Osborne
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Places

Australia
  • Osborne, South Australia
    Osborne, South Australia
    Osborne is a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 19 km from the CBD, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is on the LeFevre Peninsula, adjacent to Outer Harbor, Taperoo and North Haven...

    , an industrial suburb of Adelaide in South Australia
  • Osborne, New South Wales
    Osborne, New South Wales
    Osborne is a village community in the central east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 15 kilometres south from Lockhart and 19 kilometres west from Woodend....

    , a rural community in the Riverina region


Canada
  • Osborne Village
    Osborne Village
    Osborne Village is a neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It derives its name from Osborne Street , which runs through the centre of the village area.-History:...

    , a neighbourhood in Winnipeg
    Winnipeg
    Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

  • Osborne (Manitoba riding), a former provincial electoral district

United States
  • Osborne, Kansas
    Osborne, Kansas
    Osborne is a city in and the county seat of Osborne County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,431.-History:...

    , a city
  • Osborne County, Kansas
    Osborne County, Kansas
    Osborne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 3,858. The largest city and county seat is Osborne.-19th century:...

  • Osborne, Pennsylvania
    Osborne, Pennsylvania
    Glen Osborne is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 547 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Glen Osborne is located at ....

    , a borough, renamed Glen Osborne

Things

  • HMY Osborne (1870), a royal yacht of the United Kingdom
  • Osborne bull, the unofficial national emblem of Spain
  • Osborne Computer Corporation
    Osborne Computer Corporation
    The Osborne Computer Corporation was a pioneering maker of portable computers.-The Osborne 1:After Adam Osborne sold his computer book-publishing company to McGraw-Hill in 1979, he decided to sell an inexpensive portable computer with bundled software and hired Lee Felsenstein to design it...

    , computer company created by Adam Osborne
    • The Osborne 1
      Osborne 1
      The Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable microcomputer, released on April 3, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation. It weighed 10.7 kg , cost USD$ 1795, and ran the then-popular CP/M 2.2 operating system...

       portable computer
  • Osborne Group
    Osborne Group
    The Osborne Group is a privately-held Spanish company dedicated to the production of wine, spirits, Iberian pork products, and most recently, mineral water.-Brands:...

    , Spanish producer of spirits and meats
  • Osborne (computer retailer)
    Osborne (computer retailer)
    Osborne was the name of one of the largest and most successful computer wholesalers and resellers in Australia. Started by Stanley Falinsky as the exclusive Australian distributor of the original Osborne 1 "luggable" computer featuring a Z-80 processor and running CP/M as the operating system...

    , an Australian computer retailer
  • Osborne effect
    Osborne effect
    The Osborne effect is a term referring to the unintended consequence of the announcement of a future product ahead of its availability and its impact upon the sales of the current product....

    , a marketing myth
  • Osborne House
    Osborne House
    Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat....

    , a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight
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