Gnome (disambiguation)

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A gnome is a diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy.

Gnome or GNOME may also refer to:

Fiction

Gnomes in fictional universes

• The Noldor, one of the tribes of elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth
• Gnome (Dungeons & Dragons), a race in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
  • Gnome (Dragonlance), a spin-off of the Dungeons & Dragons gnome
• Gnomes (Warcraft)

Characters

• Gnome (DC comics), a member of the DC Comics superhero team Elementals which first appeared in Super Friends in 1978
• Big Ears (character), a gnome featuring in the Noddy series of children's books by Enid Blyton
• Gnome, a villain appearing in the Marvel Comics series Nightmask of 1986
• Lord Gnome, the fictional proprietor of Private Eye the British satirical magazine
• Gnomes, characters in the animated show Gravity Falls

Titled works

• "Gnomes" (South Park) an episode of the cartoon TV series from 1998
• Gnomes (book), a 1977 book by Wil Huygen and illustrated by Rien Poortvliet
  • Gnomes (film), a 1980 film based on the book
• G-Nome, a computer game released in 1997

Technology and engineering

• Gnome Engine Company, an aircraft engine manufacturer
• Gnome (car), a short lived cyclecar made in London between 1925 and 1926
• Rolls-Royce Gnome, an aircraft engine
• Sky Gnome, a device for accessing radio channels and digital television
• Project Gnome, a nuclear test in 1961

Computing

• GNOME, a desktop environment software for computers running GNU/Linux and Unix-like operating systems
• GNO/ME, short for the GNO Multitasking Environment, for the Apple IIGS computer
• Gnome sort, a sorting algorithm

Other uses

• Ramón Mercader (1913–1978), a foreign agent of the USSR codenamed GNOME, who assassinated Leon Trotsky in 1940
• Gnome Press, a small-press publishing company known for publishing many science fiction classics (1948–1962)
• "The Gnome", a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd
• Garden gnomes, figurines used as lawn ornaments
• Gnome (rhetoric), saying or maxim providing instruction in compact form

See also

• Nome (disambiguation)
• Gnomes of Zurich, disparaging term for Swiss bankers notably used by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1964
• "The Laughing Gnome", a novelty song by David Bowie
• A Gnome Named Gnorm, a 1990 fantasy comedy film