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A ghost is a paranormal phenomenon, usually thought to be the spirit of a person remaining on Earth after physical death. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... For other uses, see Ghost (disambiguation). ... Paranormal is an umbrella term used to describe a wide variety of reported anomalous phenomena. ...

Ghost can also refer to:

Entertainment

Art

• Ghost print, a method of mono-printing

Film

• Ghost (film), a 1990 film starring Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Patrick Swayze
• Ghosts (1997 film), a forty-minute short film produced by Michael Jackson centered around the song of the same name.
• Ghosts (2006 film), a 2006 film, directed by Nick Broomfield, telling the story of the cockle-pickers at Morecambe bay, and the events that lead to the disaster.
• Ghost (Matrix character), a character in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions

For other uses, see Ghost (disambiguation). ... GHOSTS is a short feature film by Michael Jackson which could also be classified as a long-form music video (and longest music video of all time). ... Ghosts (鬼佬) is a 2006 drama film directed by Nick Broomfield, based on the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster. ... Ghost is the name of a fictional character (played by Anthony Wong ) in the computer game Enter the Matrix, and the science fiction films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. ...

Games

• Ghost (game), a word game
• Ghost, a vehicle from the video game series Halo.
• Ghost Recon, a first-person shooter
• Ghost agents, Terran spies in the StarCraft series.
• StarCraft: Ghost, a console third-person shooter video game focused around a ghost agent.
• Ghosts (board game), a board game
• Ghost, an enemy in Pac-Man.
• Ghost (video games), an opponent whose movement patterns are based on ghost data taken from a real player
• Ghouls 'n Ghosts
• Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, a platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Ghost Pokémon, a Pokémon type
• Ghost, the name of one of two main playable characters in the Enter the Matrix video game
• Ghost (Dungeons & Dragons), is an undead monster in the game
• Ghost, the player's co-pilot in the game Sewer Shark.

It has been suggested that Lexicant be merged into this article or section. ... Halos protagonist, the Master Chief. ... Ghost Recon is a series of military tactical shooter video games created by American author Tom Clancy. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ... “Starcraft” redirects here. ... StarCraft: Ghost StarCraft: Ghost is a tactical action game for video game consoles, currently under development by Blizzard Entertainment. ... The 1985 Milton Bradley board game Ghosts (Finnish: Kummituspeli, Swedish: Spökspelet) is a board game for two players. ... Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway Games in 1979. ... In video games, a ghost is a feature included in time attack or time trial modes allowing the player to review their previous rounds. ... Ghouls n Ghosts (大魔界村 Dai Makaimura, or Great Demon World Village in Japan) is a platform game/run and gun developed by Capcom and released as an arcade game in 1988, and subsequently ported to a number of other platforms. ... Super Ghouls n Ghosts , lit. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) was a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Brazil between 1990 and 1993. ... Type Chart Pokémon types represent the strengths and weaknesses of different Pokémon. ... Enter the Matrix is the first video game based on the Matrix series. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the ghost is an undead creature, usually created by applying a template to another creature. ... Sewer Shark, a first-person rail shooter game, is the first video game for a game console to use full-motion video for its primary gameplay. ...

Literature

• Ghosts (play), a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen
• The Ghost in the Machine is a philosophical work by Arthur Koestler.
• Ghost (comics), a number of characters and titles:
  • Ghost (Dark Horse comics), a superheroine from Dark Horse Comics and her eponymous comic book series
  • Ghost (Marvel Comics), a supervillain, part of the Marvel Universe
  • Ghosts (DC Comics), a series of supernatural themed comic books published by DC Comics.
  • The Ghost (Nedor), a Nedor Comics superhero from the Golden Age of Comics
• Ghosts (novel), one of the three novels of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy
• A ghostwriter is an author who writes under someone else's name
• Ghost in the Shell (manga), a Japanese science fiction manga created by Masamune Shirow. For all the sequels and spin-offs see:
  • Ghost in the Shell (disambiguation)
• Ghost, the title of a science fiction novel by author Piers Anthony
• Ghost (John Ringo novel), a novel by the Military sci-fi author John Ringo
• "Ghost" (Niven) is the framing story for the fixup Crashlander by Larry Niven
• Ghost, the name of a starring character of the novel Lost Souls by author Poppy Z. Brite. He is also featured in numerous short stories by the same author. See: Steve Finn and Ghost
• Ghosts (Harry Potter): The ghosts in the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling.

