North (disambiguation)
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[edit] Directions and Generalised Locations
North may mean:
- North - a cardinal direction
- The North (Union (American Civil War)), U.S. states that remained loyal to the Union or states that had abolished slavery
- North Africa - a region in the north of the continent of Africa
- North America - a continent in the western hemisphere.
- North Borneo - a region in the north of Borneo island. North Borneo is comprised of Brunei and 2 states of Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak.
[edit] Specific Locations
- Cape North - the name both a community and a cape in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- North Cape - a cape in the island of Magerøya, Norway.
- North Magnetic Pole.
- North Pole, the northernmost point on the Earth.
- North River (New York-New Jersey), the southernmost portion of the Hudson River
- North Sea - part of Atlantic sea north of Europe.
- North(book) - a book by Donna Jo Napoli.
- North - a common nickname for North Fort Myers High School.
[edit] Countries
- North Korea, a country in East Asia
[edit] Islands
- North, an island in New Zealand
- North, an island in Seychelles
- North, an island in Kenya
[edit] States and Provinces
- North Carolina, a state in the United States
- North Dakota, a state in the United States
- North Province (Cameroon)
- North Rhine-Westphalia, a state in Germany
- North Sumatra, a province in Indonesia
- North Sulawesi, a province in Indonesia
- North Maluku, a province in Indonesia
[edit] Cities
- North City, Illinois, USA
- Palmerston North, a city in New Zealand
[edit] Districts
- North City, a district in Shoreline, Washington, USA
- North City, a suburb in Dublin, Ireland
- North Delhi, a district in Delhi, India
- North Jakarta (Jakarta Utara), a district in Jakarta, Indonesia
[edit] Entertainment
- North (film), a 1994 movie starring Elijah Wood
- North (Imminent), a 1999 Imminent Starvation album.
- North (Something Corporate album), a 2003 Something Corporate album.
- North (Elvis Costello album), a 2003 Elvis Costello album.
- A Paul Mounsey Song.
[edit] Surnames
- Alfred John North, Australian ornithologist
- Billy North, American baseball player
- Dudley North, 4th Baron North, British nobleman
- Dug North, American artist
- Frederick North, Lord North, British Prime Minister
- Jay North, American actor
- Mike North, American sports talk radio show host
- Oliver North (Oliver L. North), former US military figure, TV journalist
- Oliver D. North, designer for Scammell Lorries
- Peter North (academic) (Sir Peter North), former principal of Jesus College, Oxford and Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford
- Peter North (porn star), the screen name of a pornographic actor
- Peter John North, Canadian politician
[edit] Others
- North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) - a military organization in North America.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) - a military alliance between countries in North America and Europe.
- Northbridge - an Integrated Circuit (IC) for interfacing Central Processing Unit (CPU) to memory and Southbridge IC or input/output controller IC. Northbridge is also called memory controller and host bridge. Some Northbridge also provide interface to bus, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), PCI-X, PCI Express, Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) and Hypertransport. Some CPU have built-in memory controller and bus interface (example: AMD) and does not need any external Northbridge IC. System-on-Chip (SOC) is an Integrated Circuit containing CPU, northbridge, bus interface and southbridge (input/output controller).
[edit] See also
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