes political allegiance to another country or government and not a native or naturalized citizen of the land where they are found. ... The alien is a device used in literature to signify elements foreign, ignored, repressed, or marginalized in a given society. ... Alien Technology is a manufacturer of RFID technology. ... Alien Sun (born September 11, 1974; sometimes Paulyn Sun, Pauline Suen, or Suen Kai-Kwan) is a Singapore-born actress and Miss Singapore of 1994 and represented her country at Miss Universe. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Aliens (2659 words)
People who are trying way too hard will tell you that the aliens have been coming for us since the days of prehistory, citing the existence of the pyramids, pictures of rockets in Mayan hieroglyphics, obscure biblical passages in which angels spawn freakish giant children with the daughters of men.
There are scattered reports of alien sightings from the 1950s, which surely are only coincidentally timed to the first appearance of horrific alien creatures in Hollywood movies and the arrival of Martians in the War of the Worlds hoax.
Alien noise reached a near fever pitch a couple decades back, thanks to a series of developments, some of which require quote marks and others which must be italicized.
Alien (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4680 words)
As the alien has used the air-shafts to move about the ship, the crew proceed to cover every air-shaft vent and seal every bulkhead behind them, while Dallas enters the air-shafts with a flamethrower, intending to drive his prey into the airlock and to blow it into space.
An altar-like structure houses the alien embryo-eggs, and a hieroglyph depicts the alien's lifecycle.
An urban legend is that Sigourney Weaver keeps one of the alien "egg" props in her house.
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