A cube is any regular, six-sided, three-dimensional solid object. Cube may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Alamo'' (sculpture) or ''The Cube'' in New York, U.S. (and ''Endover'' at the University of Michigan) * Cube Interactive, an interactive media company in Wales, UK * ''

Cube Route ''Cube Route'' is a fantasy fiction, fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the twenty-seventh book of the Xanth series. Pangrammatic window The shortest known published pangrammatic window, a stretch of naturally occurring text ...

'', a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony * Time Cube, a conspiracy theory website

Comics

Cosmic Cube The Cosmic Cube is a fictional object appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. There are multiple Cubes in the Marvel Universe, all of which are depicted as containment devices that can empower whoever wields them. Although th ...

, a fictional object in Marvel Comics

Films

* ''Cube'' (film series), a series of films including: ** ''Cube'' (1997 film), a 1997 Canadian film ** '' Cube 2: Hypercube'', the 2002 sequel to ''Cube'' ** '' Cube Zero'', the 2004 prequel to ''Cube'' ** ''Cube'' (2021 film), a 2021 Japanese remake of the 1997 film * ''The Cube'' (film), a 1969 television film by Jim Henson

Games

* ''Cube'' (video game), a 2001 first-person shooter computer game ** '' Cube 2: Sauerbraten'', sequel to ''Cube'' ** '' AssaultCube'', based on ''Cube''s game engine * The Cube (game), a psychological exercise in Kokology * '' Intelligent Qube'', a PS and mobile puzzler game * GameCube, a video game console * ''

Q*bert ''Q*bert'' (also known as ''Qbert'') is an arcade video game developed and published for the North American market by Gottlieb in 1982. It is a Video game graphics, 2D action game with Puzzle video game, puzzle elements that uses Isometric video ...

'', a 1982 arcade game (named ''Cubes'' in development) * '' Q.U.B.E.'' (''Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion''), a 2011 indie puzzler * ''Cube'' (collectible card game variation), a variation of gameplay for collectible card games * Rubik's Cube, a six-coloured mechanical puzzle game **

Helicopter Cube The Helicopter Cube is a Rubik's Cube-like puzzle invented by Adam G. Cowan in 2005 and built in 2006. It is also in the shape of a cube. At first glance, the Helicopter Cube may seem like a combination of the 2x2x2 and the Skewb, but it actuall ...

, a Rubik's Cube-like puzzle invented by Adam G ** Sudoku Cube, a variation on a Rubik's Cube **

Pocket Cube The 2x2 Rubik's Cube (also known as the Pocket Cube or Mini Cube) is a 2×2×2 version of the Rubik's Cube. The cube consists of 8 pieces, all corners. History In March 1970, Larry D. Nichols invented a 2×2×2 "Puzzle with Pieces Rotatable in G ...

, the 2×2×2 version of a Rubik's Cube **

Professor's Cube The 5x5 Rubik's Cube (also known as the Professor's Cube) is a 5×5×5 version of the original Rubik's Cube. It has qualities in common with both the 3×3×3 Rubik's Cube and the 4×4×4 4x4 Rubik's Cube, and solution strategies for both can be a ...

, a mechanical puzzle, a 5×5×5 version of the Rubik's Cube ** Void Cube, a 3-D mechanical puzzle similar to a Rubik's Cube

Music

Cube Entertainment Cube Entertainment Inc. () is a South Korean entertainment company. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house. Cube are known for h ...

, a South Korean record label * Cube Records, a British record label *

Cube (talent agency) is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It was founded in 1997 and focuses on talent management for actors, musicians, announcers, content creators and ''tarento''. Cube also provides music, theater and other entertainme ...

, a Japanese music production company and talent agency

Television

* ''The Cube'' (game show), a British TV game show where tasks are completed from inside a cube * ''The Power of Three'' (''Doctor Who''), working title of the fourth episode of the seventh series of ''Doctor Who'' *

Cube Tv Cube TV（Hangul: 큐브TV）was established on July 1, 2015, is a channel launched by iHQ (company), iHQ's media division and Cube Entertainment, and is in charge of channel operation in iHQ Media Division and contents production and supply at ...

, a television channel from South Korea.

