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Common may refer to:
  • COMMON
    COMMON
    COMMON is the largest association of users of IBM midrange computers and IBM-compatible technology in the world.The users' group is a private, not-for-profit organization that provides education, tools, resources and networking opportunities for IBM System i users, especially those lacking...

    , the largest association of users of mid-range IBM computers
  • Common (horse)
    Common (horse)
    Common was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from May to September 1891 he ran five times and won four races...

    , a British Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Common (liturgy)
    Common (liturgy)
    The Common or common of saints is a part of the Christian liturgy that consists of texts common to an entire category of saints, such as Apostles or Martyrs...

    , a part of certain Christian liturgy
  • Commoner
    Commoner
    In British law, a commoner is someone who is neither the Sovereign nor a peer. Therefore, any member of the Royal Family who is not a peer, such as Prince Harry of Wales or Anne, Princess Royal, is a commoner, as is any member of a peer's family, including someone who holds only a courtesy title,...

    , someone does not hold a title of peerage
  • Common land
    Common land
    Common land is land owned collectively or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect firewood, or to cut turf for fuel...

    , land which other people have certain traditional rights (graze livestock or collect firewood)
  • Lingua franca
    Lingua franca
    A lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a mother tongue, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both mother tongues.-Characteristics:"Lingua franca" is a functionally defined term, independent of the linguistic...

     or common language, shared by speakers of different mother tongues
  • Vernacular
    Vernacular
    A vernacular is the native language or native dialect of a specific population, as opposed to a language of wider communication that is not native to the population, such as a national language or lingua franca.- Etymology :The term is not a recent one...

    , the common but not scientific name of a plant or animal
  • The Common
    Massachusetts
    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

    , a nickname of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • COMMON, a Fortran
    Fortran
    Fortran is a general-purpose, procedural, imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing...

     statement
  • a translation of tum'ah
    Tum'ah
    The Hebrew terms tumah and taharah refer to ritual "uncleanliness and cleanliness" under Jewish law.The Hebrew noun tum'ah "uncleanliness" describes a state of ritual impurity...

    , a biblical term for ritual impurity, used by some common English translations of the bible
  • Dol Common, a character in The Alchemist (play)
    The Alchemist (play)
    The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed that it had one of the three most perfect plots in literature...

     by Ben Jonson

See also

  • Commons (disambiguation)
    Commons (disambiguation)
    -People:* John R. Commons, economist and labour historian.* Kris Commons, Scottish footballer, currently playing for Celtic F.C..-Places:* Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts....

  • Come On (disambiguation)
  • Common good
    Common good
    The common good is a term that can refer to several different concepts. In the popular meaning, the common good describes a specific "good" that is shared and beneficial for all members of a given community...

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