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Clone or Clones or Cloning or Cloned or The Clone may refer to:


Places

* Clones, County Fermanagh, Ireland *
Clones, County Monaghan Clones ( ; , meaning 'meadow of Eois') is a small town in the west of County Monaghan in Ireland. The area is part of the List of regions of the Republic of Ireland, Border Region in the Republic of Ireland, earmarked for economic development b ...
, a town in Ireland * Clones railway station, Ireland


Biology

* Clone (B-cell), a lymphocyte clone, the massive presence of which may indicate a pathological condition *
Clone (cell biology) A clone is a group of ''identical'' cells that share a ''common ancestry'', meaning they are derived from the same cell. Clonality implies the state of a cell or a substance being derived from one source or the other. Thus there are terms like ' ...
, a group of identical cells that share a common ancestry * Clonal plant, the result of asexual,
vegetative reproduction Vegetative reproduction (also known as vegetative propagation, vegetative multiplication or cloning) is a form of asexual reproduction occurring in plants in which a new plant grows from a fragment or cutting of the parent plant or specializ ...
when a new plant grows from a fragment of the parent plant *
Cloning Cloning is the process of producing individual organisms with identical genomes, either by natural or artificial means. In nature, some organisms produce clones through asexual reproduction; this reproduction of an organism by itself without ...
, the production of any organism whose genetic information is identical to that of a parent organism from which it was created


Computing and technology

* Clone (computing), computer hardware or software designed to function in the same way as an original **
Video game clone A video game clone is either a video game or a video game console very similar to, or heavily inspired by, a previous popular game or console. Clones are typically made to take financial advantage of the popularity of the cloned game or system, bu ...
, a software game or game franchise heavily inspired by another ** ''Clones'' (video game), a video game clone ''Lemmings'' *
Clone (Java method) clone() is a method in the Java programming language for object duplication. In Java, objects are manipulated through reference variables, and there is no operator for ''copying'' an object—the assignment operator duplicates the reference, not ...
, a method in the Java programming language for object duplication *
Clone (Linux system call) In computing, particularly in the context of the Unix operating system and Unix-like, its workalikes, fork is an operation whereby a Computer process, process creates a copy of itself. It is an interface which is required for compliance with the P ...
, in C, whereby a process creates a copy of itself * Clone, a popular term for a
replica A replica is an exact (usually 1:1 in scale) copy or remake of an object, made out of the same raw materials, whether a molecule, a work of art, or a commercial product. The term is also used for copies that closely resemble the original, without ...
, particularly when referring to "recreations" of rare and desirable variants of collector cars * Clone, a popular term for an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of a
firearm A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and operated by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see legal definitions). The first firearms originate ...
produced in another nation (although the term can also apply to a simple direct copy, created under license) * Clone tool, a tool used in image manipulation programs * Phone cloning, the copying of identity from one cellular device to another * Quantum cloning, the replication of a quantum state


Mathematics

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Clone (algebra) In universal algebra, a clone is a set ''C'' of finitary operations on a set ''A'' such that *''C'' contains all the projections , defined by , *''C'' is closed under (finitary multiple) composition (or "superposition"): if ''f'', ''g''1, … ...
, a collection of functions with certain properties * Clone (voting), in voting systems analysis, a candidate identical to one already present in an election


Arts, entertainment, and media


Comics

* ''Clone'' (comic), a 2012–2014 comic book series * " Clone Saga", a storyline from Marvel Comics' Spider-Man comic books


Films

* ''Cloned'' (film), a 1997 made-for-television film * ''Clone'' (2010 film), originally released as ''Womb'' * , an American film directed by Lamar Card, featuring Michael Greene, Gregory Sierra and Otis Young


Television

* ', a 2001–2002 Brazilian telenovela * ''Clone'' (TV series), a 2008 BBC comedy series * ', a 2010 Spanish-language telenovela * '' Clone High'', a 2002 American animated TV show * Clone Wars, a war set in the Star Wars universe that takes place during the prequel trilogy and some of its related media


Literature

* ''Clones'' (anthology), a 1998 short-story anthology edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois *"The Clone", a 1959 short story by Theodore L. Thomas *''The Clone'', a 1965 novel by Theodore L. Thomas and Kate Wilhelm


Music


Albums

* ''Clone'' (Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon album), 2002 * ''Clone'' (Threshold album), 1998 * ''Clones'' (album), a 2003 album by The Neptunes


Songs

* "Clone", a song by Gojira from their album ''
Terra Incognita ''Terra incognita'' or ''terra ignota'' (Latin "unknown land"; ''incognita'' is stressed on its second syllable in Latin, but with variation in pronunciation in English) is a term used in cartography for regions that have not been mapped or d ...
'' * "Clone", a song by Metric from their album ''
Synthetica ''Synthetica'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Metric, released on 12 June 2012. The first single, " Youth Without Youth", was released on 1 May 2012. "Speed the Collapse" was released as a sneak preview on 23 May 2012. On ...
'' * "Clone", a song by Vision of Disorder from their album '' Imprint'' * "Clones" (Ash song), a 2004 single from Irish alternative rock band Ash * "Clones", a song by Chevelle from their album '' Hats Off to the Bull'' * "Clones", a song by Cult of Luna from their album '' The Beyond'' * "Clones", a song by The Roots on the album ''
Illadelph Halflife ''Illadelph Halflife'' is the third studio album by American Hip hop music, hip hop band the Roots, released September 24, 1996, on DGC Records, DGC and Geffen Records. It features a tougher and broader sound than their previous album, ''Do You Wa ...
'' * " Clones (We're All)", a song recorded by Alice Cooper on his ''Flush the Fashion'' album


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Clone Wars (disambiguation) * ''Clones'' (video game), a 2010 video game


See also

* Clon (disambiguation) * Clonal (disambiguation) * Cloning (disambiguation) * List of animals that have been cloned {{disambiguation, geo