Gnome (disambiguation)
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A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy.
Gnome or GNOME may also refer to:
Fiction
Gnomes in fictional universes
- The Noldor, one of the tribes of elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth
- Gnome (Dungeons & Dragons), a race in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
- Gnome (Dragonlance), a spin-off of the Dungeons & Dragons gnome
- Gnomes (Warcraft)
Characters
- Gnome (DC comics), a member of the DC Comics superhero team Elementals which first appeared in Super Friends in 1978
- Big Ears (character), a gnome featuring in the Noddy series of children's books by Enid Blyton
- Gnome, a villain appearing in the Marvel Comics series Nightmask of 1986
- Lord Gnome, the fictional proprietor of Private Eye the British satirical magazine
- Gnomes, characters in the animated show Gravity Falls
Titled works
- "Gnomes" (South Park) an episode of the cartoon TV series from 1998
- Gnomes (book), a 1977 book by Wil Huygen and illustrated by Rien Poortvliet
- Gnomes (film), a 1980 film based on the book
- G-Nome, a computer game released in 1997
Technology and engineering
- Gnome Engine Company, an aircraft engine manufacturer
- Gnome (car), a short lived cyclecar made in London between 1925 and 1926
- Rolls-Royce Gnome, an aircraft engine
- Sky Gnome, a device for accessing radio channels and digital television
- Project Gnome, a nuclear test in 1961
Computing
- GNOME, a desktop environment software for computers running GNU/Linux and Unix-like operating systems
- GNO/ME, short for the GNO Multitasking Environment, for the Apple IIGS computer
- Gnome sort, a sorting algorithm
Other uses
- Ramón Mercader (1913–1978), a foreign agent of the USSR codenamed GNOME, who assassinated Leon Trotsky in 1940
- Gnome Press, a small-press publishing company known for publishing many science fiction classics (1948–1962)
- "The Gnome", a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd
- Garden gnomes, figurines used as lawn ornaments
- Gnome (rhetoric), saying or maxim providing instruction in compact form
See also
- Nome (disambiguation)
- Gnomes of Zurich, disparaging term for Swiss bankers notably used by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1964
- "The Laughing Gnome", a novelty song by David Bowie
- A Gnome Named Gnorm, a 1990 fantasy comedy film
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