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.

It can also refer to:

in media:

• The Black Hole, a 1979 science fiction movie
• Black Hole (2006 film), a science fiction film
• Black Hole (comics), a series of comics by Charles Burns
• Black Hole (Kinnikuman), a character in the manga and anime Kinnikuman

in computing:

• Black hole (networking), in computer networking, a place where traffic is silently discarded
• in computer programming, a bit bucket, a place of permanent oblivion for data
• black hole, the name of an archive, usually with the extension .bh
• DNSBL – used to block spamming IP addresses – are often called "blackhole lists"
• Blackhole server, a DNS server that handles reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges

in games:

• Black Hole (pinball game), a pinball game developed by Gottlieb
• Black Hole (arcade game), an arcade game by TDS
• Black Hole (solitaire), a solitaire game
• Black Hole, one of the factions in the Advance Wars games

in government:

• A legal black hole, a term in English contract law
• 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

in tourist attractions:

• The Black Hole (roller coaster), a (defunct) rollercoaster at Alton Towers
• The Black Hole, a ride at the now defunct Las Vegas Wet 'n Wild water park

places:

• Black Hole of Calcutta, the dungeon in which many British troops and various civilians allegedly died in 1756
• 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

in music:

• "Black Hole Sun", a Soundgarden song from their 1994 album Superunknown
• Black Holes and Revelations, the fourth album of the group Muse
• Black Hole Recordings, a record label
• "Kids of the Black Hole", a song by The Adolescents.
• Supermassive Black Hole (song), a single from the group Muse
• Songs from the Black Hole, a never released Weezer album
• "Blackhole", a song by Beck
• Black Hole, a brand of endpin stop for a cello or bass
• "Beyond The Black Hole", Gamma Ray song from album, Somewhere Out In Space
• Blackhole, a hardcore band

in business:

• black hole, any effort which consumes resources without yielding a useful result

[edit] See also

• Micro black hole, mini black hole, or quantum mechanical black hole; a black hole on a quantum level or with quantum effects