Epic commonly refers to: *

Epic poetry An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants. ...

, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation *

Epic film Epic films are a style of filmmaking with large-scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle. The usage of the term has shifted over time, sometimes designating a film genre and at other times simply synonymous with big-budget filmmaking. Like epics in ...

, a genre of film with heroic elements Epic or EPIC may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Epic'' (1984 film) * ''Epic'' (2013 film)

Gaming

* ''Epic'' (game), a series of wargames * ''Epic'' (video game), a 1992 video game * ''Epic: Battle for Moonhaven'', a 2013 video game by Gameloft based on the film ''Epic'' (2013) * ''

Epic Card Game Epic Card Game is a strategy card game created by Wise Wizard Games, the creators of Star Realms. It was released in 2015 after a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. Epic can be played with two or more players who act as gods in conf ...

'', a 2015 strategy card game by White Wizard Games

Literature

* ''Epic'' (Kostick novel), a 2004 novel by Conor Kostick * ''

Epic Illustrated ''Epic Illustrated'' was a comics anthology in magazine format published in the United States by Marvel Comics. Similar to the US-licensed comic book magazine '' Heavy Metal'', it allowed explicit content to be featured, unlike the traditional A ...

'', a 1980s anthology series published by Marvel Comics

Music

Albums

* ''Epic'' (Blood on the Dance Floor album), 2011 * ''Epic'' (Borknagar album), 2004 * ''Epic'' (R. Kelly album), 2010 * ''Epic'' (Sharon Van Etten album), 2010 * ''Epic'' (Tang Dynasty album), 1998

Songs

* "Epic" (Faith No More song), 1990 * "Epic" (Sandro Silva & Quintino song), 2011 * "Epic" (Big Time Rush song), 2011 * "Epic", a song by Sentenced from ''

North from Here ''North from Here'' is the second album by the Finnish metal band Sentenced. Lyrics of the album deal with Sentenced's typical melancholy, but some also deal with the mythology and history of Finnish warfare and the national romantic epic of '' ...

Genres

* Epic fantasy, a subgenre of fantasy literature * Epic trance, a subgenre of trance music

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Epic TV, an Indian Hindi-language TV channel * Epic Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics *

Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical m ...

, a record label subsidiary of Sony

Brands and enterprises

* Epic, a telecommunications company owned by Monaco Telecom ** Epic (Cyprus), a telecommunications provider in Cyprus, formerly MTN Cyprus ** Epic (Malta), a telecommunications provider in Malta, formerly Vodafone Malta * Epic Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer in Bend, Oregon * Epic Games, an American video game company * Epic Systems, a healthcare software company in Verona, Wisconsin * Epics (company), a Japanese video game developer * Red Epic, a motion picture camera produced by Red Digital Cinema

Organizations

* Education for Peace in Iraq Center, a charitable organization located in Washington, D.C. * El Paso Intelligence Center, a Drug Enforcement Agency building in El Paso, Texas * Electors Photo Identity Card, the standard form of voter ID in India *

Electronic Privacy Information Center Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is an independent nonprofit research center in Washington, D.C. EPIC's mission is to focus public attention on emerging privacy and related human rights issues. EPIC works to protect privacy, freed ...

, an independent non-profit research center * End Poverty in California, a political movement led by Upton Sinclair * Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial, a type of public-sector body in France and other countries *

European Photonics Industry Consortium The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) is a not-for-profit association with headquarters in Paris, France. EPIC serves the photonics community through a regular series of workshops, market studies and partnering. EPIC focuses its actio ...

, an association of photonics companies based in Paris *

Epic Energy Epic Energy is an Australian company that owns gas pipelines and wind farms. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of QIC Global Infrastructure, an arm of the Queensland Investment Corporation, since 2013. Epic Energy owns and operates both the ...

, owner and operator of gas pipelines in South Australia

Places

* EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, located in Dublin's Docklands * Epic Residences & Hotel, a skyscraper in Downtown Miami completed in 2008 * East Plano Islamic Center, or EPIC Masjid, a mosque located in Plano, Texas * Eastside Preparatory Impact Center, a building focused on sustainability at

Eastside Preparatory School Eastside Preparatory School is an independent school for upper and middle school students. It is located in Kirkland, Washington, US. It is a secular, coed, college-preparatory school for grades 5– 12. The Head of School is Dr. Terry Maca ...

, Kirkland, Washington * Energy Production and Infrastructure Center, at the

University of North Carolina at Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine coll ...

* Exhibition Park in Canberra, a large showground and multi-building venue in Australia

Technology

* EPIC (form factor), a single-board computer form factor based on the PC/104 ** EPIC Express, an EPIC board with PCI Express capability * Epic (web browser) * Epic, a large

user story In software development and product management, a user story is an informal, natural language description of features of a software system. They are written from the perspective of an end user or user of a system, and may be recorded on index ...

in software development and product management *

Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR; formerly known as Triana, unofficially known as GoreSat) is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather, space climate, and Earth observation satellite. It was launched by S ...

, an earth-facing camera in the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite *

Electromagnetic Personal Interdiction Control Electromagnetic Personal Interdiction Control (E.P.I.C.) is a weapon of the U.S. Navy that works by sending out an electromagnetic pulse that affects the sense of balance and makes the target feel ill and throw up. This is a most effective way to ne ...

* Embedded Programmable Interrupt Controller * EPICS, a software environment for distributed control systems *

Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems Commercial off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products are packaged or canned (ready-made) hardware or software, which are adapted aftermarket to the needs of the purchasing organization, rather than the commissioning of ...

Explicitly parallel instruction computing Explicitly parallel instruction computing (EPIC) is a term coined in 1997 by the HP–Intel alliance to describe a computing paradigm that researchers had been investigating since the early 1980s. This paradigm is also called ''Independence'' a ...

, a CPU architecture design philosophy

Other uses

* Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog, a database of stars and planets *

Epic Mazur Bret Hadley "Epic" Mazur (born August 31, 1970) is an American vocalist, rapper, and record producer. He is best known as a founder and former frontman of the rap rock band Crazy Town. Early life Bret Mazur grew up in Brooklyn, New York before h ...

(born 1970), an American rapper * EPIC, the term for a ticker symbol in the United Kingdom prior to 1996 * Epic morphism, or epimorphism, a mathematical concept * European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, a Europe-wide cohort study of diet and cancer * ''

Norwegian Epic ''Norwegian Epic'' is a cruise ship of the Norwegian Cruise Line built under that line's F3 Project by STX Europe Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. When built she was the third largest cruise ship in the world. Two ...

'', a cruise ship * Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care, a program at the

University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, located in Tucson, Arizona, is one of three MD granting medical schools in the state of Arizona, affiliated with the University of Arizona. The University of Arizona College of Medicin ...