Nexus

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Template:Wiktionarypar Template:Tocright Nexus is a Latin (origin) noun which means connection or centre of something.

The word "nexus" may also refer to:

Contents 1 In computers and internet 2 In computer games 3 In grammar 4 In law 5 In literature 6 In music 7 In organizations 8 In psychiatry and psychology 9 In science fiction 10 In television 11 Other uses

In computers and internet

• nexus, a secure software module that is one of the components of Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing Base
• LexisNexis is a searchable archive of content from newspapers, magazines, legal documents and other printed sources.
• "Nexus" is the name of the web browser formerly known as WorldWideWeb (the first web browser)
• "The Nexus" is a term used to cover a range of multi-fandom role-playing communities on LiveJournal.
• "Nexus" is an alternate name for Nexopia
• Dragonlance Nexus is a name used for a fan based.
• The Nexus 5001 Forum is a workgroup to advance the IEEE-ISTO 5001-1999, Nexus debug interface for embedded processors

In computer games

• Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds is a massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG).
• Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, a computer game published in 2004 by HD Interactive
• The Nexus is the main building of the Protoss in the computer game Starcraft
• The Nexus (Quake 4) is the final level of Quake 4.
• The Nexus is the central world in the game Primal, that contains gateways to five other places (The Earth, Solus, Aquis, Aetha and Aetha)
• Nexus is the name of the shadow organisation in Warzone 2100 that act as the main enemy in the game, lead by Dr Reed.

In grammar

• Nexus Grammar System, a system of anaylsing text.

In law

• "Nexus" is a legal transaction of the Roman Empire.
• Nexus is a provision of the Australian Constitution which requires that the number of Members of the House of Representatives be, as nearly as practicable, twice the number of Senators
• A business has a "nexus" in a state when it has sufficient presence in a state to allow the state to legally impose a tax.

In literature

• Nexus Books, a publishing company
• Nexus, a novel by Henry Miller; the final installment in the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy.
• The Nexus (journal), a journal edited by Kerry Bolton
• Nexus magazine, an international bi-monthly alternative news magazine
• Nexus, a book on Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks by Mark Buchanan.

In music

• Nexus (album) (1974) by the rock band Argent
• Nexus (percussion ensemble) is a Toronto-based percussion ensemble
• Nexus (band) is an Estonian girlband.
• Cover Band Nexus The group Artistic from Poland. http://www.nexusband.pl

In organizations

• NEXUS International Broadcasting Association, a non-profit association of broadcasters and producers.
• Nexus, the trading name of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive
• NEXUS, the Cabinet of the Medical Society, HKUSU of the session 2005.
• Nexus (student organisation), the student wing of the Institute of Physics
• Nex-us is a world famous "Adventure Hub"

In psychiatry and psychology

• Nexus Refers to a group myth, especially Family nexus, imposition of which may cause 'mental illness'. See Ronald David Laing.

In science fiction

• Nexus (comics), a comic book by Mike Baron and Steve Rude
• The Nexus is a model of humanoid replicant in the film Blade Runner.
• The Nexus (Star Trek) is a spatial anomaly in Star Trek: Generations
• The Nexus (Vorkosigan Saga), the group of planets linked together by wormholes which form the setting for Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga
• The Nexus (The Death Gate Cycle), the place where Xar sets up his base of operations after escaping from the Labyrinth in The Death Gate Cycle
• Nexus (roleplay game) is a post-apocalypse sci-fi live action roleplay (LARP) game in the UK.
• Nexus is the name of one of the main villians in the John J. Rust science fiction novel "Epsilon."

In television

• The Nexus (Charmed) is a fictional location in the TV series Charmed

Other uses

• "Nexus" is a slang term for the psychedelic entheogen drug 2C-B
• "NEXUS - How to think about the Balkans: Region, Culture, Identities" (2000-2003) is an international research project hosted by the Centre for Advanced Study in Sofia, Bulgaria
• NEXUS (rocket) was a heavy-lift booster concept
• NEXUS (Frequent Traveller Program) - A frequent traveller program operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency

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