Universal is the adjective for universe. Universal may also refer to:

Companies

* NBCUniversal, a media and entertainment company **

Universal Animation Studios Universal Animation Studios (formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios) is an American animation studio and a division of Universal Pictures, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast. It has produced direct-to-video sequels to Un ...

, an American Animation studio, and a subsidiary of NBCUniversal ** Universal TV, a television channel owned by NBCUniversal ** Universal Kids, an American current television channel, formerly known as Sprout, owned by NBCUniversal ** Universal Pictures, an American film studio, and a subsidiary of NBCUniversal ** Universal Television, a television division owned by NBCUniversal Content Studios ** Universal Parks & Resorts, the theme park unit of NBCUniversal *

Universal Airlines (disambiguation) Universal Airlines may refer to one of the following defunct airlines: *Universal Air Lines Corporation, 1928–1934 *Universal Airlines (United States), 1966–1972 *Universal Airlines (Guyana), 2001–2005 See also *Air Universal Air Universal ...

Universal Avionics Universal Avionics Systems Corporation, also known as Universal Avionics, is an international company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona in the United States. It primarily focuses on flight management systems (FMS) and cockpit instrument displays fo ...

, a manufacturer of flight control components * Universal Corporation, an American tobacco company *

Universal Display Corporation Universal Display Corporation is a developer and manufacturer of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) technologies and materials as well as provider of services to the display and lighting industries. It is also an OLED research company. Founded ...

, a manufacturer of displays *

Universal Edition Universal Edition (UE) is a classical music publishing firm. Founded in 1901 in Vienna, they originally intended to provide the core classical works and educational works to the Austrian market (which had until then been dominated by Leipzig-base ...

, a classical music publishing firm, founded in Vienna in 1901 *

Universal Entertainment Corporation formerly known as and Universal, is a Japanese manufacturer of pachinko, slot machines, arcade games and other gaming products, and a publisher of video games. Aruze possesses licenses to both manufacture and distribute casino machines in the ...

, a Japanese software producer and video game producer * Universal Genève, a Swiss watch company * Universal Gym Equipment *

Universal Helicopters Universal Helicopters was a commercial helicopter company located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. While operating primarily in Newfoundland and Labrador with operations sometimes extending into the Ungava Peninsula and the Arctic, Univer ...

, a commercial helicopter company * Universal Magazines, an Australian publisher of magazines and websites * Universal Music Group, a family of record labels ** Universal Music India ** Universal Records (defunct record label), a record label owned by UMG, founded in 1995 * Universal Recording Corporation, a Chicago recording studio founded in 1946 * Universal Records (Philippines), a record label in the Philippines, founded in 1977 * Universal Stereo, a radio station * Universal Television (Somalia), a Somali television station * Universal Uclick, an American content syndicate (formed in 2009 merger of Universal Press Syndicate and Uclick) * Universal Weather and Aviation, an aviation products and services company

Music

Groups

* Universal (band), a 1990s Australian boy band

Albums

* ''Universal'' (Borknagar album) * ''Universal'' (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album), 1996 * ''Universal'' (Troll album) * ''Universal'' (U.K. Subs album), 2002 * ''Universal'' (YFriday album), 2006

Songs

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The Universal "The Universal" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur and is featured on their fourth studio album, '' The Great Escape'' (1995). It was released on 13 November 1995 as the second single from that album, charting at number five on th ...

", a 1995 song by Blur * "The Universal" (Small Faces song), 1968 * "Universal" (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song), 1996

Cultural and philosophical concepts

Universal (metaphysics) In metaphysics, a universal is what particular things have in common, namely characteristics or qualities. In other words, universals are repeatable or recurrent entities that can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things. For exa ...

* Cultural universal, a trait common to all cultures * Linguistic universal, a statement that applies to all languages

Technology and devices

HTC Universal The HTC Universal is a Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC PDA manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation. It was the first 3G/UMTS-enabled Pocket PC PDA with a telecommunications function, and also the first to come with Windows Mobile 5.0 pre-ins ...

, a Pocket PC phone * The "Universal", an oxygen rebreather designed for use with the Sladen Suit * Universal slitter, a slitter rewinder for roll slitting

Other uses

Universal (act) Universal ( pl, Uniwersał; uk, Універсал) is a historic term that means an official proclamation or legal act. In several historic periods Universals were issued in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by the Polish and later also by Uk ...

, a type of official or legal proclamation *

Universal, Indiana Universal is a town in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 362 at the 2010 census. History Universal was founded in 1911 as a mining community. The town took its name from the nearby Universal M ...

, a small town in the United States *

Universal (Esperantido) Universal is an Esperantido, a constructed language based on Esperanto. It has inclusive and exclusive pronouns, uses partial reduplication for the plural ( "table", "tables"), and inversion for antonyms ( "big", "little"; "give", "receive" ...

, a constructed language * Universal, a Russian nickname for a

station wagon A station wagon ( US, also wagon) or estate car ( UK, also estate), is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door ( ...

car *

U rating (disambiguation) U is the twenty-first letter of the Latin alphabet. U may also refer to: Science Mathematics * \cup, union (set theory) * U-set, a set of uniqueness * U, the unitary group Chemistry * Uranium, symbol U, a chemical element * u, the Dalton (uni ...

, "Universal" media content rating