Magen
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Magen may refer to:
- Star of DavidStar of DavidThe Star of David, known in Hebrew as the Shield of David or Magen David is a generally recognized symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism.Its shape is that of a hexagram, the compound of two equilateral triangles...
, known in Hebrew as the Magen David - Magen, IsraelMagen, IsraelMagen is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev desert and covering 8,500 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 480....
, a kibbutz in southern Israel - Magen David AdomMagen David AdomThe Magen David Adom is Israel's national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service. The name means "Red Star of David"...
, Israel's emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service - HaMagenHaMagenHaMagen , was a Jewish defense organization in Ottoman Palestine, founded by Yosef Lishansky in summer 1915. It guarded villages in the northern Negev and disbanded in summer 1917, following Lishansky's departure to Nili.-Background and founding:...
, a Jewish defense organization active during World War I - MAGEN (security)MAGEN (security)MAGEN is information security technology designed by IBM's Haifa Research Lab. MAGEN is designed to keep users from viewing discrete chunks of secret or sensitive data on their screens that they are not authorized to see....
, a technology that prevents certain data from being displayed to unauthorized people