Topaz (disambiguation)

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Topaz may refer to:

Contents 1 Principal meaning 2 In the arts 3 Vehicles 4 Computer-related 5 Places 6 Persons 7 Nuclear technology

[edit] Principal meaning

• Topaz, a mineral or gemstone

[edit] In the arts

• Topaz (1945 film), a documentary about World War II Japanese-American internment camps
• Topaz (1969 film), a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Topaz (1991 film), a Japanese film
• Topaz (novel), a novel by Leon Uris
• Topaz (record label), part of RCA
• Topaz (band), a New York City jazz band
• Topaz (Marvel Comics), a comic book sorceress
• Topaz Trollhopper, a character from the animated series Trollz

[edit] Vehicles

• Mercury Topaz, a car
• Topaz, the sealing ship, captained by Mayhew Folger, that rediscovered Pitcairn Island
• Topaze, a French sounding rocket
• Topper Topaz, a sailing dinghy, which can be rigged to sail with 1,2 or 3 sails.

[edit] Computer-related

• Mercury Topaz Monitor, a software product originally from Mercury Interactive, subsequently renamed Mercury Global Monitor after company purchased by Hewlett-Packard
• Project Topaz, the next generation of the GNOME environment.
• Topaz Labs, an internet company specializing in video and image enhancement
• Topaz micro-kernel, a distributed operating system by the now defunct Digital Equipment Corporation

[edit] Places

• Topaz War Relocation Center, west of Delta, Utah
• Topaz Hotel, Washington, D.C.

[edit] Persons

• Code-name for Rainer Rupp, spy for East Germany who worked at NATO headquarters in Brussels (also Topas)
• "The Topaz Man", a character for a series of books published by Topaz Books, a subsidiary of Penguin Books, in the Romance novel genre played by Steve Sandalis
• Agent Topaz A character in the anime Sonic X.

[edit] Nuclear technology

• Topaz Nuclear Reactor, a series of lightweight nuclear reactors flown in space by the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation.