Octopus (disambiguation)

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An octopus is a sea animal with eight limbs.

Octopus may also refer to:

Biology

• Octopus (genus), a large genus of octopuses
• Octopodidae, a family containing the majority of known octopus species

Music

• Octopus (band), a Britpop band from Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Octopus, a band featuring Paul and Nigel Griggs
• "Octopus" (song), a 1969 song by Syd Barrett
• Octopus (Gentle Giant album), a 1972 album
• Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett, a 1992 album
• Octopus (Human League album), a 1995 album
• Octopus (The Bees album), a 2007 album
• Octopuss, a 1983 album by Cozy Powell
• The Octopus (album), a 2011 album by Amplifier
• "Octopus" (song), a 2012 song by Bloc Party

Film and television

• Octopus (1998 film), 1998 film
• Octopus (2000 film), 2000 film
• Octopus 2: River of Fear, 2001 film
• Is Your Daughter Safe? or The Octopus, a 1927 film
• La piovra or The Octopus, an Italian television series (1984–2001)

Games

• Name This Game or Octopus, an Atari 2600 video game
• Octopus, a 1981 game in Nintendo's Game & Watch series

Fiction

• The Octopus: A Story of California, a 1901 novel by Frank Norris
• The Octopus (comics), a character in The Spirit
• OCTOPUS (fictional organisation), in the 2005 video game From Russia with Love
• The Octopus, a 1940 book by Elizabeth Dilling
• The Octopus, in the 1995 French film The City of Lost Children

Software

• Octopus Micro Finance Suite
• Octopus (software), for quantum-mechanical calculations of molecules and solids
• A time-sharing system in use at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for access to supercomputers

Other uses

• OCTOPUS (network), an early computer network at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Octopus (yacht), a yacht owned by Paul Allen
• Octopus (ride), a carnival ride
• Octopus card, a Hong Kong debit smartcard launched in 1997
• Octopus Cards Limited, the operator of Octopus card
• Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations (OCTOPUS), a counter terrorism paramilitary unit in Andhra Pradesh, India
• Octopus, a spare scuba-diving regulator apparatus
• The Octopus, the term used by Danny Casolaro for the Inslaw case
• A variant of the playground game British bulldogs, where those caught must stand in one place and tag runners without moving.
• Octopus Publishing Group is a British subsidiary of Lagardère Publishing specialising in illustrated books.

See also

• Octopussy (disambiguation)
• Al the Octopus, mascot of the Detroit Red Wings
• Paul the Octopus, octopus with a history of correctly predicting the results of major German international football matches
• The Octopus Project, a band
• "Octopus's Garden", a song by the Beatles
• Doctor Octopus, a character created in 1963 for Spider-Man comics
• Octopus Girl, a horror manga created in the 1990s
• Decoy Octopus, in 1998 video game Metal Gear Solid
• Tako the Octopus, on the website 8Legged Entertainment
• Legend of the Octopus, a Detroit team tradition
• Octopus Media Technology, a digital media company

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