Alien

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Alien primarily refers to:

• Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth
  • Specifically, intelligent extraterrestrial beings. See List of alleged extraterrestrial beings.
• Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country

Alien, Aliens, The Alien, or The Aliens may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Introduced species, a species not native to its environment
• Alien (software), a Linux program
• AliEn (ALICE Environment), a grid framework
• Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID technology
• Aliens, a newsletter of the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group

Entertainment

• Alien (franchise), the media franchise

Films

• Alien (film), a 1979 film by Ridley Scott
• Aliens (film), the 1986 sequel by James Cameron
• Alien 3, third film in the series from 1992 by David Fincher
• The Alien (unreleased film), an incomplete 1960s Indian-American film
• The Alien (2016 film), a 2016 Mexican film

Literature

• Aliens (Tappan Wright novel), a 1902 novel by Mary Tappan Wright
• The Alien (Animorphs), the eighth book in the Animorphs series
• Alien novels, an extension of the Alien franchise

Music

• Alien (band), a 1980s Swedish rock group
• The Aliens (Australian band), a 1970s new wave group
• The Aliens (Scottish band), a 2005–present rock group
• Alien (Strapping Young Lad album)
• Alien (Tankard album)
• "Alien" (Britney Spears song)
• "Alien" (Pennywise song)
• "Alien" (Third Day song)
• "Aliens" (Coldplay song)
• Alien (soundtrack)
• Aliens (soundtrack)
• "My Alien", a song by Simple Plan on the album No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls
• "Alien", a song by Bush on the album Sixteen Stone
• "Alien", a song by Erasure on the album Loveboat
• "Alien", a song by Japan on the album Quiet Life
• "Alien", a song by Lamb on the album Fear of Fours
• "Alien", a song by Nerina Pallot on the album Dear Frustrated Superstar
• "Alien", a song by P-Model on the album Landsale
• "Alien", a song by Thriving Ivory on their self-titled album
• "Alien", a song by Tokio Hotel on the album Humanoid. Also, fans of the band call themselves Aliens
• "The Aliens", a song by Warlord

Television

• The Aliens (TV series), 2016 British sci-fi television series

Video games

• Alien (1984 video game), based on the film
• Aliens (video game), based on the sequel of the film
• Aliens (Kaypro video game), a text-only clone of Space Invaders written for the CP/M operating system

Comics

• Aliens (Dark Horse Comics line)

Other uses

• Alien (creature in Alien franchise)
• Alien (shipping company), a Russian company
• Alien (literary concept)
• Alien Sun (born 1974), Singaporean actress
• Alien, a perfume by Thierry Mugler

See also

• Astrobiology
• List of Alien and Predator games
• Alians, an Islamic order
• ATLiens, a 1996 album by OutKast
• All pages beginning with "Alien"
• All pages with a title containing Alien