CLONE

'Clone' may refer to:

★ Cloning, in horticulture and biology, any organism whose genetic information is identical to that of a "mother organism" from which it was created.

★ Clone (genetics), in molecular biology, an exact replica of all or part of a macromolecule (e.g. DNA).

★ Clone (computer science), a computer made by a third party, such as PC clones or Macintosh clones.

★ clone (function), various functions in computer programming including:

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★ clone (Linux system call), a Linux system call that duplicates a thread.

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★ clone (Java method), a Java function that duplicates an object.

★ Clone (computer and video games), a game or game franchise heavily inspired by another.

★ The Rolling Clones, a tribute band, playing music of The Rolling Stones

★ Clone (voting), in the analysis of voting systems, an additional candidate who appears as attractive to each voter as an existing candidate.

★ Clone (database), a complete and modified copy of a database environment that's often used for development or testing purposes.

★ A butch or masculine gay man, though the term is mostly associated with the 70s and 80s. The "clone uniform" is mustache, jeans, and white t-shirt.

★ Clone tool, a tool in raster graphics editors to move image information from one area in a picture to another.

★ Clone trooper, Republic soldiers in the ''Star Wars'' universe.

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★ '', sometimes referred to as ''Clones'' in shorthand.

★ Clone wars: A three year time period in the Star Wars universe that involves the clone army of the republic against the seperatist movements in the galaxy.

★ "Clone", a song by Avail from their 1994 album ''Dixie''.

★ Disk cloning, which involves copying the contents of a computer hard disk to a storage medium or file.