Orphan (disambiguation)

For orphaned articles in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Orphan

An orphan is one who has lost both parents.

Orphan may also refer to:

Arts and media

Film

Literature

  • Orphan (Marvel Comics), a character in the X-Statix series
  • Cassandra Cain, a character in the DC Comics universe

Music

Theatre

Science and technology

  • Orphan disease, a rare disease
  • Orphan drug, one developed under the 1983 U.S. Orphan Drug Act for orphan diseases
  • Orphan process, a computer process whose parent process has finished
  • Orphan receptor, apparent receptor that has a similar structure to other identified receptors but whose endogenous ligand has not yet been identified
  • Orphan source, a self-contained radioactive source that is no longer under proper regulatory control
  • Orphaned technology, technology that has been abandoned by its original developers

Other uses

  • Orphans, a regional faction of Hussites followers
  • Orphan (car), any marque of motor vehicle built by a manufacturer that has discontinued business entirely
  • Orphan (typesetting), the first line of a paragraph appearing at the bottom of a page
  • Orphan works, copyrighted works whose holder is hard to find
  • Les Orphan (1923–1995), Welsh footballer
gollark: Those are known as "etherweb".
gollark: I'm a bit worried that that's the *first* thing you thought of, and not "wait, WiFi cable?!".
gollark: At my house there is a single terrible BT router/modem/switch/AP and another AP connected over slow powerline connections.
gollark: Look, just buy a WiFi cable...
gollark: No clue.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.