LOCUS

The word 'locus' (plural 'loci') is Latin for "place":

★ Locus (psychology), in industrial psychology, having an internal or external locus of control.

★ Locus (genetics), the position of a gene (or other significant sequence) on a chromosome.

★ Locus (mathematics), the set of points satisfying a particular condition, often forming a curve of some sort.

★ Locus (phonetics), the hypothetical starting point of the formant transitions that characterise plosive consonants acoustically.

★ In the classics, literature or theology, ''locus'' (or ''locus classicus'') marks the first appearance of a phrase or the definitive passage that is authoritative for an idea.

★ Locus (law), in Scots Law, the place which is the location of a crime or incident subject of lawful or legal enquiry.
'Locus' may also refer to:

★ ''Locus (magazine)'' is also the title of a magazine carrying news about science fiction.

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★ ''Locus Award'' is presented to the winners of ''Locus'' magazine's annual readers' poll.

★ Locus Suspectus is a Canadian contemporary arts magazine.

★ Locus is also a Baltimore-based Arts Magazine.

★ ''Locus Computing Corporation'' developed the LOCUS clustering operating system, as well as the Merge 8086 virtual machine implementation.

★ ''LOCUS Operating System'' started as a clustering OS research project at UCLA, and was then developed into a commercial product by Locus Computing Corporation in the 1980s.

★ The method of loci is one of the major mnemonic systems.

★ Locus is a racing computer game set in the future.

★ LOCI or LO:CI is fan shorthand for the TV series ''.

★ Locus, a Marvel Comics Mutant and supervillain.

★ Locus Plethore, a Canadian supercar.