Orphan (disambiguation)
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- For orphaned articles in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Orphan
An orphan
Orphan
An orphan is a child permanently bereaved of or abandoned by his or her parents. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents is called an orphan...
is one who has lost both parents.
Orphan may also refer to:
- Orphan (car)Orphan (car)The term orphan car accurately applies to any marque of motor vehicle built by a manufacturer that has discontinued business entirely. The term orphan car accurately applies to any marque of motor vehicle built by a manufacturer that has discontinued business entirely. The term orphan car...
, an automobile (or other vehicle) built by a manufacturer that either no longer exists or has been acquired by or merged into another company. The term is sometimes inaccurately applied to any discontinued marque from a still-existing vehicle manufacturer. - Orphan (typesetting)Orphan (typesetting)In typesetting, widows and orphans are words or short lines at the beginning or end of a paragraph, which are left dangling at the top or bottom of a column, separated from the rest of the paragraph...
, the first line of a paragraph appearing at the bottom of a page - Orphan (comics), a character in the X-Statix series
- Orphan processOrphan processAn orphan process is a computer process whose parent process has finished or terminated, though itself remains running.In a Unix-like operating system any orphaned process will be immediately adopted by the special init system process. This operation is called re-parenting and occurs automatically...
, a computer process whose parent process has finished - Orphan works, copyrighted works whose holder is hard to find
- Orphan disease, a rare disease
- Orphan drugOrphan drugAn orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that has been developed specifically to treat a rare medical condition, the condition itself being referred to as an orphan disease...
, one developed under the 1983 U.S. Orphan Drug Act for orphan diseases - Orphan receptorOrphan receptorAn orphan receptor is an apparent receptor that has a similar structure to other identified receptors but whose endogenous ligand has not yet been identified. If a ligand for an orphan receptor is later discovered, the receptor is referred to as an "adopted orphan".-Examples:Examples of orphan...
, apparent receptor that has a similar structure to other identified receptors but whose endogenous ligand has not yet been identified - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & BastardsOrphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & BastardsOrphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards is a limited edition three CD set by Tom Waits, released by the ANTI- label on November 17, 2006 in Europe and on November 21, 2006 in the United States.The set is a collection of 24 rare and 30 brand new songs...
, a 3 disc album by Tom Waits - Orphan (album)Orphan (album)Orphan is an album by nu metal band Darwin's Waiting Room, released on July 24, 2001.- Track list :* All songs written by Darwin's Waiting Room* Piano on "All I Have Is Me" - Dom Flores* Guest vocals on "Innosense" - Shaggy-Credits:...
, by Darwin's Waiting Room (2001) - Orphan (film)Orphan (film)Orphan is a 2009 psychological thriller directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard. The film centers on a couple who, after the death of their unborn child, adopt a mysterious 9-year old girl...
, a 2009 psychological thrillerPsychological thrillerPsychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the broad ranged thriller with heavy focus on characters. However, it often incorporates elements from the mystery and drama genre, along with the typical traits of the thriller genre...
film by Jaume Collet-Serra - Orphans (film)Orphans (film)Orphans is a 1987 film directed by Alan J. Pakula. It was written by Lyle Kessler, based on his play.-Plot:Brothers Treat and Philip have lived alone since they were kids when a small time criminal enters their lives....
, by Alan J. Pakula based on play by Lyle Kessler - Orphans (Lyle Kessler play)Orphans (Lyle Kessler play)Orphans is a play by Lyle Kessler. It premiered in 1983 at the in Los Angeles starring Joe Pantoliano, Lane Smith and Paul Leiber, where it received critical and commercial success and won the Drama-Logue Award....
, a 1983 play by Lyle Kessler - Orphans (Dennis Kelly play), a 2009 play by Dennis Kelly