Orca (disambiguation)

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Orca typically refers to Orcinus orca, the large marine mammal also known as Killer Whale. It can also refer to:

Art

• Orca (film), a 1977 film
• Orca (comics), a villain in the DC Comics Batman comic books
• Orca (novel), a fantasy novel by Steven Brust

Characters etc

• • Orka (comics), a villain in Marvel Comics comic books
  • Orca (Jaws boat), the fishing vessel in the 1977 movie Jaws
  • Orca (.hack), a fictional character of the .hack video game series
  • Orca, a minor character from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Software

• Orca is a Microsoft Windows utility to modify and validate Windows Installer databases.
• Orca (assistive technology), the assistive technology of the GNOME desktop environment
• Orca (robotics), an open-source framework for developing component-based robotic systems.
• Orcas was the codename for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Organizations

• Orca Engineering, a Swiss car manufacturer
• ORCA, Oregon Connections Academy
• ORCA, the Ontario Recreational Canoeing Association
• Orca, a wetsuit and sports apparel manufacturer.

Other

• Orca class training vessel, 33 m-long training vessels under construction for the Canadian Navy
• Orca Card, a smart card for public transit in King County, Pierce County, Kitsap County, and Snohomish County, WA
• ORCA Assault Craft, a family of fictional VTOL aircraft featured in the Command & Conquer series.
• Orca (dog), golden retriever and winner of the PDSA Gold Medal

• Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juan Islands in Washington state

[edit] See also

• Orcinus (blog), a political blog written by journalist David Neiwert.