Origin Information
Origin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
Look up origin or origins in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Origin, origins, or original may refer to:
Beginning of the universe and life
- Abiogenesis, the study of how life on Earth arose from inanimate matter
- Cosmogony, any theory concerning the origin of the universe
- Cosmology, the study of the universe and humanity's place in it
- Creation myth, a symbolic account of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it
- Genesis creation narrative, creation as described in the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis in the Bible
- Creatio ex nihilo, Latin for "creation out of nothing", a phrase used in philosophical and theological contexts
Science and technology
Computers
- Origin (software), scientific graphing and data analysis software developed by OriginLab Corp
- SGI Origin 200, a series of entry-level MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
- SGI Origin 2000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
- SGI Origin 3000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics that succeeded the Origin 2000
Medicine and biology
Language, culture, philosophy, and religion
- Genealogy, origin of families
- The birth of a living entity, thought, belief or idea
- Epistemology, origin of knowledge
- Origin myth, a story or explanation that describes the beginning of some feature of the natural or social world
- Origin story, or pourquoi story, a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is
- Original sin, in Christian theology
- Etymology, origin of words
- Toponymy, origin of place names
Organizations
Books, comic books, and magazines
- Origin (magazine), an American poetry magazine
- Origin story, in comic books, describing how a character gained their special abilities and/or how they became a superhero or supervillain
- Origin (comics), a comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
- Origins (Judge Dredd story), a major Judge Dredd storyline running from 2006 through 2007
- Manifold: Origin, a 2001 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter
- Secret Origins, a comic book series published by DC Comics that told the origins of different characters
- Origin, a 2007 novel by Diana Abu-Jaber
- Origins, a fantasy novel in the Fourth World series by Kate Thompson
- Wolverine: Origins, a Marvel Comics series, the sequel to Wolverine: Origin
- Original English-language manga, or OEL manga
Music
Television and film
Video games
Sports
Other uses
See also
|
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
|
The above information uses material from Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Some facts may not have been fully verified for accuracy. [Disclaimers]
This page was last archived by our server on Mon Jan 30 12:34:56 2012.
Displaying this page or its contents does not use any Wikimedia Foundation's resources.
The owners of this site proudly support the Wikimedia Foundation.
|
|
