Clone

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Clone may refer to:

Biology

• Cloning, any organism whose genetic information is identical to that of a parent organism from which it was created
• Clone (cell biology), a group of identical cells naturally derived from a common parent cell
• Clone (B-cell biology), a process of immunological B-cell maturation
• Molecular cloning, an exact replica of all or part of a macromolecule (e.g. DNA)

Computing

• Clone (computing), computer hardware or software designed to function in the same way as an original
  • Video game clone, a software game or game franchise heavily inspired by another
• clone (Linux system call), in C, whereby a process creates a copy of itself
• clone (Java method), a method in the Java programming language for object duplication
• Clone tool, a tool used in image manipulation programs

Telecommunications

• Phone cloning, the transfer of identity from one cellular device to another

Entertainment

Music

• Clone (Threshold album), 1998
• Clone (Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon album), 2002

Other

• O Clone, a Brazilian soap opera
• Clone Wars (disambiguation)
• Clone Wars (Star Wars), a TV show and movie set in the Star Wars universe
• Clone trooper, a fictional soldier in the Star Wars universe
• The Clone Saga, a controversial story-line from Marvel Comics' Spider-Man comic books
• Clone (TV series), a 2008 BBC comedy series
• Clone (film), a 2010 film originally released as Womb
• Clone Comet, a type of Prankster Comet from the video game Super Mario Galaxy 2

Mathematics

• Clone (algebra), a collection of functions with certain properties

Other uses

• Clone (voting), in voting systems analysis, a candidate identical to one already present in an election
• Castro clone, a fashion movement arising from the gay community in the Castro district of San Francisco, California

See also

• Clon, a South Korean dance music duo
• Clonal (disambiguation)
• Clones (disambiguation)
• Cloning (disambiguation)