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Plague can refer to:

• The bubonic plague, a specific disease, caused by Yersinia pestis
• Any pestilence (a virulent and highly infectious disease)
• A pandemic caused by such a disease

When used with a definite article, The Plague often refers to a specific historic or storied pandemic:

• The Plagues of Egypt: the 10 calamities that God inflicted on Egypt in the book of Exodus
• The Black Death, also known as The Black Plague, the 14th century pandemic thought to have been caused by bubonic plague, and its reprises until the 18th century

Plague is frequently used metaphorically:

• Capacitor plague, a condition afflicting computer motherboards in which capacitors fail

In addition, Plague has the following uses in art and popular culture:

• The Plague, a novel by Albert Camus
• Plague (wrestler), the stage name of a U.S. professional wrestler
• The Plague (band), a New Zealand band
• Plague (band), a San Diego, California heavy metal band
• The Plague (film), a 2006 horror film