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Period of time

• a distinctive historical period or era
• a unit of the geologic time scale, less than a period and greater than an age
• a phase in the development of the universe with distinctive properties

• a religion

This is a list of named time periods defined in various fields of study. ... An era is a long period of time with different technical and colloquial meanings, and usages in language. ... // For other uses, see time scale. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Moment in time

An Epoch signifies a timed

 event, time, or moment which is chosen as a new origin for time measurements, usually as the delimiting factor of an era: 

• References to such may include Epochal date, Epochal event, Epochal moment as covered in
  • the main article epoch (reference date).
• epoch (astronomy), and Epochal moment regard a precise moment in time for which celestial coordinates or orbital elements are specified.

Look up origin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An era is a long period of time with different technical and colloquial meanings, and usages in language. ... In chronology, an epoch (or epochal date, or epochal event) means an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular era. ... In chronology, an epoch (or epochal date, or epochal event) means an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular era. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... In chronology, an epoch (or epochal date, or epochal event) means an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular era. ... In astronomy, an epoch is a moment in time for which celestial coordinates or orbital elements are specified. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Time benchmark in Computing

• a step in the training process of an artificial neural network.
• Unix epoch

An artificial neural network (ANN), often just called a neural network (NN), is a mathematical model or computational model based on biological neural networks. ... Unix time, or POSIX time, is a system for describing points in time. ...

Proper noun

• Epoch (Magazine), The award-winning literary magazine of Cornell University.
• Epoch (film), a science fiction film directed by Matt Codd
  • The sequel Epoch: Evolution
• The Epoch Game Pocket Computer, an early hand-held game console
• Epoch Co., Ltd., the maker of the above and other computer games
• Epoch (Chrono Trigger), a flying time machine in role-playing game Chrono Trigger
• Epoch (DC Comics), a supervillain also known as the Lord of Time
• The Epoch Times, a privately owned Falun Gong-linked newspaper
• Epoch Javascript Calendar is an open source, GPL calendar component for use in web pages written in JavaScript

Epoch is a 2001 science fiction film directed by Matt Codd. ... The Epoch Game Pocket Computer was a handheld game console released by Epoch in Japan in 1984. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... The Epoch in concept art. ... Epoch, also known as The Lord of Time is a comic book fictional character published by DC Comics. ... The Epoch Times (Simplified Chinese: 大纪元; Traditional Chinese: 大紀元; Pinyin: Dàjìyuán) is a privately owned, general-interest, Falun Gong-linked newspaper[1]. According to their own statement the founding Chinese-language Epoch Times started publishing in response to the growing demand for uncensored coverage of events in China and... Falun Gong, (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally Practice of the Wheel of Law) also known as Falun Dafa, (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; lit. ... Epoch Javascript Calendar is an open source, LGPL calendar component for use in web pages. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... GPL redirects here. ... JavaScript is a scripting language most often used for client-side web development. ...

Religion

• Followers of Epoch are free-minded individuals who create love, peace and art. Epoch demands no prayer or sacrifice. Believers worship through ritualized celebrations.

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