Orb
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The word "Orb", from the Latin orbis 'circle', is another name for a round object, especially a disk or a sphere.
Orb as a word
Orb may refer to:- Orb (astrology)Orb (astrology)In astrology, the orb is how much an angle made by two points differs from the exactness of an aspect. A trine, for instance, is 120 degrees. If two points were 123 degrees apart, they would be said to be in a trine with an orb of 3 degrees...
, the difference between the exactness of an astrological aspect it is carried by Queen Elizabeth 1 - Orb (optics), an unexpected, often circular photographic artifact
- Orb (software)Orb (software)Orb is freeware streaming software that enables users to remotely access all their personal digital media files including pictures, music, videos, webcams and television...
is a free streaming software for the personal computer - Celestial orb, a central concept in ancient and early-modern astronomy
- The trademarked symbol printed on genuine Harris TweedHarris TweedHarris Tweed is a cloth that has been handwoven by the islanders on the Isles of Harris, Lewis, Uist and Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, using local wool....
- Orb Kaftan, a character from the Incarnations of ImmortalityIncarnations of ImmortalityIncarnations of Immortality is the name of an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony. The first seven books each focus on one of seven supernatural "offices" in a fictional reality and history parallel to ours, with the exception that society has advanced both magic and modern technology...
novel series by Piers Anthony - Orbing, a magical form of teleportation in the television show Charmed
- Orb (comics)Orb (comics)The Orb is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain, primarily an adversary of Ghost Rider. Created by writer Len Wein, penciller Ross Andru, and inker Don Perlin, he first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #15 ....
, a Marvel Comics villain - The OrbThe OrbThroughout 1989, the Orb, along with Martin Glover, developed the musical genre of ambient house through the use of a diverse array of samples and recordings. The culmination of its musical work came toward the end of the year when the group recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1...
, a British electronic music group - Globus crucigerGlobus crucigerThe globus cruciger is an orb topped with a cross , a Christian symbol of authority used throughout the Middle Ages and even today on coins, iconography and royal regalia...
, a hand-sized sphere over which the Christian cross is set- Sovereign's OrbSovereign's OrbThe Sovereign's Orb is a type of regalia known as a globus cruciger and is one of the British Crown Jewels.- History :It was created for the coronation of King Charles II in 1661 along with the Sceptre with the Cross and Ampulla....
, one of the best known Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
- Sovereign's Orb
- Castlewood Orb Drive, a 3.5-inch removable hard disk drive
- Orb (river), empties into the Golfe du Lion in southern France
- Bad OrbBad OrbBad Orb is a spa town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 32 east km of Hanau. Bad Orb is between forested hills in the Nature Park Spessart, one of the largest forested areas in Germany. The canyon-side donkey path that runs to Großheubach in Miltenberg Kreis passes Bad...
, a town in Hessen state, Germany - Orbs (band)Orbs (band)Orbs is an American band consisting of Dan Briggs of Between the Buried and Me, Adam Fisher and Clayton Holyoak of Fear Before the March of Flames, Ashley Ellyllon, formerly of Abigail Williams and now of Cradle of Filth, and Chuck Johnson of Torch Runner....
, a rock band featuring members of Between the Buried and Me and Fear Before - Orb PublicationsOrb PublicationsOrb Publications is a publisher based in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine Orb Speculative Fiction.-Orb Speculative Fiction:...
, an Australian publishing company- Orb Speculative Fiction, also known simply as Orb, an Australian speculative fiction magazine
- Orb web, a type of spider web
ORB as an initialism
ORB is an acronym or abbreviation for:- O.R.B: Off-World Resource BaseO.R.B: Off-World Resource BaseO.R.B: Off-World Resource Base is a space strategy game developed and published by Strategy First. Much like Homeworld and its sequel Homeworld 2, units can move in all three spatial dimensions.-Story:...
, a computer game developed and published by Strategy First, Inc. - Object request brokerObject request brokerIn distributed computing, an object request broker is a piece of middleware software that allows programmers to make program calls from one computer to another via a network...
, a distributed computing concept - Opinion Research Business, an independent polling agency located in London, which, among many other surveys, conducted one that came to the conclusion that over a million Iraqis died between 2003 and 2007 due to violence - see ORB survey of Iraq War casualtiesORB survey of Iraq War casualtiesOn Friday, 14 September 2007, ORB , an independent polling agency located in London, published estimates of the total war casualties in Iraq since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. At over 1.2 million deaths , this estimate is the highest number published so far...
- Occasional Recuperational BreakOccasional Recuperational BreakOccasional Recuperational Break is an entitlement for United Nations staff serving in hardship locations. It is similar to the "Rest and Recuperation" mechanism offered by some specialized United Nations agencies such as the United Nations Development Programme and some other international...
, an entitlement for staff of the United Nations serving in hardship locations - ÖrebroÖrebro-Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....
(Örebro/Bofors Airport), the three-letter airport code for the town in central Sweden - Organic radical batteryOrganic radical batteryOrganic radical battery is a new battery technology being developed by NEC.- Advantages :ORB's are characterized by an extremely thin profile , flexibility, and very fast charge time , in addition to a relatively high energy density...
, a battery to run a PC during power interruption under development at NEC Corporation - Ostdeutscher Rundfunk BrandenburgOstdeutscher Rundfunk BrandenburgOstdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg , based in Potsdam, was the public broadcaster for the German federal state of Brandenburg from 12 October 1991 until 30 April 2003...
, a former German public broadcaster - The Oak Ridge BoysThe Oak Ridge BoysThe Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s...
, a country music group - Old Orchard Beach (Amtrak station)Old Orchard Beach (Amtrak station)Old Orchard Beach is a train station in Old Orchard Beach, Maine served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. It features a covered platform, and is served by Amtrak's Downeaster service from April to October....
, Maine, United States; Amtrak station code ORB - The stock ticker symbol of Orbital Sciences CorporationOrbital Sciences CorporationOrbital Sciences Corporation is an American company which specializes in the manufacturing and launch of satellites. Its Launch Systems Group is heavily involved with missile defense launch systems...
Orbs
ORBS can be:- Baghdad International AirportBaghdad International AirportBaghdad International Airport, originally Saddam International Airport, , BIAP is Iraq's largest airport, located in a suburb about west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate...
, the former ICAO code - Open Relay Behavior-modification SystemOpen Relay Behavior-modification SystemOpen Relay Behavior-modification System , created and run by Alan Brown in New Zealand, was one of the first DNS-based Blackhole Lists , a means by which an internet domain may publish a list of IP addresses, in a database which can be easily queried automatically by other computer programs on the...
, a DNSBL with the acronym ORBS