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Forerunner may mean:

A Forerunner, in philately, a postage stamp used before a region can produce its own stamps.
The Garmin Forerunner, a GPS device for recreational runners.
The Forerunner, an ancient (not yet confirmed "alien") race in the Halo series.
The Forerunners, in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
Forerunner (robot), a robot developed by China.

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Category: Disambiguation In philately, a forerunner is a postage stamp used during the time period before a region or territory issues stamps of its own. ... Close examination of the Penny Red, left, reveals a 148 in the margin, indicating that it was printed with plate #148. ... The Garmin Forerunner is a Global Positioning System (GPS) device designed primarily for use by recreational road runners. ... GPS satellite in orbit, image courtesy NASA GPS redirects here. ... Man Running - Edward Muybridge Horse Running - Edward Muybridge Running is by definition the fastest means for an animal to move on foot. ... The Forerunners are a race of aliens referred to in the Halo universe. ... Halos protagonist, the Master Chief, in Halo: Combat Evolved. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Forerunners is the term used to refer to the ancestors of the Githyanki and the Githzerai, who were enslaved and altered by the Illithids. ... For other uses, see Dungeons & Dragons (disambiguation). ... The original Xianxingzhe. ...

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Forerunners (Halo) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (514 words)
	The Forerunners are a race of aliens referred to in the Halo: Combat Evolved Universe.
	The Forerunners constructed the Halos to contain the Flood (a dangerous species of mutative infection spores).
	The alien alliance known as The Covenant exalts the Forerunners, even considering them demigods, but it is not known if this is religious propaganda or not.

SURFOLOGY (1332 words)
	Forerunners are the initial long-period waves that travel faster than the main body of the swell.
	Usually, forerunners are pulses of energy with periods of 18 to 20 seconds or more.
	To the naked eye, forerunners are very hard to see; sometimes you can pick them out as slight bumps on a jetty or other rocks.

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