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.

Black hole may also refer to:

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, one of the storage engines provided by MySQL databases

Media

The Black Hole, a 1979 science fiction film
Black Holes (film), a 1995 Italian film
The Black Hole (2006 film), a science fiction film
Black Hole (2013 film), an unreleased 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

Games

Black Hole (pinball), a 1981 pinball machine manufactured by Gottlieb
Black Hole (video game), a 1981 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
Blackhole (video game), a 2015 video game by FiolaSoft Studio.

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
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

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

Other

Black hole approach illusion, a visual illusion
The Black Hole, the stadium location for the most devoted and rowdiest fans of the Oakland Raiders