Buildings

The Cube (building) The Cube is a 24-storey mixed-use development in the centre of Birmingham, England. Designed by Ken Shuttleworth of Make Architects, it contains 135 flats, of offices, shops, a hotel and a 'skyline' restaurant. It is the final phase of The Ma ...

, part of The Mailbox in Birmingham, UK * The Cube (restaurant), a travelling pop-up restaurant * Kaaba (English: ''The Cube''), a sacred site in Mecca, Saudi Arabia *

Cube Microplex The Cube Microplex is cinema and event venue in Bristol, England. It operates as a non-profit cooperative and is entirely staffed by volunteers. Since opening in 1998 it has hosted international and local artistic and cultural events including f ...

, a non-profit cinema and venue in Bristol, UK * The Qube (Vancouver), a distinctive "hanging" building in Canada * The Qube (Detroit), a financial center in Michigan, US *

Beijing National Aquatics Center The National Aquatics Centre (), and colloquially known as the Water Cube () and the Ice Cube (), is an aquatics center at the Olympic Green in Beijing, China. The facility was originally constructed to host the aquatics competitions at the 2 ...

, China, The ''Water Cube''

Science and technology

* CuBe, an alloy of copper and beryllium * Cubé, a flowering plant of the legume family

Mathematics

Cube (algebra) In arithmetic and algebra, the cube of a number is its third power, that is, the result of multiplying three instances of together. The cube of a number or any other mathematical expression is denoted by a superscript 3, for example or . ...

, the third power of a number *

Necker cube The Necker cube is an optical illusion that was first published as a Rhomboid in 1832 by Swiss crystallographer Louis Albert Necker. It is a simple wire-frame, two dimensional drawing of a cube with no visual cues as to its orientation, so it ...

, an optical illusion * Cube attack, a cryptanalytic technique *

lambda cube In mathematical logic and type theory, the λ-cube (also written lambda cube) is a framework introduced by Henk Barendregt to investigate the different dimensions in which the calculus of constructions is a generalization of the simply typed ...

(λ-cube), a framework of constructive logic

Computing

* Data cube, a three- (or higher) dimensional array of values **

OLAP cube An OLAP cube is a multi-dimensional array of data. Online analytical processing (OLAP) is a computer-based technique of analyzing data to look for insights. The term ''cube'' here refers to a multi-dimensional dataset, which is also sometimes c ...

, an extension to a spreadsheet's two-dimensional array optimized for multidimensional analysis *

Cubes (OLAP server) Cubes is a light-weight open source multidimensional modelling and OLAP toolkit for development reporting applications and browsing of aggregated data written in Python programming language released under the MIT License. Cubes provides to an ana ...

, a light-weight open source multidimensional modelling and OLAP toolkit *

NeXTcube The NeXTcube is a high-end workstation computer developed, manufactured, and sold by NeXT from 1990 until 1993. It superseded the original NeXT Computer workstation and is housed in a similar cube-shaped magnesium enclosure, designed by frog desig ...

, workstation (1990–1993) * Power Mac G4 Cube (2000–2001), a small form factor Apple Macintosh personal computer

People

* Ice Cube (born 1969), American rapper, often referred to simply as "Cube" *

Irma von Cube Irma von Cube (December 26, 1899, Hanover; July 25, 1977) was a German- American screenwriter. She began as an actress and a writer for films in Germany in the early 1930s, and continued when she arrived in the United States in 1938. Among he ...

(1899–1977), German-American screenwriter * Mary Cagle (born 1989), American comiccer, known also as Cube or Cube Watermelon.

Other uses

Cubicle A cubicle is a partially enclosed office workspace that is separated from neighboring workspaces by partitions that are usually tall. Its purpose is to isolate office workers and managers from the sights and noises of an open workspace so that ...

, a type of office workspace * Cube Bikes, a German bicycle manufacturer *

Nissan Cube The Nissan Cube is a mini MPV produced by carmaker Nissan between 1998 to 2019. Initially sold only in Japan, the Cube was sold in North American markets from 2009 to 2014, and in European markets from 2009 to 2011. In Japan, it was exclusive to ...

, a multi-purpose vehicle from Nissan