Twinkle
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Twinkle may refer to one of the following.
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- Twinkle, the common name for Scintillation (astronomy)Scintillation (astronomy)Scintillation or twinkling are generic terms for rapid variations in apparent brightness or color of a distant luminous object viewed through a medium, most commonly the atmosphere ....
, the variation of brightness of distant objects
People:
- Twinkle (singer)Twinkle (singer)Twinkle is an English singer-songwriter, primarily in the 1960s. Twinkle's most famous songs were "Terry" and "Golden Lights".-Career:...
, a British pop singer in the 1960s - Twinkle (comic)Twinkle (comic)Twinkle, 'the picture paper especially for little girls' was a popular British comic, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd from 27 January 1968 to 1999...
(1968–1999), a British comic - Twinkle, one of the cousins from We Love Katamari and Me & My Katamari
- Twinkle KhannaTwinkle KhannaTwinkle Khanna is an Indian film actress who has acted in Bollywood and Telugu films. She is the wife of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and the daughter of established actors, Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna...
, an Indian movie actress - Twinkle BajpaiTwinkle BajpaiTia Bajpai was a finalist on the reality television music competition show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. She also participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu, a duet singing competition, where she won the Judges Choice Award along with her partner Vishwas...
, a female contestant in the reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005
In science and technology:
- Twinkle (software)Twinkle (software)Twinkle is a free and open source software application for Voice over Internet Protocol voice communications in IP networks, such as the Internet. It is designed for GNU/Linux operating systems and uses the Qt toolkit for its graphical user interface. For call signaling it employs the Session...
, Qt based VoIP soft phone for Linux - TWINKLETWINKLETWINKLE is a hypothetical integer factorization device described in 1999 by Adi Shamir and purported to be capable of factoring 512-bit integers. The name is an acronym of "The Weizmann Institute Key Locating Engine"...
, a hypothetical integer factorization device - Twinkle (app), a TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
-type client for the iPhone OS by Tapulous - PEO1PEO1Twinkle protein, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the C10orf2 gene.-Further reading:...
, also called twinkle, a protein
In entertainment:
- Twinkle, a character in the video game Puzzle Bobble 3Puzzle Bobble 3Puzzle Bobble 3 is the second sequel to Puzzle Bobble. It was released into arcades in 1996 and later ported to the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Game Boy, Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows. It would be the final appearance of Puzzle Bobble on the Sega Saturn...
(aka Bust-a-Move 99) - Twinkle, a character in Diana Wynne Jones's novel House of Many WaysHouse of Many WaysHouse of Many Ways is a young adult fantasy novel written by Diana Wynne Jones. The story is set in the same world as Howl's Moving Castle and Castle in the Air.- Plot summary :...
- Twinkle, a recurring fictional character in the British sit-com dinnerladiesDinnerladiesDinnerladies is a British sitcom written, co-produced by and starring Victoria Wood. It ran on BBC One for 16 episodes from 1998 to 2000.-Plot:...
- Twinkle, a sword carried by R. A. Salvatore's character Drizzt Do'UrdenDrizzt Do'UrdenDrizzt Do'Urden is a fictional character in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Drizzt was created by author R. A. Salvatore as a supporting character in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. Salvatore created him on a whim when his publisher needed to...
- "Twinkle", a pop song by Kumi KodaKumi Koda, better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game...
and Show Luo - Twinkles, a cartoon elephant appearing in episodes of King Leonardo and His Short SubjectsKing Leonardo and his Short SubjectsKing Leonardo and his Short Subjects was an animated cartoon series released in 1960 by Total Television , sponsored by General Mills.-Characters and story:...