Epoch
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Depending on context, epoch can refer to:
[edit] Period of time
- a distinctive historical period or era
- a unit of the geologic time scale, less than a period and greater than an age
- a phase in the development of the universe with distinctive properties
[edit] Moment in time
- epoch (reference date), an instant of origin chosen as the date from which time is measured in a calendar era or in a computer system
- epoch (astronomy), a moment in time for which celestial coordinates or orbital elements are specified
- a step in the training process of an artificial neural network
- Unix epoch
[edit] Proper noun
- Epoch (film), a science fiction film directed by Matt Codd
- The Epoch Game Pocket Computer, an early handheld game console
- Epoch Co., Ltd., the maker of the above and other computer games
- Epoch (Chrono Trigger), a flying time machine in role-playing game Chrono Trigger
- Epoch (DC Comics), a supervillain also known as the Lord of Time
- The Epoch Times, a privately owned Falun Gong-linked newspaper
- Epoch Javascript Calendar is an open source, GPL calendar component for use in web pages written in JavaScript