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In [[software]], '''headless''' refers to computer programs that use textual input/output to interact with users, instead of using [[graphics]] or [[graphical user interface]]s ([[GUI]]s).
In [[computer hardware]], '''headless''' refers to a [[Server (computing)|server]] with no [[computer display|monitor]], [[graphics card]], or [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]] attached. Interaction with it depends on the use of a network connection, [[serial communications]], or the use of a "[[crash cart]]."
A '''headless''' is also a type of foe encountered in the [[role-playing game|role-playing universe]] of [[Ultima]]. They are naked humans, without a head.
The '''Headless''' are also NPC's found in the first low level Exile hideout in the [[role-playing game|role-playing universe]] of [[The Matrix Online]]. These are clothed, human looking programs with no heads.
'''Headless''' is also the term used for describing a person or animal who has no head whether through deformity or removal. Because virtually all living organisms require their brain to carry out basic functions, there are few non-fictitious examples of living organisms lacking heads.
==See also==
* [[Blemmyes]], headless humanoid creatures
* [[The Headless Horseman]]
* [[Mike the Headless Chicken]]
* [[Douglas E. Harding]]
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