Auspex (disambiguation)
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Auspex
Auspex
Auspex, Inc. was founded 1985 by Michael Henney, Burt Brockman and Terry Kisner to develop SCADA software systems. In 1986, Rich Newell joined Auspex and the company started providing software support for SGM, Inc.'s RCS-7 line of SCADA products. In 1987 Auspex acquired the RCS-7 product line from...

is a defunct computer company of the United States.

Auspex is a French metal band.

Auspex may also refer to:
  • Auspice
    Auspice
    An auspice is literally "one who looks at birds", a diviner who reads omens from the observed flight of birds...

    , a diviner who reads omens from the flight of birds.
  • A Latin
    Latin
    Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

     title, meaning 'augur
    Augur
    The augur was a priest and official in the classical world, especially ancient Rome and Etruria. His main role was to interpret the will of the gods by studying the flight of birds: whether they are flying in groups/alone, what noises they make as they fly, direction of flight and what kind of...

    ' used during the Roman Republic
    Roman Republic
    The Roman Republic was the period of the ancient Roman civilization where the government operated as a republic. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, traditionally dated around 508 BC, and its replacement by a government headed by two consuls, elected annually by the citizens and...

     and Empire
    Roman Empire
    The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

     (see also: Haruspex
    Haruspex
    In Roman and Etruscan religious practice, a haruspex was a man trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy, hepatoscopy or hepatomancy. Haruspicy is the inspection of the entrails of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry...

    )
  • Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex
    Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex
    Tiberius Julius Pollienus Auspex was a governor of Britannia Superior, a province of Roman Britain possibly between AD 223 and 226.He may also have been the same man who was governor of Numidia c. 217 to 220....

     (3rd century), governor of Britannia Superior
  • A set of supernatural powers which enhance the user's perception, including ESP, in Vampire: the Masquerade.


Auspex may also refer to certain technologies and devices in the Warhammer 40k universe. The present day equivalent would be called non-optically based remote sensing
Remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon, without making physical contact with the object. In modern usage, the term generally refers to the use of aerial sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth by means of propagated signals Remote sensing...

devices such as radar, sonar and geiger counters.
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