Artifact

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Artifact (US), artefact or related terms may refer to:

Objects[edit]

• Artifact (archaeology), an object formed by humans, particularly one of interest to archaeologists
• Artifact (software development), one of many kinds of tangible byproducts produced during the development of software
• Cultural artifact, anything created by humans which gives information about the culture of its creator and users
• Virtual artifact, an object in a digital environment
• Artifact (UML), a term in the Unified Modeling Language
• Learning artifact (education), an object created by students during the course of instruction

Errors[edit]

• Artifact (error), misleading or confusing alteration in data or observation, commonly in experimental science, resulting from flaws in technique or equipment
• Compression artifact, when the data compression of an image, audio, or video is too complex, resulting in a loss of clarity
• Digital artifact, any undesired alteration in data introduced during its digital processing
• Iatrogenic artifact, a medical problem created by medical treatment
• Visual artifact, anomalies during visual representation of digital graphics and imagery

In business[edit]

• Artefact (company), a technology product design company

In popular culture[edit]

• Artifact (Magic: The Gathering), a card type in the trading card game Magic: The Gathering
• Artifact, a 1985 science fiction novel by Gregory Benford
• Artifact (film), a 2012 documentary film directed by Jared Leto under the pseudonym of Bartholomew Cubbins
• Artifacts (album), a 1994 tribal ambient music album by the American artist Steve Roach
• Artifacts (Nicole Mitchell album), a 2015 album by Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid and Mike Reed
• Artifacts (film), a 2007 horror film
• Artifacts (group), a hip-hop duo from New Jersey
• The Artifact (Eureka), a fictional object appearing in the TV series Eureka
• Artifact (album), a 2002 album by The Electric Prunes
• Artifact (ballet), 1984 ballet by William Forsythe
• Artifacts, a comics series in 2010 by Top Cow
• Artiifact, a 2016 album by South African hip hop record producer Anatii

Other uses[edit]

• Artifacting, a technique used on some older computers to generate colour in monochrome modes by exploiting artifacts of analogue television systems

See also[edit]

• Object (disambiguation)
• Artifakt, a compilation album by Better Than Ezra
• All pages with titles containing Artefact
• All pages with titles containing Artifact
• Different spellings and connotations for artefact or artifact
• Magic item, in fantasy, any object that has magical powers so powerful that it cannot be duplicated or destroyed by ordinary means

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