MAGIC

'Magic' may refer to:

★ Magic (paranormal), a term for various supernatural, mystical, and paranormal practices.

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★ Magick, a variant term popularized by Aleister Crowley.

★ Magic (illusion), also known as stage magic, street magic, and sleight of hand; the art of entertaining audiences by performing illusions and tricks.
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 (Inheritance), magic in the ''Inheritance'' Trilogy.

★ Magic (Middle-earth), magic in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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

★ MAGIC (mapping), a governmental website with a detailed map of the United Kingdom

★ Magnetism-based interaction capture, a magnetic nanoprobe technology for detecting molecular interactions in living cells

★ Magnesium Injection Cycle, a design for a clean engine
In 'games':

★ '', a trading card game in which participants play as powerful wizards

★ Magic (gaming), paranormal magic as used in games

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★ 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 (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'' (film), a 1978 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret

★ Magic (rapper), a New Orleans-based rapper

★ Magic (magazine), a magazine for magicians

★ Magic (music magazine), a monthly music magazine in France

★ "Magic (song)", a 1974 hit-song by Pilot (band)

★ "Magic", a 1980 song by Olivia Newton-John

★ "Magic", a 1982 song and album by Dana

★ "Magic", a 1984 song by The Cars

★ "Magic", a song by Ben Folds Five from their album ''The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner''
In 'computing programming':

★ Magic (programming), a general term for hiding complexity, as well as a UNIX command for "magically" determining unknown filetypes

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★ Deep magic, a term for completely unknown workings in the depths of a program

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★ 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
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

★ WMJX (Magic 106.7), a radio station in Boston, Massachusetts

★ WMGC (Magic 105.1), a radio station in Detroit, Michigan

★ 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

★ Majic 105.7 FM, a radio station in Cleveland, Ohio.

★ WTHZ (Majic 94.1), a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina. Another station in the area, WMAG-FM, used the handle "Magic 99.5" for a period of time in the 1980s.
'Magic' can also mean:

★ Orlando Magic, a NBA basketball team

★ Magic Johnson, a famous basketball player

★ Magic (trade show), the Men's Apparel Guild in California trade show

★ Thomas Due, aka "Magic", Norwegian National Team Curler, member of Curling club Priapismus

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See also

See also

★ Magician

★ Magus, a Zoroastrian priest; the origin of the word ''magic''

★ Magic and religion

★ Magic in the Greco-Roman world

★ Mana

★ Magical thinking