Black hole (disambiguation)

A black hole, in physics, is an object with sufficient density that the force of gravity prevents anything from escaping from it except through quantum tunneling behavior.
A black hole, in programmer's jargon, is a pipe which feeds into Unix's :/dev/null, a place of permanent oblivion for data also known as the bit bucket.
The Black Hole is a science fiction movie made in 1979.
Black Hole is a comic book by Charles Burns.
Black Hole was the name of a pinball game developed by Gottlieb.
Black Hole is the name of one of the factions in the Advance Wars games.
Black Hole is a solitaire game with rules similar to another solitaire game, Golf.
The Black Hole of Calcutta refers to a tragedy that was exaggerated into an atrocity against British forces in 1756.
The Black Hole is a rollercoaster at Alton Towers.
The Black Hole is NATO slang for a Russian Kilo class submarine.
The Black Hole is common slang for the home stadium of the Oakland Raiders, especially the area of seats in the end zone section on the home side.
In social or business conversation, a black hole is any effort which consumes time, energy, or other resources without yielding a useful result. An example from Canada would be the billions of dollars spent on the Liberals' much-disliked Gun Control Program.
In defense contracting, a black hole is slang for an work area allegedly working a black project.

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