Magic
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'''Magic''' may refer to:
* [[Magic (paranormal)]] anything that is not naturally explainable by any laws of nature.
** [[Magical thinking]]
** [[Folk magic]], traditional systems of magic
** [[Magick]], the magical system of Aleister Crowley and Thelema
** [[Witchcraft]], the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powers
* [[Magic (illusion)]], the art of entertaining audiences by performing illusions and tricks
** [[Street magic]], [[sleight of hand]], etc.
In '''fantasy fiction''':
* [[Magic (fantasy)]], a general overview of magic in works of fantasy
* [[Magic (Discworld)]], magic in the ''Discworld'' series
* [[Magic (Harry Potter)]], magic in the ''Harry Potter'' series
* [[Magic (Middle-earth)]], magic in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien
* [[Magik (comics)]], a character in Marvel Comics.
In '''science''' and '''mathematics''':
* [[Magic (cryptography)]], the codename for U.S. intelligence obtained from cryptanalysis of Japanese diplomatic transmissions during World War II
* [[Magic square]], a square of numbers with identical row, column, and diagonal sums
* [[MAGIC (telescope)]], the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope
* [[R550 Magic]], a French-built anti-aircraft missile
* [[Multi Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside]], a governmental website with a detailed mapping and layers of the United Kingdom
* [[Magnetism-based interaction capture]], a magnetic nanoprobe technology for detecting molecular interactions in living cells
* [[Magnesium injection cycle|Magnesium Injection Cycle]], a design for a clean engine
In '''games''':
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', a trading card game in which participants play as powerful wizards
* [[Magic (gaming)]], paranormal magic as used in games
**[[Final Fantasy magic]], magic as used in the ''Final Fantasy'' game series
*[[Master of Magic]] a popular MS-DOS game.
In '''popular culture''':
* [[Magic (T-Connection album)]], a 1977 album by T-Connection
* [[Magic (Gillan album)]], a 1982 album by Gillan
* [[Magic (Jets album)]], a 1987 album by The Jets
* [[Magic (Amii Stewart album)]], a 1992 album by Amii Stewart
* [[Magic (Axel Rudi Pell album)]], a 1997 album by the German Guitar Wizard
* [[Magic (Twins album)]], a 2004 album by Twins
* [[Magic (Bruce Springsteen album)]], a 2007 album by Bruce Springsteen
* [[Magic (novel)]], a novel by William Goldman made into a 1978 [[Magic (film)|film]] starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret
* ''[[Magic (film)]]'', thriller-movie from 1978 starring Anthony Hopkins.
* [[Magic (rapper)]], a New Orleans-based rapper
* [[Magic (magazine)]], a magazine for magicians
* [[Magic (music magazine)]], a monthly music magazine in France
* [[Magic (Pilot song)]], a 1974 hit song by Pilot
* [[Magic (Olivia Newton-John song)]], a 1980 song by Olivia Newton-John
* [[Magic (The Cars song)]], a 1984 song by The Cars
* [[Magic (Robin Thicke song)]], a 2008 song by Robin Thicke
* [[Magick (song)]], a 2006 song by the Klaxons
* [[Magick Power]], a 1987 song by the [[paisley underground]] band, [[Opal (band)|Opal]].
In '''computing programming''':
* [[Magic (programming)]], a general term for hiding complexity, as well as a UNIX command for "magically" determining unknown filetypes
** [[Deep magic]], a term for completely unknown workings in the depths of a program
** [[Black magic (programming)]], a synonym for voodoo programming, techniques which seem to work but aren't fully understood as to why they work
* [[Magic number (programming)]], an arbitrary number that has been assigned a special meaning
* "Magic", a version of the MUMPS programming language developed by [[Meditech]]
* [[Magic (software)]], a popular VLSI layout tool
* [[Magic Software Enterprises]], a software company which maintains eDeveloper
* [[ImageMagick]], a suite of imaging programs
* [[MAJC]], a multi-core, multi-threaded processor targeted at running Java code made by Sun Microsystems in the 1990s
* [[Magic (object-oriented programming)]], A prototype-based, object-oriented, event-driven (mainly I/O events) interpreted programming language developed at the Experimental Computing Facility, University of California, Berkeley.
Among '''radio stations''':
* [[Magic Radio]], a radio network and television channel based in the United Kingdom (disambiguation for affiliates)
* [[WKLI]] (Magic 100), a radio station in Albany, New York
* [[KZMG]] (Magic 93.1), a radio station in Boise, Idaho
* [[WMJX]] (Magic 106.7), a radio station in Boston, Massachusetts
* [[KKMG]] (98.9 Magic FM), a radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado
* [[WMGC]] (Magic 105.1), a radio station in Detroit, Michigan
* [[WMGS]] (Magic 93), a radio station in [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]]
* [[Magic 89.9]], a radio station in Manila, Philippines
* [[WLTB]] (Magic 101.7), a radio station in Binghamton, New York
* [[Magic 1278]], a radio station in Melbourne, Australia
* [[Magic 107.7 FM]], a radio station in Orlando, Florida
* [[KMAJ]] (Majic 107.7 FM), a radio station in Topeka, Kansas
* [[Magic 97.3 FM]], a radio station in Panama City, Florida
* [[Magic 96.5 FM]], a radio station in Birmingham, Alabama
* [http://www.wmgqfm.com/ WMGQ Magic 98.3 FM], a radio station in New Brunswick, New Jersey
* [[Magic 105.7 FM]], a radio station in Cleveland, Ohio.
* [[WTHZ]] (Magic 94.1), a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina. Another station in the area, [[WMAG|WMAG-FM]], used the handle "Magic 99.5" for a period of time in the 1980s.
* [[Magic 100.5 FM]], A radio station in Cumberland, Maryland.
* [[Majic 102.3 FM]], the #1 R&B radio station in the Washington D.C. area.
* [[Magic 95.5 FM]] a radio station in Reno, Nevada
'''Magic''' can also mean:
* [[Orlando Magic]], an NBA basketball team
* [[Magic Johnson]], a famous basketball player
* [[Magic (trade show)]], the Men's Apparel Guild in California trade show
==See also==
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*[[Magician]]
*[[Magus]], a Zoroastrian priest; the origin of the word ''magic''
*[[Magic and religion]]
*[[Magic in the Greco-Roman world]]
*[[Mana]]
*[[Magical thinking]]
*[[List of magical terms and traditions]]
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