Outpost
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- Outpost (military)Outpost (military)An Outpost in military terminology essentially means a detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main force or formation, usually at a station in a remote or sparsely populated location, positioned to stand guard against unauthorized intrusions and surprise attacks; and the station...
- Outpost (civilian)Outpost (civilian)An Outpost in civilian terms denotes an outlying frontier settlement or colony in a remote or sparsely populated location, on the frontier of civilization or on or across political boundaries of the state, far away from the home or country; and the body of people who settle here far from home but...
- Outpost (Border)Border outpostA border outpost, border out post, border observation post or BOP is an outpost maintained by a sovereign state on its border, usually one of a series placed at regular intervals, to watch over and safeguard its border with a neighboring state with whom it may or may not have cordial relations...
- Outpost (human)Human outpostHuman outposts are artificially-created, controlled human habitats located in environments inhospitable for humans, such as on the ocean floor, in space or on another planet....
- Outpost Estates, Los Angeles, CaliforniaOutpost Estates, Los Angeles, CaliforniaOutpost Estates is a canyon neighborhood of Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills in the central region of the City of Los Angeles, California.It is located directly east of Runyon Canyon Park and centered around Outpost Drive. Developed by Charles E. Toberman, it is one of the original 1920s Hollywood...
, a canyon neighborhood - Outpost IslandsOutpost IslandsThe Outpost Islands are an island group located in the Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Bate Islands, Richardson Islands, Sesqui Islands, and Sisters Islands....
, Nunavut, Canada - Israeli outpost
In entertainment:
- Outpost (1981 computer game)Outpost (1981 computer game)Outpost is an arcade game programmed by Tom Orlando McWilliams and published by Sirius Software in 1981....
, an arcade game - Outpost (Robert Rich and Ian Boddy album), a 2002 album by Robert Rich and Ian Boddy
- Outpost (Freddie Hubbard album)Outpost (Freddie Hubbard album)Outpost is a studio album by jazz musician Freddie Hubbard released in 1981 on the Enja label which features performances by Hubbard, Kenny Barron, Buster Williams and Al Foster.-Track listing:# "Santa Anna Winds" - 9:36...
- Outpost (board game)Outpost (board game)Outpost is a board game published by TimJim Games from 1991 to 1994. Players start with factory and population tokens and compete to acquire victory points through stylized economic activity using production output cards to the buy more factories and population, and special ability cards including...
, from TimJim games - Outpost (chess)Outpost (chess)An outpost is a square which is protected by a pawn and which cannot be attacked by an opponent's pawn. In the figure to the right, c4 is an outpost, occupied by White's knight...
, a position in the game chess - Outpost (film)Outpost (film)-Plot:In a seedy bar in a town ravaged by war, scientist and businessman Hunt hires mercenary and former Royal Marine D.C. to assemble a crack team of ex-soldiers to protect him on a dangerous journey into no-man's land...
, a 2008 horror film directed by Steve Barker - The Outpost (opera)The Outpost (opera)The Outpost is an opera or operetta by composer Hamilton Clarke with a libretto by A. O'D. Bartholeyns. The story is an adaptation of the Singspiel Der vierjährige Posten by Theodor Körner with music by Franz Schubert....
, a short opera by Hamilton Clarke, played as a companion piece for The Pirates of Penzance - Outpost (video game), a Sierra On-Line video game
- Outpost 2Outpost 2Outpost 2, fully titled Outpost 2: Divided Destiny, is a real-time strategy computer game developed by Dynamix, released in 1997 by Sierra Entertainment...
, a 1997 computer game by Dynamix - Outpost GallifreyOutpost GallifreyOutpost Gallifrey was a fan website for the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was active as a complete fan site from 1995 until 2007, then existing solely as a portal to the still-active parts of the site, including its news page and forums Outpost Gallifrey was a fan website...
, a Doctor Who fan website - Outpost Kaloki XOutpost Kaloki XOutpost Kaloki X is a city-building video game for the Xbox 360 that places the player in the role of a manager, tasked with building a financially successful fantasy space station. Outpost Kaloki X is available for download from Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points...
, a city-building video game for the Xbox 360 - Southern Outpost (record label)Southern Outpost (record label)Southern Outpost is an independent electronic Record label that was started in Sydney, Australia, in 1998 but is now based in San Francisco, USA....
