Gnome (disambiguation)

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A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy.

Gnome or GNOME may also refer to:

Computing

  • GNOME, a desktop environment for computers running Unix-like operating systems
  • GNO/ME (GNO Multitasking Environment), an environment for the Apple IIGS computer
  • Gnome sort, a sorting algorithm

Fictional races

  • Gnome (Dungeons & Dragons), a race in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
    • Gnome (Dragonlance)
  • Gnomes (Warcraft)
    , a race in World of Warcraft

Film and television

Literature

  • "The Gnome" (fairy tale), a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
  • Gnomes (book), a 1977 book by Wil Huygen and illustrated by Rien Poortvliet
  • Lord Gnome
    , the fictional proprietor of the British satirical magazine Private Eye
  • Gnome, a villain appearing in the Marvel Comics series Nightmask

Other uses

  • Gnome (band), a stoner rock band notable for their garden gnome-like hats
  • Gnome (rhetoric)
    , saying or maxim providing instruction in compact form
  • Gnome (car), a cyclecar made in London between 1925 and 1926
  • "The Gnome", a song by Pink Floyd
  • G-Nome, a video game released in 1997
  • Gnome Press, a 1948–1962 small-press publishing company
  • Garden gnome, a figurine used as a lawn ornament
  • Project Gnome
    , a nuclear test in 1961
  • Rolls-Royce Gnome, an aircraft engine
  • Sky Gnome, a device for accessing radio channels and digital television
  • Ramón Mercader (1913–1978), a foreign agent of the USSR codenamed GNOME

See also