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Hobbit
Hobbit
Hobbits are a fictional diminutive race who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction.Hobbits first appeared in the novel The Hobbit, in which the main protagonist, Bilbo Baggins, is the titular hobbit...

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are fictional creatures created by J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...

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Hobbit or The Hobbit may also refer to:
  • The Hobbit
    The Hobbit
    The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, better known by its abbreviated title The Hobbit, is a fantasy novel and children's book by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald...

    , the 1937 book in which J. R. R. Tolkien introduces his fictional creatures
  • The Hobbit (1977 film), animated made-for-TV film
  • The Hobbit (1982 video game), a 1982 adventure game
  • The Hobbit (2003 video game)
    The Hobbit (2003 video game)
    The Hobbit is a video game published in 2003 by Vivendi Universal. It is a platform game that features puzzles and fighting enemies.-Plot:...

    , a 2003 platform game
  • The Hobbit (2012 film), a two-part prequel to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, currently in production

Other uses

  • Honda PA50
    Honda PA50
    The Honda PA50 is a moped produced by Honda between 1976 and 1991. It was marketed as the Honda Hobbit in the USA and as the Honda Camino in the UK and Europe. The vehicle itself was manufactured in a factory in Belgium until 1991. Though it has mostly disappeared from the streets of the USA and...

    , a moped also known as the "Honda Hobbit"
  • Hobbit (computer)
    Hobbit (computer)
    Hobbit is a Soviet/Russian 8-bit home computer, based on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum hardware architecture.It also featured a CP/M mode and Forth mode or LOGO mode, with the Forth or LOGO operating environment residing in an on-board ROM chip....

    , a Soviet home computer, based on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum architecture
  • Hobbit (unit)
    Hobbit (unit)
    The hobbit is a unit of volume or weight formerly used in Wales for trade in grain and other staples. It was equal to four pecks or two and a half bushels, but was also often used as a unit of weight, which varied depending on the material being measured...

    , a unit of volume or weight formerly used in Wales
  • Hobbit (word)
    Hobbit (word)
    The invention of the word hobbit is traditionally ascribed to J. R. R. Tolkien, whose The Hobbit was first published in 1937. The Oxford English Dictionary since the 1970s has credited Tolkien with the invention of the word...

    , possible origins of the term predating Tolkien
  • AT&T Hobbit
    AT&T Hobbit
    The Hobbit is a microprocessor design of the early 1990s from AT&T. It developed from the company's CRISP design that was in turn developed from the C Machine experimental efforts in the late 1980s at Bell Labs. C Machine, CRISP and Hobbit were optimized for running the C programming language...

    , an experimental microprocessor design
  • Hobbit, a brand of cookies manufactured by the German company Bahlsen
    Bahlsen
    Bahlsen is a German food company based in Hanover. It was founded in July 1889 by Hermann Bahlsen as the Hannoversche Keksfabrik H. Bahlsen. The family of founder Hermann Bahlsen, led by his grandson Werner Bahlsen, continues to control the company...

  • Hobbit, a nickname for Homo floresiensis
    Homo floresiensis
    Homo floresiensis is a possible species, now extinct, in the genus Homo. The remains were discovered in 2003 on the island of Flores in Indonesia. Partial skeletons of nine individuals have been recovered, including one complete cranium...

    , hominid fossils discovered in Java
  • Hobbit monitor, the name of Xymon
    Xymon
    This network monitoring software has its roots in another piece of network monitoring software called BIG BROTHER SYSTEM AND NETWORK MONITOR . Between 2002 and 2004, an open source add-on called bbgen toolkit was created by Henrik Storner, then in March 2005 a stand-alone version was released...

     between 2005 and 2008

See also

  • Adaptations of The Hobbit
    Adaptations of The Hobbit
    March 1953 saw the first authorized adaptation of the book The Hobbit, a stage production by St. Margaret's School, Edinburgh. The Hobbit has since been adapted for other media many times including adaptations for stage, screen, radio, and gaming, both board and video games.Several of these...

  • HOBET
    HOBET
    The HOBET and NET are entrance exams used in the United States to determine if a person can enter a program to become a health occupation worker.The exams' tests cover the following:...

    , Health Occupations Basic Entrance Test
  • Halfling
    Halfling
    Halfling is another name for J. R. R. Tolkien's Hobbit which can be a fictional race sometimes found in fantasy novels and games. In many settings, they are similar to humans except about half the size. Dungeons & Dragons began using the name halfling as an alternative to hobbit for legal reasons...

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