Artifact 141001 223718587 2008-07-05T12:42:58Z 202.71.90.139 {{wiktionarypar|artifact}} '''Artifact''' or '''artefact''' may refer to: * [[Artifact (archaeology)]], any object made or modified by a human culture, and later recovered by an archaeological endeavor * [[Artefact (band)]] black metal band from France * [[Artifact (band)]], a band from Norway * [[Artifact (error)]], an error or misrepresentation introduced by a technique and/or technology * [[Artifact (fantasy)]], in the fantasy genre, is usually a magical object so powerful that it cannot be duplicated or destroyed by ordinary means * [[Artifact (medical imaging)]], misrepresentations of tissue structures seen in medical images * [[Artifact (observational)]], any perceived distortion or other data error caused by the instrument of observation * [[Artifact (software development)]], one of many kinds of tangible byproduct produced during the development of software * [[The Artifact (Eureka)]], a fictional object appearing in the TV series ''Eureka'' *[[Compression artifact]], data compression artifact in computer science, resulting from lossy data compression *[[Cultural artifact]], a human-made object which gives information about the culture of its creator and users *[[Digital artifact]], a visible defect in a digital photo or video picture *[[Iatrogenic artifact]], a disease made up by doctors *[[Social artifact]], a product of individuals or groups (social beings) or of their social behavior *[[Sonic artifact]], in sound and music production, sonic material that is accidental or unwanted, resulting from the editing of another sound *[[Virtual artifact]], objects in the digital environment ==See also== * [[Artifacts]] * [[American and British English spelling differences#Different spellings.2C different connotations|Different spellings and connotations for ''artefact'' or ''artifact'']] {{disambig}} [[cs:Artefakt]] [[de:Artefakt]] [[es:Artefacto (desambiguación)]] [[fr:Artefact]] [[it:Artefatto (disambigua)]] [[nl:Artefact]] [[pl:Artefakt]] [[pt:Artefato]] [[ru:Артефакт]] [[simple:Artifact]] [[sk:Artefakt]] [[uk:Артефакт]]