Amber (disambiguation)
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Amber
is a fossilized tree resin.
Amber may also refer to:
Amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin , which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents...
is a fossilized tree resin.
Amber may also refer to:
Music
- Amber (Performer)Amber (performer)Marie-Claire "Amber" Cremers is a Dutch-German singer, songwriter, label owner and executive producer. She is best known for her hits "This Is Your Night," "If You Could Read My Mind," and "Sexual ."-Career:Amber's music career took off when one of her demos, "This Is Your Night" gained interest...
, pop music artist - Amber (Amber album)Amber (Amber album)Amber is Amber's second album, released in 1999 on Tommy Boy Records, featured an alluring array of soulful Dance-pop, Hi-NRG and House music song with a few Urban contemporary songs such as "Object of Desire." The song "Above the Clouds" was prominently featured on the final episode of Season...
, by pop artist Amber - Amber (Autechre album)
- Amber (Clearlake album)Amber (Clearlake album)Amber is the third album by indie rock group Clearlake, released on January 23rd 2006. The seventh track from the album "Finally Free", was featured on Eden Games' 2006 videogame release, Test Drive Unlimited...
- Amber, a 1987 David DarlingDavid Darling (musician)David Darling is an American cellist and composer. He won the Grammy award for Best New Age Album in 2010. He has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin and Spyro Gyra in addition to putting out several solo and small ensemble albums as well as albums of his...
album - "Amber" (song)Amber (song)"Amber" is a 2001 single from the band 311 off their album From Chaos. Focusing more on their reggae roots, the song is about Nick Hexum's then fiance Nicole Scherzinger...
, by 311 from the album From Chaos - "Amber", a song by Afro Celt Sound System on the album Volume 2: ReleaseVolume 2: ReleaseVolume 2: Release is Afro Celt Sound System's second album, Released on January 25, 1999 by Real World Records.-Track listing:# "Release" – 7:36# "Lovers of Light" – 3:58# "Éireann" – 5:09# "Urban Aire" – 2:08# "Big Cat" – 7:43...
- "Amber", a song by Dir En Grey on the album Vulgar
Fiction
- The Chronicles of AmberThe Chronicles of AmberThe Chronicles of Amber is group of novels that comprise a fantasy series written by Roger Zelazny. The main series consists of two story arcs, each five novels in length. Additionally, there are a number of Amber short stories and other works....
, a fantasy novel series written by Roger ZelaznyRoger ZelaznyRoger Joseph Zelazny was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for his The Chronicles of Amber series... - Amber (The One-Legged Hypoglycemic), a Saturday Night Live character
- Amber, a Darker than BlackDarker than Blackis an anime television series, created, directed and written by Tensai Okamura and animated by Bones. It premiered across Japan from April 5, 2007 on MBS, TBS, and its affiliated broadcast stations, with its satellite television premiere in Japan on Animax in May 2007. The music for the series is...
character - Amber, a Hannah Montana character
- Amber, a The Simpsons character
- Amber, a The Tribe character
- Amber Volakis, a House character
- Amber St. Clare, a Forever Amber character
Gaming
- Amber: Journeys BeyondAMBER: Journeys BeyondAMBER: Journeys Beyond is an American computer game released in 1996 for Apple Macintosh computers and Windows 95. It is the only game produced by Hue Forest Entertainment, founded by Frank and Susan Wimmer.- Gameplay :...
, a point-and-click computer game - Amber Diceless Roleplaying GameAmber Diceless Roleplaying GameThe Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game created and written by Erick Wujcik, set in the fictional universe created by author Roger Zelazny for his Chronicles of Amber...
- AmberMUSHAmberMUSHAmberMUSH, sometimes abbreviated Amber, was a MUSH — a kind of online text-based role-playing game — based on The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny and, to some extent, the Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game...
, an online computer game
Geography
- Amber, India
- Amber, OklahomaAmber, OklahomaAmber is a town in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 490 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Amber is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
, United States - Amber Township, MichiganAmber Township, MichiganAmber Township is a civil township of Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 2,054. The township was established in 1867.-Geography:...
, United States
Other uses
- AMBER AlertAMBER AlertAn AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency is a child abduction alert bulletin in several countries throughout the world, issued upon the suspected abduction of a child, since 1996...
, a child abduction alert bulletin - Amber SmalltalkAmber SmalltalkAmber Smalltalk, formerly known as Jtalk, is an implementation of the Smalltalk-80 language that runs on the JavaScript runtime of a web browser. It is designed to enable client-side development using the Smalltalk programming language....
, a dialect of the SmalltalkSmalltalkSmalltalk is an object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language. Smalltalk was created as the language to underpin the "new world" of computing exemplified by "human–computer symbiosis." It was designed and created in part for educational use, more so for constructionist...
programming language - Amber (cheetah)
- Amber (color)Amber (color)Amber is an orange-yellow color that got its name from the material known as amber. Due to this, amber can refer not to one but to a series of shades of orange, since the natural material varies from nearly yellow when newer to orange or reddish-orange when older.-Amber:Amber is a pure chroma color...
- Amber (restaurant)Amber (restaurant)Amber is The Landmark Mandarin Oriental's modern French restaurant. Richard Ekkebus is the current executive chef.-Awards:Amber was awarded two stars by the Hong Kong and Macau edition of the Michelin Guide in 2008.Amber was placed 37th in S...
- Amber (processor core)Amber (processor core)The Amber processor core is an Open-source ARM-compatible 32-bit RISC processor. It is hosted on the OpenCores website and is part of a movement to develop a library of open source hardware intellectual property. The Amber core is fully compatible with the ARMv2 instruction set and is therefore...
- AMBERAMBERAMBER is a family of force fields for molecular dynamics of biomolecules originally developed by the late Peter Kollman's group at the University of California, San Francisco. AMBER is also the name for the molecular dynamics software package that simulates these force fields...
, a molecular dynamics force field and software package - Tropical Storm Amber (disambiguation)
- USS Amber (PYc-6)USS Amber (PYc-6)USS Amber was a patrol boat in the United States Navy.Amber started life as the yacht Infanta built for the actor John Barrymore, but was later sold and renamed Polaris...
, a U.S. Navy patrol boat - AmbergrisAmbergrisAmbergris is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull gray or blackish color produced in the digestive system of and regurgitated or secreted by sperm whales....
, a substance produced by whales - Amber ale
- Amber, an Amiga computer chip
- Amber, the stop codonStop codonIn the genetic code, a stop codon is a nucleotide triplet within messenger RNA that signals a termination of translation. Proteins are based on polypeptides, which are unique sequences of amino acids. Most codons in messenger RNA correspond to the addition of an amino acid to a growing polypeptide...
UAG, in classical genetics
See also
- Ambar (disambiguation)
- River AmberRiver AmberThe River Amber is a river in Derbyshire, England which rises close to the village of Ashover, near Clay Cross, and flows southwards through Ogston Reservoir to Pentrich then westwards to join the River Derwent at Ambergate...
- Amber ValleyAmber ValleyAmber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. It takes its name from the River Amber and covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns formerly based around coal mining and engineering...