Global
Encyclopedia
Global means of or referring to a globe
and may also refer to:
Globe
A globe is a three-dimensional scale model of Earth or other spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star, or moon...
and may also refer to:
Entertainment
- Global (Paul van Dyk album), 2003
- Global (Bunji Garlin album)Global (Bunji Garlin album)Global is an album by Trinidadian Ragga Soca artist Bunji Garlin released in 2007 by VP Records. The album is Garlin's first that he aimed at international audiences, with previous released aimed only at the West Indies, and he explained "In order for the genre to grow, we have to put out music...
, 2007 - Global (Humanoid album)Global (Humanoid album)Global is the debut album by Brian Dougans, most famous for being part of the British electronica group The Future Sound of London. Far removed from FSOL's ambient, techno and trip-hop, it is composed largely of US style vocal house, including singer Ben Ofoedu, most famous for his work with duo...
, 1989 - Global UndergroundGlobal UndergroundGlobal Underground is a music label founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolizes the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s and first manifesto for high-end DJs such as Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman, Darren...
, music label - Bruno J. GlobalBruno J. Globalis the fictional captain of the SDF-1 Macross in the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross. In the Macross TV Japanese series Captain Global is an Italian submarine skipper and UN Spacy officer who was involved in the refit of the crashed Alien Star Ship 1 into the SDF-1 Macross...
, human captain of the SDF-1 Macross in the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Companies and brands
- Global (cutlery)Global (cutlery)Global is a brand of cutlery products made by Yoshikin of Japan. Their selection of knives are known for their distinctive one piece, molybdenum/vanadium stainless steel design, even it is made of two parts.- History :Global was founded by Yuzo Watanabe in Japan in 1983.Over the past decade the...
, a Japanese brand - Global Aviation Holdings
- Global Benchmarking Network (GBN)Global Benchmarking Network (GBN)The Global Benchmarking Network is an alliance of leading benchmarking centres worldwide, which share a common vision and mission. Current membership comprises 20 benchmarking centres in 20 countries, which represent more than 30,000 businesses and government agencies...
- Global CrossingGlobal CrossingGlobal Crossing Limited was a telecommunications company that provides computer networking services worldwide. It maintained a large backbone and offered transit and peering links, VPN, leased lines, audio and video conferencing, long distance telephone, managed services, dialup, colocation and...
, telecommunications company based in Bermuda - Global RadioGlobal RadioGlobal Radio UK Ltd. is a British commercial radio company, the largest in the country following acquisitions of Chrysalis Radio and GCap Media.The company's Chief Executive Officer is Stephen Miron, while the Group Chairman is Charles Allen...
, British commercial radio company - Global Television NetworkGlobal Television NetworkGlobal Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
, in Canada- Global BC, on-air brand of CHAN-TV, a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Global TV (Indonesia)Global TV (Indonesia)Global TV is an Indonesian private television station based in West Jakarta. It is established in early January 1, 1998 and first went on air on January 1, 2001 with MTV programming....
- Canwest Global Communications Corp., a Canadian media conglomerate
Math and science
- Global fieldGlobal fieldIn mathematics, the term global field refers to either of the following:*an algebraic number field, i.e., a finite extension of Q, or*a global function field, i.e., the function field of an algebraic curve over a finite field, equivalently, a finite extension of Fq, the field of rational functions...
, in mathematics - Global serializabilityGlobal serializabilityIn concurrency control of databases, transaction processing , and other transactional distributed applications, Global serializability is a property of a global schedule of transactions...
, in data management - Global symmetryGlobal symmetryA global symmetry is a symmetry that holds at all points in the spacetime under consideration, as opposed to a local symmetry which varies from point to point.Global symmetries require conservation laws, but not forces, in physics.-See also:...
, in quantum field theory - Global variableGlobal variableIn computer programming, a global variable is a variable that is accessible in every scope . Interaction mechanisms with global variables are called global environment mechanisms...
, a variable in computer programming that is accessible in every scope
Politics
- Global governanceGlobal governanceGlobal governance or world governance is the political interaction of transnational actors aimed at solving problems that affect more than one state or region when there is no power of enforcing compliance. The modern question of world governance exists in the context of globalization...
, in international relations - Global GreensGlobal GreensThe Global Greens is a global network of Green parties and political movements. It was founded in 2001 in Canberra, Australia at the First Global Greens Congress, where the Global Green Charter was approved. The Second Global Greens Congress was held in 2008 in Sao Paolo, Brazil...
, political Green party network - Global politicsGlobal politicsGlobal politics is the discipline that studies the political and economical patterns of the world. It studies the relationships between cities, nation-states, shell-states, multinational corporations, non-governmental organizations and international organizations.It has been argued that global...
, study of political and economical patterns of the world
Other
- Global citizenshipGlobal citizenshipGlobal citizenship applies the whole world to bring world peace and the concept of citizenship to a global level and is strongly connected with the concepts of globalization and cosmopolitanism. World citizenship is a term which can be distinguished from global citizenship, although some may merge...
- Global cityGlobal cityA global city is a city that is deemed to be an important node in the global economic system...
, an especially important city - Global war, World war
- Global warmingGlobal warmingGlobal warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
and global dimmingGlobal dimmingGlobal dimming is the gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface that was observed for several decades after the start of systematic measurements in the 1950s. The effect varies by location, but worldwide it has been estimated to be of the order of a 4%...
, in environmental studies
See also
- Globe (disambiguation)Globe (disambiguation)Globe commonly refers to:* Globe, a three-dimensional scale model of Earth or other astronomical body* The globe, an alternative name for Earth* Any other spherical or roughly spherical objectGlobe may also refer to:-Places:...
- GlobalizationGlobalizationGlobalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
, ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated - GlobalismGlobalismGlobalism can have at least two different and opposing meanings. One meaning is the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations...
- EarthEarthEarth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
- CosmopolitanismCosmopolitanismCosmopolitanism is the ideology that all human ethnic groups belong to a single community based on a shared morality. This is contrasted with communitarian and particularistic theories, especially the ideas of patriotism and nationalism...
, ideology that all kinds of human race belongs to a single community, based on a shared morality - Worldwide (disambiguation)Worldwide (disambiguation)Worldwide may refer to:* Worldwide , 1991* Worldwide , a 2003 Christian rock album* "Worldwide", a song on Outlawz's 2001 album Novakane...
- World (disambiguation)World (disambiguation)The World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.World may also refer to:...