Shadow (disambiguation)
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Shadow may refer to:
- Shadow, the optical phenomenon caused by an object placed in front of a source of light
- Shadow, the acoustical phenomenon caused by an object placed in front of a source of sound
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[edit] Entertainment
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- The Shadow, eponymous fictional hero of 1940s radio and pulp fiction series, later made into a movie and a comic book series
- The Shadow (1994 film), a film about the same character.
- Shadow (Buffy episode), a fifth season season episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Shadow (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Shadow (Final Fantasy VI), a character in the video game Final Fantasy VI
- Shadow the Hedgehog, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
- Shadow the Hedgehog (video game), a video game featuring the above character
- Shadow the Reploid, a character in the Mega Man X series.
- Shadow, a robot character in the 2003 Astro Boy anime
- Mr Shadow, a character in the 1997 science fiction movie The Fifth Element
- Shadow (Babylon 5), an ancient alien race in the science-fiction television series Babylon 5
- Shadow (book), a 1999 book by Bob Woodward; full title Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate
- The Shadow (fairy tale), a 1847 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
- Shadow (film), a 1956 film by the Polish director Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
- "Shadow" (song), a 2004 song by Ashlee Simpson
- Shadow (musician), a soca musician
- The Shadow (rapper), an Israeli rapper
- Shadow, a former persona of professional wrestler Lance Hoyt.
- Shadow, an episode of Power Rangers: SPD.
- Shadow, Hunter's battle spider in Spider Riders
- In the television series Charmed, the The Shadow refers to the spririt residing in the Nexus.
[edit] Shadows
- The Shadows (band), a guitar-based rock band that for many years was the backing group for Cliff Richard
- Shadows (film), a 1959 improvisational film written and directed by John Cassavetes
- Shadows, an unfinished novel, published posthumously, by American writer John Gardner.
- Shadows (Gordon Lightfoot album), the 1982 album by Gordon Lightfoot
- Shadows (Spy Glass Blue album), the 1997 album, by Spy Glass Blue
- "Shadows" (song), a song by emo band Sunny Day Real Estate from the album Diary
- "Shadows," a song by Rufus Wainwright from his 2001 album Poses
- "Shadows" (The X-Files episode), an episode of The X-Files
[edit] Computing
- Shadow RAM, short for Shadow Random Access Memory
- Shadow (OS/2), a OS/2 file linking strategy
- Shadow password, a method used by many Unix and Linux operating systems for the more secure storage of user passwords
[edit] Vehicles
- Shadow (motorbike), a Honda motorcycle
- The RQ-7 Shadow, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used by the United States Army
- Reconnaissance surveillance Targeting Vehicle, or the Shadow RST-V, is a recon vehicle used by the United States Marine Corp and the United States Army.
- Shadow Racing Team, the former Formula One and CanAm racing team of Don Nichols and Jackie Oliver
- Shadow, a fictional Covenant APC from the video game Halo 2.
[edit] Others
- Shadow (psychology), in Jungian psychology, a portion of the unconscious mind
- Shadow Traffic, a broadcast traffic reporting service created in the 1970s.
- Shadow, an opposition group, such as the Shadow Cabinet, or an alternative, secret shadow government.
- Shadow, Virginia.
- Shadow People, a supernatural phenomenon reported by some individuals. Most accounts of shadow people describe them as black humanoid silhouettes.
[edit] Related words
Shadowing may refer to:
- Shadowing, in surveillance, following someone closely while remaining undetected by physically trailing them or by tracking their online activities electronically
- Shadowing, an experimental procedure in psychology used in contexts such as dichotic listening
- Shadowing, or shadow fading, the attenuation of an electromagnetic radio signal by obstacles, e.g. buildings or landscape
- Shadowing, a non-player stepping with the onscreen steps beside or behind the actual player in Dance Dance Revolution.

