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The word attic has various meanings:

  • An attic
    Attic

    An attic is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building . As attics fill the space between the ceiling of the top floor of a building and the slanted roof, they are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed rafters and difficult-to-access corners....
     is an area above a house.
  • Attic (always capitalised) is an adjective for something or someone coming from or associated with Attica
    Attica

    Attica is a Peripheries of Greece in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. Attica is subdivided into the prefectures of Greece of Athens Prefecture, Piraeus Prefecture, East Attica and West Attica....
     or Athens
    Athens

    Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
    , for example:
    • The Attic dialect of the Greek language
      Greek language

      Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
      .
    • The ten Attic orators
      Attic orators

      The ten Attic orators were considered the greatest orators and logographer s of the classical antiquity . They are included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace....
      , ancient Athenian speechwriters
      Speechwriters

      Speechwriters may refer to:*Speechwriter, a speech composer*Speechwriters LLC, band from California...
      .
    • The Attic style
      Attic style

      In classical architecture, the term attic refers to a story or low wall above the cornice of a classical fa?ade. This usage originated in the 17th century from the use of Attica style pilasters as adornments on the top story's fa?ade....
       refers to a storey or low wall above the cornice of a classical façade
      Facade

      A facade or fa?ade is generally one side of the exterior of a building, especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. The Word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face"....
      .
  • Attic Entertainment Software
    Attic Entertainment Software

    The Attic Entertainment Software GmbH was a Germany computer game developer and computer game publisher that was founded September 1990 by Hans-J?rgen Br?ndle, Jochen Hamma and Guido Henkel in Albstadt, Baden-W?rttemberg....
    , a defunct German
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
     computer game developer
    Software developer

    A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding, a somewhat broader scope of computer programming or a specialty of project manager including some aspects of Software product management....
     and publisher.
  • Attic Records (Canada)
    Attic Records (Canada)

    Attic Records was a Canada independent record label, founded in 1974 in music by Alexander Mair and Tom Williams .Attic Records ceased to exist as an independent company in 1999 in music, when it was merged with TMP and Oasis Entertainment Distribution to form Song Corporation....
    , a record label.
  • Attic Band a Swedish Metal band.