Octopus (disambiguation)

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Octopus usually refers to:

• Octopus, a sea creature
• Octopus (genus), a genus encompassing octopuses

It may also refer to:

• Octopus, a spare second-stage demand valve and mouthpiece fed by its own pressure hose from the cylinder in scuba diving; see Diving regulator
• Octopus card, a smartcard used in Hong Kong
  • Octopus Cards Limited, the company operating the Octopus card
• Octopus (politics), a form of government identified by Danny Casolaro
• Octopus (yacht), a superyacht belonging to Paul Allen
• Octopus (ride), a carnival ride

[edit] In literature and media

• The Octopus: A California Story, a 1901 novel by Frank Norris based on conflict between farmers and railroad barons
• The Octopus, 1940 exposé by Elizabeth Dilling
• The Octopus, Italian mafia TV series originally entitled La Piovra
• The Octopus, another name for S. S. Millard's film Is Your Daughter Safe?
• The Octopus, a fictional villain from the comic book series The Spirit.
• The Octopus, a fictional villain from the film The City of Lost Children.
• Octopus (TV film), 2000 TV movie by John Eyres
• Octopus (film), 1998 film by Gou Suzuki
• Doctor Octopus, a Spider-Man supervillain
• Tako the Octopus, character on the website 8 Legged
• The Legend of the Octopus is a tradition connected to the Detroit Red Wings ice hockey team

[edit] In music

• Octopus (album), a Gentle Giant album
• Octopus (band), a band formed in 1968
• Octopus (Human League album)
• "Octopus" (song), a Syd Barrett song, and his only solo single
• Octopus (The Bees album)
• The Octopus Project, an indietronica band from Texas

[edit] In software

• Decoy Octopus, a character in the video game Metal Gear Solid
• OCTOPUS (fictional organisation), a criminal organization in the video game From Russia with Love
• Octopus, the European name of Name This Game, an Atari 2600 video game
• The Octopus Project (software) is a software package for density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory
• Octopus Newsroom is a Newsroom computer system used by media companies.
• Octopus Micro Finance Suite, a software suite

[edit] See also

• Octopussy (disambiguation)

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