Ghosts (original Norwegian title: Gengangere) is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. ... Disambiguation: please visit Ghost in the Machine (disambiguation) for other uses of this term The Ghost in the Machine (1967) is a non-fiction work by Arthur Koestler. ... Ghost is a series of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics that chronicled the after-life of Elisa Cameron and her attempts to regain her lost memories as a result of her apparent death. ... Ghost is a series of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics that chronicled the after-life of Elisa Cameron and her attempts to regain her lost memories as a result of her apparent death. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Ghosts is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1971 to 1982 for 112 issues. ... For other uses, see Ghost (comics). ... The New York Trilogy is a series of novels or long stories by Paul Auster. ... For other uses, see Ghostwriter (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ghost in the Shell (manga) (disambiguation). ... Ghost in the Shell is a fictional universe originated in a manga by mangaka Masamune Shirow, it has since been translated into an animated film and and anime. ... Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England) is a writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. ... Ghost is a novel by John Ringo. ... Ghost is the framing story in Larry Nivens 1994 fixup Crashlander that lightly connects and extends the other Beowulf Shaeffer stories published up to that time. ... Lost Souls is a 1992 horror novel, the first written by Poppy Z. Brite. ... In the fictional universe of JK Rowlings Harry Potter novels, ghosts play an important secondary role, mainly as supporting characters. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Joanne Rowling OBE (born July 31, 1965 in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire), commonly known as J.K. Rowling (pronunciation: roll-ing; her former students used to joke with her name calling her the Rolling Stone), is a British fiction writer. ...

Music

• Ghost note, a purposely unemphasized note in musical compositions
• Ghostly International, a record label

Ghost notes are musical notes occurring in a rhythmic figure which are purposely deemphasized, often nearly to the point of silence. ... Ghostly International is an American independent record label that was started in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Samuel Valenti IV in 1999. ...

Artists

• Amanda Ghost, an associate with James Blunt in the making of You're Beautiful
• Ghost (1984 band), a Japanese rock band, founded in 1984
• Ghost (2004 band), another Japanese rock band, founded in 2004
• Ghost (producer), a British Hip Hop producer
• Ghosts (band), a British indie/pop band
• Ghostface Killah, a New York rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan
• Styles P, Yonkers, New York rapper. Member of D-block/The L.O.X. Nickname "The Ghost".

Amanda Ghost is a singer and songwriter from London, England. ... Ghost is a free-form rock/improvisation group formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 1984. ... GHOST is a Japanese Rock band, which is a part of the Visual Kei scene. ... Ghost is a Music Producer who primarily deals in British Hip Hop and has worked with the likes of Kashmere, Braintax, Asaviour as well as American artists such as Abstract Rude and Finale. ... Ghosts are an indie/pop band from London and was 9th on the BBCs Sound Of 2007 poll. ... “Ghostface” redirects here. ... David Styles (born November 28, 1974), better known as Styles P is an American based rapper. ...

Music albums and compositions

• Ghosts (Strawbs album), a 1974 album by Strawbs
• Ghosts, an album by Sleeping at Last
• Ghosts (album), an album by Siobhan Donaghy
• "Ghost" (Phish song), a song by Phish on the 1998 album The Story of the Ghost
• "Ghost" (Pearl Jam song), a song by Pearl Jam on the 2002 album Riot Act
• "Ghost" (Clutch song), a song by Clutch on the 2004 album Blast Tyrant
• "Ghosts" (Kansas song), a song by Kansas on the 1988 album In the Spirit of Things
• "Ghosts" (Robbie Williams song) is a song by Robbie Williams on the 2005 album Intensive Care
• "Ghosts" (Japan song), a hit single by Japan from the 1981 album Tin Drum
• "Ghosts" (Michael Jackson), a single by Michael Jackson on the album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix
• "Ghosts" (Albert Ayler), a composition by free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler
• "Ghosts", a song by Shellac from their 2000 album 1000 Hurts
• "Ghost", a song by the band Neutral Milk Hotel off of their album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
• "Ghost In The Machine", an album released by The Police in 1981.

Ghosts is a studio album by English band Strawbs. ... The Strawbs are a rock band founded in 1964 in England. ... Ghosts is the major label debut of the Alternative Rock band Sleeping at Last. ... [1] Since the release of 2003’s Ghosts, the members of Sleeping At Last have logged in thousands of miles on the road, earned heaps of critical acclaim and continue to refine its well oiled alternative rock machinery. ... Ghosts is the 2nd album by ex-Sugababes singer, Siobhán Donaghy, released June 25 2007. ... Ghost is a song from Phishs 1998 studio release The Story of the Ghost. ... The Story of Ghost is the ninth studio album by the legendary jam band Phish. ... Riot Act is Pearl Jams seventh studio album, released on November 12, 2002. ... Blast Tyrant Blast Tyrant is the sixth full-length studio album by rock band Clutch. ... In the Spirit of Things is the twelfth album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). ... Ghosts is to be one half of the fifth single from the album Intensive Care by Robbie Williams. ... Ghosts was a single by the British band Japan. ... HIStory/Ghosts is the second single to be released from Michael Jacksons 1997 remix album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix. ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936–November 1970) was an American jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. ... 1000 Hurts is the third full length album by Shellac, released July 31, 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... Ghost is the ninth track of the Neutral Milk Hotel album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is an album released in 1998 by Neutral Milk Hotel. ... “Ghost in the Machine” redirects here. ... The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting (Gordon Sumner), guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ...

