Universal
Encyclopedia
Companies and organizations
- NBC UniversalNBC UniversalNBCUniversal Media, LLC is a media and entertainment company engaged in the production and marketing of entertainment, news, and information products and services to a global customer base...
, a media and entertainment company- Universal StudiosUniversal StudiosUniversal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
, an American film studio, and subsidiary of NBC Universal - Universal ChannelUniversal ChannelUniversal Channel is a television channel specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, comedy, horror, crime and investigation genres, owned by Universal Networks International, a division of NBCUniversal and available on satellite and cable platforms...
, a television channel owned by NBC Universal
- Universal Studios
- Universal Music GroupUniversal Music GroupUniversal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
, a family of record labels- Universal RecordsUniversal RecordsUniversal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...
, a record label owned by UMG, founded in 1995
- Universal Records
- Universal (game company)
- Universal AirlinesUniversal AirlinesUniversal Airlines was an airline based in Georgetown, Guyana. The Universal Airlines operated a scheduled passenger service to the USA and to nearby Trinidad and Tobago...
, an airline based in Guyana, operating 2001-2005 - Universal Airlines (US)Universal Airlines (US)Universal Airlines was a United States airline that operated from 1966 to 1972, based at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It initially grew out of Zantop Air Transport, starting with a small fleet of Lockheed L-188 Electra. In April 1968 Universal took delivery of two Douglas DC-8...
, an airline based in Michigan, operating 1966-1972 - Universal AvionicsUniversal AvionicsUniversal Avionics Systems Corporation is an international company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. It primarily focuses on Flight Management Systems and cockpit instrument displays for private, business, and commercial aircraft. Universal Avionics has offices in Arizona, Kansas, Washington,...
, a manufacturer of flight control components - Universal CorporationUniversal CorporationUniversal Corporation is one of the world's leading tobacco merchants. Incorporated in 1918, Universal has headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, in the United States.-Current operations:...
, an American tobacco company - Universal GenèveUniversal GeneveUniversal Genève SA is a Swiss luxury watch company, founded in 1894 as "Universal Watch".Since its beginnings, the company has produced complete watches with in-house movements, and throughout the 20th century, distributed many notable and important timepieces...
, a Swiss watch company - Universal Gym EquipmentUniversal Gym EquipmentUniversal Gym Equipment was an American manufacturer of exercise equipment, in particular weight machines. It was founded by Harold Zinkin in 1957. In 1998, it was acquired by Flexible Flyer. In 2006 it was acquired by Nautilus, Inc. The Universal Gym brand was subsequently...
- Universal HelicoptersUniversal HelicoptersUniversal Helicopters is a commercial helicopter company located in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Universal Helicopters is a 100% owned Newfoundland Company...
, a commercial helicopter company - Universal Records (Philippines)Universal Records (Philippines)Universal Records Philippines Inc. is a Filipino record label founded in 1977 as a part of Warner Music Group. Since 1992, it became independent.-History:URPI was founded in 1977 as WEA Records Philippines Inc...
, a record label in the Philippines, founded in 1977 - Universal Stereo, a radio station
- Universal Weather and Aviation, an aviation products and services company
Music
- Universal (Borknagar album)
- Universal (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album)Universal (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album)-Personnel:* Andy McCluskey – vocals, keyboards, production, mix on tracks 8–9* Matthew Vaughan – keyboards on tracks 1, 4, 8, and 10, guitar on tracks 2, 3, and 5, piano on track 3, bass on track 9, production on tracks 1–7, and tracks 10–12...
- Universal (Troll album)Universal (Troll album)Universal is the fourth studio album from Norwegian black metal band Troll.-Track listing:#"Intro: My Sulphur Lover" - 4:53#"Rex Lamictal" - 4:33#"Sannhetens Plagiat" - 3:59#"President Besters Alimony" - 3:48#"Intermission 666" - 4:25...
- Universal (YFriday album)
- "The Universal", a song by Blur
- "The Universal" (Small Faces song)
Social science
- Universal (metaphysics)Universal (metaphysics)In metaphysics, a universal is what particular things have in common, namely characteristics or qualities. In other words, universals are repeatable or recurrent entities that can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things. For example, suppose there are two chairs in a room, each of...
- Universal (Esperantido)Universal (Esperantido)Universal is an Esperantido, a constructed language based on Esperanto. Grammatically, it is one of the more interesting: It has inclusive and exclusive pronouns, uses partial reduplication for the plural , and inversion for antonyms...
, a constructed language - Linguistic universalLinguistic universalA linguistic universal is a pattern that occurs systematically across natural languages, potentially true for all of them. For example, All languages have nouns and verbs, or If a language is spoken, it has consonants and vowels. Research in this area of linguistics is closely tied to the study of...
, a statement that applies to all languages - Cultural universalCultural universalA cultural universal , as discussed by George Murdock, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Donald Brown and others, is an element, pattern, trait, or institution that is common to all human cultures worldwide. Taken together, the whole body of cultural universals is known as the human condition...
, a trait common to all cultures - The origin of the term CatholicismCatholicismCatholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
Other uses
- Universal (act)Universal (act)Universal is a historic term that means an official proclamation or legal act. In several historic periods Universals were issued by the Polish and Ukrainian authorities. The name originates from Latin litterae universales, meaning universal publication directed to all...
, a type of official or legal proclamation - Universal, IndianaUniversal, IndianaUniversal is a town in Clinton Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. The population was 362 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Universal is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
, United States - HTC UniversalHTC UniversalThe HTC Universal is a Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC phone, manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation. It was the first 3G/UMTS-enabled Pocket PC phone, and also the first to come with Windows Mobile 5.0 pre-installed....
, a Pocket PC phone - Universal propertyUniversal propertyIn various branches of mathematics, a useful construction is often viewed as the “most efficient solution” to a certain problem. The definition of a universal property uses the language of category theory to make this notion precise and to study it abstractly.This article gives a general treatment...
, a statement in category theory about isomorphic systems. - Computationally universal, a concept related to Turing completeness in computability theory
- Universal certificate, a rating administered by the British Board of Film ClassificationBritish Board of Film ClassificationThe British Board of Film Classification , originally British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organisation, funded by the film industry and responsible for the national classification of films within the United Kingdom...
- The "Universal," an oxygen rebreather designed for use with the Sladen SuitSladen SuitThe Sladen Suit was a heavy type of British divers' drysuit made by Siebe Gorman. It is entered by a wide rubber tube at the umbilicus: this tube is folded and tied off before the diver dives. It was used by British manned torpedo riders and for general underwater work.It was sometimes nicknamed...
- A Universal role-playing game system is one that is designed for use with many or all genres.
See also
- El Universal (disambiguation)El Universal (disambiguation)El Universal may refer to any of the following Spanish-language newspapers:;Colombia*El Universal , est. 1948.;Mexico*El Universal , est. 1916.;Venezuela*El Universal , est...
- Universality (disambiguation)
- Universalism (disambiguation)Universalism (disambiguation)Universalism refers to any concept or doctrine that applies to all persons and/or all things for all times and in all situations, and may mean different things depending on the field:-In religion, theology:*see Universalism...
- Universe (disambiguation)Universe (disambiguation)The Universe is everything that physically exists.Universe may also refer to:*Universe , a class large enough to contain all sets one may wish to use*Universal set, a set which contains all objects, including itself...