, in San Francisco, California - The Outpost (Mike Resnick novel)The Outpost (Mike Resnick novel)The Outpost is a science fiction novel by Mike Resnick.-Plot introduction:The Outpost is a bar at the edge of the galaxy, in the area known as the Inner Frontier. It attracts the exceptional and extraordinary who, while drinking and relaxing, share stories of their lives.-Plot summary:The novel is...
, a 2001 science fiction novel - The Outpost (novel)The Outpost (novel)The Outpost was the first of four major novels by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. The author sought to bring attention to the plight of rural Poland, which had to contend with poverty, ignorance, neglect on the part of the country's upper crust, and colonization by German settlers backed by Otto...
, by Bolesław Prus - The Outpost (film)The Outpost (film)The Outpost is a 1995 Hungarian drama film directed by Péter Gothár. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Mari Nagy - Weisz Gizella* József Szarvas - Öcsi, avagy Petya* Valentin Teodosiu...
, a 1995 Hungarian film - The Outpost, another name for the 1995 film The Hills Have Eyes IIIThe Hills Have Eyes IIIThe Hills Have Eyes III, also known as Mind Ripper, or The Hills Still Have Eyes, or The Outpost, is a horror film released on HBO in 1995...
- The Outpost, a fictional place in the role playing game Neuroshima
- Outpost Records, a former Geffen RecordsGeffen RecordsGeffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
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- Cyberian OutpostCyberian OutpostCyberian Outpost was an online vendor of discount computer hardware and software, and was one of the first successful online retailers. CybOut was founded in 1994 by Darryl Peck and announced its IPO in 1998 . After its stock reached a high of $60 in 2000, Cyberian Outpost fell victim to the...
, an online vendor of discount computerware - Israeli outpost, small Israeli settlements
- Outpost Magazine, a monthly magazine published by Americans for a Safe Israel
- Lunar outpost (NASA)Lunar outpost (NASA)A lunar outpost was an element of the George W. Bush era Vision for Space Exploration, which has been replaced with President Barack Obama's space policy. The outpost would have been an inhabited facility on the surface of the Moon. At the time it was proposed, NASA was to construct the outpost...
, a planned, Moon-based inhabited facility - Outpost Firewall Pro, a software package
- Outpost For HopeOutpost For HopeOutpost for Hope is listed nationally and international as an educational and support resource for "under-represented missing persons and those who seek to find them".It has been in operation since 1999 and has 501 tax exempt status...
, a missing persons website - Outpost HarryOutpost HarryOutpost Harry was a remote Korean War station located on a tiny hilltop in what was commonly referred to as the "Iron Triangle" on the Korean Peninsula. This was an area approximately 60 miles north of Seoul and was the most direct route to the South Korean capital.More than 88,000 rounds of...
, a remote Korean War military base - Outpost Island MineOutpost Island MineThe Outpost Island Mine was a gold and tungsten producer 94 kilometres southeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories on an island of Great Slave Lake. Gold was discovered here in 1935 by prospectors, and some development was undertaken in 1936-1938...
, a gold mine in Canada - Outpost SnipeOutpost SnipeOutpost Snipe was the location of a famous Second World War defensive action during the desert campaign in Egypt. The defense of Outpost Snipe took place during the Second Battle of El Alamein...
, a remote World War II military located Egypt - Outpost SocietiesOutpost SocietiesThe Karakol society or Sentinel Association was a secret society outside of, yet within the Istanbul government, whose purpose was to assist the efforts of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the 1919-1923 Turkish War of Independence....
, secret, early 20th century Istanbul societal organizations - Outposts of tyrannyOutposts of tyrannyOutposts of tyranny was a term used in 2005 by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and subsequently by others in the U.S. government to characterize the governments of certain countries as being totalitarian regimes or dictatorships...
, a term used in 2005 to characterize some governments - Outpost.com, a name formerly used by Fry's ElectronicsFry's ElectronicsFry's Electronics is a big-box store and retailer of software, consumer electronics, computer hardware, with in store computer repair and custom computer building services and household appliances with a chain of superstores headquartered in Silicon Valley...
See also
- The Last Outpost (disambiguation)
- Southern Outpost (disambiguation)