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Alice Police Department (Texas)
Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor * ''Alice'' (Hermann book), a 2009 short story collection by Judith Hermann Computers * Alice (computer chip), a graphics engine chip in the Amiga computer in 1992 * Alice (programming language), a functional programming language designed by the Programming Systems Lab at Saarland University * Alice (software), an object-oriented programming language and IDE developed at Carnegie Mellon * Alice mobile robot * Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity, an open-source chatterbot * Matra Alice, a home micro-computer marketed in France * Alice, a brand name used by Telecom Italia for internet and telephone services Video games * '' Alice: An Interactive Museum'', a 1991 adventure game * ''American McGee's Alice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice (name)
Alice is most often used as a feminine given name, used primarily in English and French; however, it has proven popular in some other languages. Etymology Alice is a form of the Old French name ''Alis'' (older ''Alais''), short form of '' Adelais'', which is derived from the Old High German ''Adalhaidis'' (see Adelaide), from the Proto-Germanic words , meaning "noble" and , meaning "appearance; kind" (compare German '' Adel'' "nobility", ''edel'' "noble", nominalizing suffix ''-heit'' "-hood"), hence "of noble character or rank, of nobility". ''Alaïs'' is the Old French form of the name; Alys of Vexin was also known as Alaïs. Popularity as a given name In 2015 the name appeared in the top 100 most popular names for baby girls in Australia, Belgium, France, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland. In England and Wales it was ranked the 24th most popular name in 2015, but it has been less popular in the US until a recent resurgence. Some sources cite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |