Opus
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Art and music

  • Magnum opus
    Magnum opus
    Magnum opus , from the Latin meaning "great work", refers to the largest, and perhaps the best, greatest, most popular, or most renowned achievement of a writer, artist, or composer.-Related terms:Sometimes the term magnum opus is used to refer to simply "a great work" rather than "the...

    , an artist's greatest work
  • Opus (band)
    Opus (band)
    Opus is a pop-rock group from Graz, Austria. Formed in 1973, the group remains active today. The band is especially well known for its 1985 single release, "Live Is Life."-History:...

    , an Austrian pop-rock group
  • Opus (progressive rock band)
    Opus (progressive rock band)
    -Band history:The band was formed in Belgrade in 1973 by Miodrag "Mive" Okrugić , Miodrag "Bata" Kostić and Dušan Ćućuz . The band got their name after the song "Opus No...

    , a former Yugoslav group
  • Opus (record label)
    Opus (record label)
    OPUS is a former Czechoslovakia major state-owned record label and music publishing house based in Bratislava, now a label, Opus a.s., of Slovakia....

  • Opus number
    Opus number
    An Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...

    , a method of identifying compositions
  • Opus III
    Opus III
    Opus III were a techno and house music group from England who had success on the UK Singles Chart and on the U.S. Dance charts. The group consisted of vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw and producers/musicians Kevin 'The Fly' Dodds, Ian Munro and Nigel 'Spider' Walton...

    , an English techno group
  • Opus, an album by Mr. Sam
    Mr. Sam
    Samuel Paquet , better known by his stage name, Mr. Sam, is a French techno/trance music DJ and producer.- Early career :...


Publishing

  • Opus (comic strip)
    Opus (comic strip)
    Opus was a Sunday strip drawn by Berkeley Breathed for a period of five years, 2003 to 2008. It was Breathed's fourth comic strip, following The Academia Waltz, Bloom County and Outland....

    • Opus the Penguin
      Opus the Penguin
      Opus the Penguin is a character in the comic strips and children's books of Berkeley Breathed, most notably the popular 1980s strip Bloom County. Breathed has described him as an "existentialist penguin" and the favorite of his many characters...

      , title character of the strip
  • Opus (magazine)
    Opus (magazine)
    Opus is a student newspaper published at the University of Newcastle, Australia by the Newcastle University Students' Association . Opus was founded in 1954 by then economics lecturer Cyril Renwick, at what was then the Newcastle University College of the University of New South Wales, in the...

  • Kraken Opus
    Kraken Opus
    Kraken Opus is a publishing company operating from Guernsey in the Channel Islands; London, United Kingdom; and the United Arab Emirates. The company produces premium, outsized editions on subjects including sports teams and celebrities, and on broader topics including the Muslim hajj...

    , publisher of premium, outsized editions on subjects including sports teams and celebrities.

Computing and technology

  • Opus (content management system)
    Opus (content management system)
    Opus is a free, open source content management system for publishing content on the world wide web and intranets.It is written in the PHP programming language and uses the MySQL database.-History:Opus is short for Opus Publishing System...

  • Opus (microkernel)
  • Opus (codec)
    Opus (codec)
    Opus is a low-delay wideband codec intended for applications such as VoIP that will eventually be royalty-free. Opus incorporates technology from the speech-oriented SILK codec and the low-latency CELT codec...

  • OPUS card, a card used in Quebecker public transit
  • Opus-CBCS
    Opus-CBCS
    The Opus Computer Based Conversation System was a Fidonet Bulletin Board System.Originally developed by Wynn Wagner III in 1985, Opus was one of the leading Bulletin Board Systems during the late 1980s and early 1990s....

    , a computer bulletin board system
  • Directory Opus
    Directory Opus
    Directory Opus is a popular file manager program, originally written for the Amiga computer system in the early to mid 1990s...

    , a file manager program

Other uses

  • Opus (mythology)
    Opus (mythology)
    In Greek mythology, Opus was a son of Zeus and Protogeneia, the daughter of Deucalion. Opus was a king of the Epeians and father of Cambyse or Protogeneia....

  • Opus (play)
    Opus (play)
    Opus is a 2006 play written by Michael Hollinger- Plot :The play involves the Lazara Quartet, a foursome at the top of their field but with a sudden need to replace violist Dorian, who was just fired. Dorian is a mix of an emotionally unstable man who needs medication and a musical genius who...

  • Opus, Greece
    Opus, Greece
    Opus , in Ancient Greece, the chief city of Opuntian or Eastern Locris. It was located on the coast of mainland Greece opposite Euboea, perhaps at modern Atalandi...

  • Opus College of Business
    Opus College of Business
    The Opus College of Business is the business school for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students at the University of St. Thomas....

  • Opus Group Berhad
    Opus Group Berhad
    Opus Group Berhad is the corporate holding company of several companies operating under Opus brand name in several countries:*Opus International Berhad*Opus International Consultants Limited New Zealand...

    , a consortium of several different companies
  • Opus, a bus manufactured by Optima Bus Corporation
    Optima Bus Corporation
    Optima Bus, LLC, formerly Chance Coach Inc., is a brand of small transit buses manufactured by North American Bus Industries. It was established in 1976 in Wichita, Kansas....

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