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Spectre, specter or the spectre may refer to:


Religion and spirituality

* Vision (spirituality) * Apparitional experience *
Ghost A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...


Arts and entertainment


Film and television

* ''Spectre'' (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and written by Gene Roddenberry * ''Specters'' (film), a 1987 horror film starring Donald Pleasence * ''Spectre'' (1996 film), an American-Irish horror film * ''Spectres'' (film), a 2004 supernatural drama * ''Specter'' (2005 film), a Japanese tokusatsu film * '' DC Showcase: The Spectre'', a 2010 short animated film * ''Spectre'' (2015 film), a James Bond film * Specter (''Battlestar Galactica''), a Cylon in the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series * Harvey Specter, a character from the TV series ''Suits'' *
Kamen Rider Specter is a Japanese tokusatsu drama written by Takuro Fukuda that serves as the 26th entry in the ''Kamen Rider'' franchise and the 17th entry in the Heisei era. Main characters Takeru Tenkūji is the current heir to Daitenkū-ji who displays in ...
, a character from the tokusatsu series ''Kamen Rider Ghost''


Music

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Spectre (musician) Spectre is Skiz Fernando, head of the Wordsound label, in his record producer, rapper and electronica artist persona. Career He is known for dark, brooding compositions inspired by illbient, trip hop, industrial music, and horror films, and has ...
, alias of producer and rapper Skiz Fernando *
The Spectre (rapper) The Spectre is a British rapper, born in the French region of Normandy in 1986. He is best known for his fast paced lyrics and rhythms. Having been born out of a Canadian father and a French mother, the Spectre is bilingual. He lives between Londo ...
(born 1986), British * Akhenaton (rapper) (born 1968), French hip hop artist who uses ''Spectre'' as one of his aliases * ''Spectres'' (album), 1977, by Blue Öyster Cult * ''Spectre'' (Laibach album), 2014 * "Spectre" (Radiohead song), by the English band Radiohead * "Spectre" (Alan Walker song), 2015 * "The Spectre" (song), 2017, by Norwegian record producer and DJ Alan Walker * "Spectre", a song by Christian Death * "Spectres", a song from the Avantasia album '' The Mystery of Time'' * "Spectres", a song from the God Is an Astronaut album '' Ghost Tapes #10'' * '' Spectre: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'', from the James Bond movie


Literature

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SPECTRE Spectre, specter or the spectre may refer to: Religion and spirituality * Vision (spirituality) * Apparitional experience * Ghost Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Spectre'' (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and writ ...
, an evil organisation in the James Bond novels and films * Spectre (''His Dark Materials''), ghostly beings in Philip Pullman's fantasy novel trilogy * ''Spectre'' (novel), a 1998 ''Star Trek'' novel by William Shatner *
Spectre (DC Comics character) The Spectre is the name given to several fictional antiheroes who have appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #52 (February 1940). He was created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Ba ...
, any of several DC Comics characters *
Silk Spectre Silk Spectre is the name of two fictional superheroines in the graphic novel limited series ''Watchmen'', published by DC Comics. Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the original Silk Spectre, Sally "Jupiter" Juspeczyk, was a member of the cr ...
, a DC Comics character * ''The Specter'' (novel), a 1938 novel by Maxim Gorki * The Specters, creatures in the manga '' Saint Seiya'' and its sequel


Video games

* ''Spectre'' (1982 video game), released in 1982 * ''Spectre'' (1991 video game), 1991, for the Macintosh computer * Spectre, an elite intelligence and military unit in the series '' Mass Effect'' * Specter, a villain in the series '' Ape Escape'' * Spectre, a vehicle in the '' Halo'' series * Mercurial - The Spectre, a hero in the game mod '' Defense of the Ancients'' and its sequel * Spectre, a necropolis unit in the '' Heroes of Might and Magic'' series * Spectre, a character/vehicle in the first and second installments of the '' Twisted Metal'' series * Specter, a character in ''
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs ''SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs'' is a series of third-person tactical shooter video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable created by Zipper Interactive and released between 2002 and 2011. The title for the series comes f ...
'' series * Spectre team, a covert ops military unit in the PlayStation 3 game '' Resistance 2'' * Spectre, callsign of the player character in '' MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries'' * Spectre, a cloaking sniper unit in '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'' * Master Spectre, a character from the game ''
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom ''Adventures in the Magic Kingdom'' is a video game released in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Its soundtrack was composed by Yoko Shimomura. The game was released in five different regions (British Isles, North America, France, Sc ...
'' * BRD-01 Spectre, an artificial intelligence controlled robotic unit in '' Titanfall'' * Spectre, callsign of a multiplayer character in '' Call of Duty: Black Ops III'' * Spectres, a type of monsters from the MMORPG game '' The Secret World'' *Specter Knight, a boss in Shovel Knight


