Amoeba (disambiguation)
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Amoeba is a genus of protozoa
n, and may also refer to members of that genus.
Amoeba can also refer to:
Protozoa
Protozoa are a diverse group of single-cells eukaryotic organisms, many of which are motile. Throughout history, protozoa have been defined as single-cell protists with animal-like behavior, e.g., movement...
n, and may also refer to members of that genus.
Amoeba can also refer to:
- an amoeboidAmoeboidAmoeboids are single-celled life-forms characterized by an irregular shape."Amoeboid" and "amœba" are often used interchangeably even by biologists, and especially refer to a creature moving by using pseudopodia. Most references to "amoebas" or "amoebae" are to amoeboids in general rather than to...
organism - Amoeba distributed operating systemAmoeba distributed operating systemAmoeba is an open source microkernel-based distributed operating system developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and others at the Vrije Universiteit. The aim of the Amoeba project is to build a timesharing system that makes an entire network of computers appear to the user as a single machine...
- Amoeba MusicAmoeba MusicAmoeba Music is an independent music chain with stores in Berkeley, San Francisco, and Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Founded by former employees of nearby Rasputin Records, it opened on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley in 1990. The stores are unusually large given their independent status...
, an independent music chain - Amoeba (band)Amoeba (band)Amoeba is an experimental music group that fuses the pop and ambient music genres. They formed in California, USA in 1992. The core members of the group are ambient musician Robert Rich and guitarist/bassist Rick Davies....
, an experimental music group with Robert Rich and Rick Davies - "Amoeba", a song by The AdolescentsThe AdolescentsThe Adolescents are an American punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. It is a punk supergroup, made up of early members of Agent Orange and Social Distortion. They are often credited as one of the leading bands of the 1980s hardcore punk scene....
- Amoeba (mathematics)Amoeba (mathematics)In complex analysis, a branch of mathematics, an amoeba is a set associated with a polynomial in one or more complex variables. Amoebas have applications in algebraic geometry...
, a certain type of set - Advanced Multiple Organized Experimental Basin (AMOEBA), a device that can form letters in a pool of water