Pearl (disambiguation)
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Pearl may mean several different things:
- Pearl, a round shiny object produced by molluscs and used in jewelry
- A whitish iridescent color similar to the color of pearls
- One of Nine Pearls referred to in the Garuda Purana (Atharvaveda) which not only includes oyster pearls, but the Conch Pearl, Cobra Pearl, Boar Pearl, Elephant Pearl, Bamboo Pearl, Whale Pearl, Fish Pearl, and Cloud Pearl.
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Literature
- The Hymn of the Pearl, a passage of the apocryphal Acts of Thomas
- The Pearl (novel), a novel by John Steinbeck and the motion picture based on the novel
- The Pearl (erotica), a victorian era erotic literature magazine
- Pearl (poem), an alliterative poem written in Middle English
- Pearl is the name of a main character in the novel, The Scarlet Letter
- Pearl is the name of a character in the webcomic User Friendly
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Entertainment
- Pearl (album), an album by Janis Joplin
- The Pearl (album) (1984), an album by Harold Budd and Brian Eno
- Pearl Jam, a rock band
- The Pearl (film) (1947), a Mexican film based on Steinbeck's novel.
- Pearl (miniseries), a 1978 television miniseries.
- Pearl (TV series), a 1996-1997 sitcom starring Rhea Perlman and Malcolm McDowell
- "Pearl" is a holy-elemental magic spell in the videogame Final Fantasy VI; the spell is analogous to the 'Holy' or 'White' spell found in other Final Fantasy games.
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Computers
- PEARL (Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language)
- Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language), a programming language (originally "Pearl")
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Places
- the city of Pearl, Mississippi
- Pearl Harbor, the harbor in Oahu, Hawaii which was bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941 (see Attack on Pearl Harbor), bringing the U.S. into World War II
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People
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Companies
- Pearl Drums, manufacturer of percussion equipment
- PEARL - Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab
- Pearl Art and Craft Supply, a chain of retail art supply stores
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Internet
- Short for Linkpearl from online MMO Final Fantasy: XI