Magic
The term magic may refer to any of the following.
- Magic (paranormal) deals with the manipulation of what the practitioner believes to be genuine paranormal phenomena.
- Magic and religion deals with the relationship of paranormal magic and religion.
- Magic (illusion) deals with the use of illusions and tricks to give the appearance of magical phenomena, with intent to entertain.
- The term magician can refer to a practitioner of either paranormal magic or illusionism. See list of magicians (illusionists); list of occultists (paranormal)
- is a trading card game invented by Richard Garfield.
- Magic may refer to a United Kingdom television channel. See: Magic TV
- Magic (cryptography) refers to the decrypted messages produced by US cryptographers in WWII -- it is usually taken to mean '... from Japanese intercepts'. The equivalent in the UK was Ultra, referring to decrypted German traffic.
- The Orlando Magic is an NBA basketball team
- Magic (software) is a popular and free VLSI layout tool.
- In computer programming, some arcane techniques are referred to as magic. See e.g. deep magic or black magic (Programming). Also, magic numberss are constants used to identify certain file types.
- In computer science, magic refers to an entity that gives miraculous results by finding an element from an empty set or type. Often used in formal specifications to leave things unspecified or for later specification.
- Magic in the Harry Potter books