Other

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Spectre (Blake) The Spectre is one aspect of the fourfold nature of the human psyche along with Humanity, Emanation and Shadow that William Blake used to explore his spiritual mythology throughout his poetry and art. As one of Blake's elements of the psyche, ...
, one of the elements of humans in William Blake's mythology * Spectre (''Dungeons & Dragons''), an undead creature


Military and aircraft

* USS ''Specter'' (AM-306), a minesweeper which served in World War II * Lockheed AC-130H Spectre, an American gunship aircraft * de Havilland Spectre, a 1950s rocket engine intended for Royal Air Force aircraft *
Spectre M4 The Spectre M4 is an Italian submachine gun that was produced by the SITES factory in Turin. It was designed by Roberto Teppa and Claudio Gritti in the mid-1980s. Production in Italy ceased in the year 1997, with the closure of SITES, but proce ...
, an Italian submachine gun *
Specter Aircraft Specter Aircraft, Inc. was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded by James D Gessford in 1997 and based in Bancroft, Idaho. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of light aircraft in the form of kits for amateur constructio ...
, an American aircraft manufacturer **
Specter Aircraft Specter II The Specter Aircraft Specter II was an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by Specter Aircraft of Bancroft, Idaho, introduced in 1997. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Pur ...
, an American homebuilt aircraft design * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, was briefly assigned the name "F-110A Spectre" by USAF, but it was never used in practice


Places

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Spectre (fictional town) Jackson Lake Island is a private island in Elmore County, Alabama, which contains the fictional town of Spectre, built as a film set for the 2003 film '' Big Fish''. After production of the film ended, the set was initially abandoned, then partia ...
, an abandoned movie set located in Alabama, created for the film ''Big Fish'' *
Specter Range The Specter Range is a small mountain range in southeastern Nye County, Nevada. The southern margin of the range is bounded by the Amargosa Desert with the Funeral Mountains and Death Valley beyond. Yucca Mountain, Jackass Flat and Skull Mountain ...
, a mountain range in Nevada, US * The Spectre (Antarctica), a rock spire in the Queen Maud Mountains


Technology

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HP Spectre HP Inc. is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that develops personal computers (PCs), printers and related supplies, as well as 3D printing solutions. It was formed on November ...
, a Hewlett-Packard computer *
Spectre (security vulnerability) Spectre refers to one of the two original transient execution CPU vulnerabilities (the other being Meltdown), which involve microarchitectural timing side-channel attacks. These affect modern microprocessors that perform branch prediction an ...
, a computer security vulnerability * Spectre Circuit Simulator, for analog integrated circuits *
Spectre GCR The Spectre GCR is a hardware and software package for the Atari ST computers. The hardware consists of a cartridge that plugs into the Atari ST's cartridge port and a cable that connects between the cartridge and one of the floppy ports on the S ...
, an add-on cartridge to run Macintosh software on an Atari ST computer


Other uses

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Specter (surname) Specter is a Dutch people, Dutch surname. It is also of Ashkenazic Jewish origin, an occupational name of a teacher's assistant. It is also derivative of the Polish word ''inspektor'', meaning supervisor. Notable people with this name include: * A ...
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Spectre (political party) Reginald Thomas Keys (born 1952) is the father of a United Kingdom, British serviceman killed in the Iraq War. He stood in the 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005 general election as an anti-war independent candidate for in Sedgefield (UK ...
, in the United Kingdom *
Spectre R42 The Spectre R42 is a 2-seater mid-engined rear-wheel drive sports car manufactured by British boutique automobile manufacturer Spectre Supersports Ltd. History Ray Christopher, associated with the GT Development firm, which was notable for buil ...
, a British sports car by Spectre Supersports and Spectre Motors


See also

* Brocken spectre, the magnified shadow of an observer cast upon clouds opposite of the Sun's direction * Spectre-hound, a phantom black hound in Manx folklore, for example
Moddey Dhoo The Moddey Dhoo :"Moddey Dhoo (pronounced ''Mauthe Doo'') signifying in English, the 'Black Dog'". ( Manx Gaelic, meaning "black dog"): "They say, that an Apparition called, in their language, the ''Mauthe Doog'', etc. is a phantom black hound i ...
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Spector (disambiguation) Spector is a guitar manufacturing company. It has been based in Woodstock, New York Woodstock is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States, in the northern part of the county, northwest of Kingston, NY. It lies within the borders ...
(includes Spektor) *
Spectra (disambiguation) Spectra may refer to: * The plural of spectrum, conditions or values that vary over a continuum, especially the colours of visible light * ''Spectra'' (journal), of the Museum Computer Network (MCN) * The plural of spectrum (topology), an object ...
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Spectrum (disambiguation) A spectrum is a condition or value that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely within a continuum. Spectrum may also refer to: Science and technology Physics * Continuous spectrum, of any physical quantity that can ch ...
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