Clone
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Clone may refer to:
- Clone, in horticulture and biology, any organism whose genetic information is identical to that of a "mother organism" from which it was created.
- Clone (genetics), in molecular biology, an exact replica of all or part of a macromolecule (e.g. DNA).
- Clone (computer science), a computer made by a third party, such as PC clones or Macintosh clones.
- clone (function), a Linux system call that duplicates a thread, and a Java function that duplicates an object.
- Clone (computer and video games), a game or game franchise heavily inspired by another.
- Clone (voting), in the analysis of voting systems, an additional candidate who appears as attractive to each voter as an existing candidate.
- Clone (database), a complete and modified copy of a database environment that's often used for development or testing purposes.
- A butch or masculine gay man, though the term is mostly associated with the 70s and 80s. The "clone uniform" is mustache, jeans, and white t-shirt.
- Clone tool used in raster graphics editors to move image information from one area in a picture to another
- Clone trooper, Republic soldiers in the Star Wars universe.
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, sometimes referred to as Clones in shorthand.
- "Clone", a song by Avail from their 1994 album Dixie.
- "Clone", a novel by malcom rose regarding the ethics and risks of cloning.