Black hole (disambiguation)

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A black hole is an object with sufficient density that the force of gravity prevents anything from escaping from it except through quantum tunneling behavior.

It can also refer to:

in computing:

• Black hole (networking), in computer networking, a place where traffic is silently discarded
• Blackhole exploit kit, used to install malware on victims' computers
• DNSBL (DNS-based Black Hole List), used to block spamming IP addresses; they are often called "blackhole lists"
• Blackhole server, a DNS server that handles reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges
• bit bucket, in computer programming, a place of permanent oblivion for data
• Blackhole storage engine, one of the storage engines provided by MySQL and MariaDB databases

in media:

• The Black Hole, a 1979 science fiction movie
• The Black Hole (2006 film), a science fiction film
• Black Hole (comics), a series of comics by Charles Burns
• Black Hole (Kinnikuman), a character in the manga and anime Kinnikuman
• "Black Hole" (House), the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of the American medical drama House
• A pseudonym of the Prophet of the Dark Side, Lord Shadowspawn, in Star Wars novels

in games:

• Black Hole (pinball), a 1981 pinball machine manufactured by Gottlieb
• Black Hole (video game), an arcade game by TDS
• Black Hole (solitaire), a solitaire card game
• Black Hole Entertainment, a video game developer
• Black Hole, one of the factions in the Advance Wars games

in government:

• The Black Hole, NATO slang for a Russian Kilo class submarine
• A black hole, in defense contracting, slang for a work area allegedly hosting a black project

places:

• Black Hole of Calcutta, the dungeon in which many British troops and various civilians allegedly died in 1756
• Black hole (ride), a common name for a ride that is a combination of two popular ride types, the roller coaster and the dark ride
• Black Hole (roller coaster), a (defunct) rollercoaster at Alton Towers
• The Black Hole, a ride at the now-defunct Las Vegas location of Wet 'n Wild (United States water park chain)
• The Black Hole, a surplus store in Los Alamos, New Mexico, operated by Ed Grothus (1923-2009)
• The Black Hole, nickname for the home stadium of the Oakland Raiders, especially the end zone section on the home side
• The Black Hole, a nickname for the tunnel in the Monaco Grand Prix Formula One race
• The Black Hole, a section of White Canyon, Utah

in music:

• Black Hole Recordings, a record label
• "Blackhole", a song by Beck on the album Mellow Gold
• "Black Hole", a song by Ana Johnsson on the album The Way I Am
• "Black Hole," a song by Lindsay Lohan from the album A Little More Personal (Raw)
• Blackhole (band), a British hardcore punk band

in aviation:

• Black hole approach illusion, a visual illusion

in sports:

• The Black Hole is the name for the most devoted and rowdiest fans of the Oakland Raiders, usually found in the section right behind one of the endzones at all Raiders home games. They act as the unofficial mascot of the team.

See also

• Micro black hole (also mini black hole or quantum mechanical black hole), a black hole on a quantum level or with quantum effects

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