Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to:
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Locus (comics)
Locus is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first one, whose real name is Aaron Verne, first appeared in ''Thor'' #302 (Dec. 1980), and has the ability to create geometric ener ...
, a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front
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''Locus'' (magazine), science fiction and fantasy magazine
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Locus Award
The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine ''Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual banquet. In addition to the pl ...
'', presented to the winners of ''Locus'' magazine's annual readers' poll
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''Locus'' (video game), a 1995 video game by Zombie Studios
* ''Locus'', a 2020 album by
Satyr
In Greek mythology, a satyr ( grc-gre, σάτυρος, sátyros, ), also known as a silenus or ''silenos'' ( grc-gre, σειληνός ), is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exa ...
Computers and mathematics
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Locus (mathematics), the set of points satisfying a particular condition, often forming a curve
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LOCUS (operating system)
Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to:
Entertainment
* Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front
* ''Locus'' (magazine), science fiction and fantasy magazine
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, a distributed OS developed at UCLA, notable for single-system image idea
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Locus Computing Corporation
Locus Computing Corporation was formed in 1982 by Gerald J. Popek, Charles S. Kline and Gregory I. Thiel
to commercialize the technologies developed for the LOCUS distributed operating system at UCLA. Locus was notable for commercializing si ...
(1982–1995), commercialized the LOCUS distributed operating system developed at UCLA
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Locus Map
Locus Map is a multi-functional Android navigation app adding advanced online and offline GPS capabilities to Android devices. Primarily it is designed and used for leisure time outdoor activities like hiking, biking, geocaching. Besides its leis ...
, an Android navigation app using maps of various providers in online and offline mode
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Locus Technologies
Locus Technologies is an American corporation with headquarters in Mountain View, California. Locus provides software and services to track, organize, visualize, and report environmental and ESG data.
Profile
Locus Technologies is known for its ...
(1997), an environmental software company that organizes data via the Internet
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Root locus
In control theory and stability theory, root locus analysis is a graphical method for examining how the roots of a system change with variation of a certain system parameter, commonly a gain within a feedback system. This is a technique used as a ...
, a diagram visualizing the position of roots as a parameter changes
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Wang LOCI
CORDIC (for "coordinate rotation digital computer"), also known as Volder's algorithm, or: Digit-by-digit method Circular CORDIC (Jack E. Volder), Linear CORDIC, Hyperbolic CORDIC (John Stephen Walther), and Generalized Hyperbolic CORDIC (GH C ...
(Logarithmic Computing Instrument), an early scientific calculator by Wang
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Locus (archaeology)
This page is a glossary of archaeology, the study of the human past from material remains.
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, the smallest definable unit in stratigraphy
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Locus (genetics)
In genetics, a locus (plural loci) is a specific, fixed position on a chromosome where a particular gene or genetic marker is located. Each chromosome carries many genes, with each gene occupying a different position or locus; in humans, the total ...
, the position of a gene or other significant sequence on a chromosome
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Locus (rhetoric)
''Inventio'', one of the five canons of rhetoric, is the method used for the ''discovery of arguments'' in Western rhetoric and comes from the Latin word, meaning "invention" or "discovery". ''Inventio'' is the central, indispensable canon of rh ...
, another name for a literary or rhetorical ''topos'', a method of constructing an argument
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Locus of control
Locus of control is the degree to which people believe that they, as opposed to external forces (beyond their influence), have control over the outcome of events in their lives. The concept was developed by Julian B. Rotter in 1954, and has sinc ...
, the degree to which people have control over events
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Method of loci
The method of loci is a strategy for memory enhancement, which uses visualizations of familiar spatial environments in order to enhance the recall of information. The method of loci is also known as the memory journey, memory palace, journey m ...
, a mnemonic system that uses the spatial memory of a familiar place to enhance recollection
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HTT Pléthore
The HTT Pléthore was supposed to be the first Canada, Canadian supercar, developed and produced by HTT Automobile in Quebec, Canada. However, the company has been inactive in recent years.
History
It debuted at the 2007 Montreal Internation ...
(Locus Plethore), a Canadian supercar proposed by HTT Automobile in Quebec, Canada
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UCLouvain Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning (LOCI) of the University of Louvain in Belgium
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