Science

• Faddeev-Popov ghost, an auxiliary field which appears in quantum field theories involving redundancies of description, such as gauge theories
• Pauli-Villars ghost, in quantum field theory, a field whose kinetic term is of the wrong sign
• Tachyon ghosts - hypothetical faster than light particles which can have negative energy.
• Ghosts are also a name for the structures that form when blood is submerged in water. The red blood cells explode, leaving small spheres of phospholipids. These are the "ghosts".
• GHOST(cell line) is a cell line derived from human osteosarcoma cells, which is used in HIV research.

In physics, Faddeev-Popov ghost ci is a field that violates the spin-statistics relation. ... Gauge theories are a class of physical theories based on the idea that symmetry transformations can be performed locally as well as globally. ... In theoretical physics, the Pauli-Villars regularization is a particular procedure to get rid of infinities in divergent integrals that correspond to Feynman diagrams. ... Quantum field theory (QFT) is the quantum theory of fields. ... A tachyon (from the Greek (takhús), meaning swift, fast) is any hypothetical particle that travels at superluminal velocity. ... For other uses, see Faster than the speed of light (disambiguation). ... Human blood smear: a - erythrocytes; b - neutrophil; c - eosinophil; d - lymphocyte. ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ... Human red blood cells Red blood cells are the most common type of blood cell and are the vertebrate bodys principal means of delivering oxygen to body tissues via the blood. ... Phospholipid Two schematic representations of a phospholipid. ... Osteosarcoma is the most common type of malignant bone cancer, accounting for 35% of primary bone malignancies. ...

Technology

• Ghosting (television), an image on a television screen that doesn't belong to the programme in question
• Ghost (software), a computer disk cloning program
• Ghost (IRC), a technical glitch in Internet Relay Chat
• Ghost (audio), a next-generation audio codec by Xiph.Org
• In stage lighting, a light is considered to be ghosting if it remains lit, despite efforts to turn it off
• In radars, a multipath signal return that incorrectly appears to the radar receiver as a valid target. See: Radar#Clutter
• In object-oriented programming, a ghost is an object with no reference and therefore serves no purpose in the program. See: Object (computer science)#Objects in object-oriented programming

Television interference (ghosting) In television, a ghost is an image on the screen which doesnt belong there, appearing superimposed on the desired image. ... Ghost is a disk cloning program, originally produced by Binary Research, but purchased by Symantec on June 24, 1998. ... A ghost session occurs when an IRC user gets disconnected and the server doesnt know about it (for example, when the users computer or modem crashes). ... The Xiph. ... This is a current Stagecraft collaboration! Please help improve it to good article standard. ... For other uses, see Radar (disambiguation). ... In strictly mathematical branches of computer science the term object is used in a purely mathematical sense to refer to any thing. While this interpretation is useful in the discussion of abstract theory, it is not concrete enough to serve as a primitive datatype in the discussion of more concrete...

Religion

• Hungry ghost realm is one of the realms of samsaric existence in Buddhist belief
• The Holy Ghost is another name for the Holy Spirit in most variations of the Christian religion

In traditional Buddhist cosmology, the six lower realms are six of the ten spiritual realms; these six realms compose samsara. ... The Holy Spirit, from the Christian viewpoint, while related to Gods will, is not Gods will personified. ...

History

• The Ghost Army of World War II

Other

• Ghost, the name for a mind hosted/trapped into a computer by means of mind uploading. Resulting symbiotes are called ghosts computers or “ghostcomps”. These names have been popularized by David Pulver in his GURPS books, and more recently in the anime Ghost in the Shell, see Ghost in the Shell (philosophy)#Ghosts. See also: infomorph
• To ghost can also mean to stalk a group of people, capturing or killing them in swift hit and run attacks. An example of this can be seen in the movie Predator, where the alien Predator remains hidden as it stalks the soldiers through the forest, picking them off one by one in surprise attacks.
• Ghost, a person believed to be dead, officially or unofficially, when in fact they are not
• Ghost, a person who exhibits skills at stealth and stalking
• Ghost inhale, a smoking technique not to be confused with a similar technique, Ghost hit, when one inhales smoke from marijuana and holds it, so when he exhales there is no smoke
• Ghost, one possible English transliteration of the Urdu word for a type of lamb curry. See: Ghoust
• Ghost detainee, a prisoner whose existence is not documented or acknowledged by his or her captors
• Ghost light, an explained aerial phenomena seen around the world
• Ghosts(episode title), the title of the second for The CW series Hidden Palms.

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