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List of technology in the Dune universe

Index List of technology in the Dune universe

The technology in the Dune universe is a key aspect of the fictional setting of the Dune series of science fiction novels written by Frank Herbert, and derivative works. [1]

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Ace Books

Ace Books is an American specialty publisher of science fiction and fantasy books.

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AI takeover

An AI takeover is a hypothetical scenario in which artificial intelligence (AI) becomes the dominant form of intelligence on Earth, with computers or robots effectively taking control of the planet away from the human species.

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Air well (condenser)

An air well or aerial well is a structure or device that collects water by promoting the condensation of moisture from air.

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Aircraft

An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.

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Arrakis

Arrakis (الراقص,, "the dancer")—informally known as Dune and later called Rakis—is a fictional desert planet featured in the ''Dune'' series of novels by Frank Herbert.

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Artificial general intelligence

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is the intelligence of a machine that could successfully perform any intellectual task that a human being can.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals.

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Artificial uterus

An artificial uterus (or artificial womb) is a hypothetical device that would allow for external pregnancy by growing a fetus outside the body of an organism that would normally carry the fetus to term.

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Axolotl

The axolotl (from āxōlōtl) also known as a Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum) or a Mexican walking fish, is a neotenic salamander, closely related to the tiger salamander.

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Backstory

A backstory, background story, back-story, or background is a set of events invented for a plot, presented as preceding and leading up to that plot.

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BenBella Books

BenBella Books is an independent publishing house based in Dallas, Texas.

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Bene Gesserit

The Bene Gesserit are a key social, religious, and political force in Frank Herbert's fictional ''Dune'' universe.

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Bene Tleilax

The Bene Tleilax or Tleilaxu are an extremely xenophobic and isolationist society in Frank Herbert's science fiction ''Dune'' universe.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brainwashing

Brainwashing (also known as mind control, menticide, coercive persuasion, thought control, thought reform, and re-education) is the concept that the human mind can be altered or controlled by certain psychological techniques.

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Brian Herbert

Brian Patrick Herbert (born June 29, 1947) is an American author who lives in Washington state.

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Butlerian Jihad

The Butlerian Jihad is an event in the back-story of Frank Herbert's fictional ''Dune'' universe.

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Cadaver

A cadaver, also referred to as a corpse (singular) in medical, literary, and legal usage, or when intended for dissection, is a deceased body.

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Canon (fiction)

In fiction, canon is the material accepted as officially part of the story in the fictional universe of that story.

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Chani

Chani is a fictional character featured in Frank Herbert's novels Dune (1965) and Dune Messiah (1969).

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Chapterhouse: Dune

Chapterhouse: Dune is a 1985 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the last in his ''Dune'' series of six novels.

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Chinese martial arts

Chinese martial arts, often named under the umbrella terms kung fu and wushu, are the several hundred fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China.

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Cloning

Cloning is the process of producing genetically identical individuals of an organism either naturally or artificially.

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Computer

A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.

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Cyborg

A cyborg (short for "'''cyb'''ernetic '''org'''anism") is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.

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David Lynch

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, musician, actor, and photographer.

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Desert planet

A desert planet or dry planet is a theoretical type of terrestrial planet with a surface consistency similar to Earth's hot deserts.

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Destination: Void

Destination: Void is a science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, the first set in the ''Destination: Void'' universe.

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Deterrence theory

Deterrence theory gained increased prominence as a military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons.

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Directed-energy weapon

A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon system that inflicts damage at a target by emission of highly focused energy, including laser, microwaves and particle beams.

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Duncan Idaho

Duncan Idaho is a fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Dune (film)

Dune is a 1984 American epic science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name.

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Dune (franchise)

Dune is a science fiction media franchise that originated with the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert.

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Dune (novel)

Dune is a 1965 science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine.

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Dune (video game)

Dune is a 1992 adventure strategy video game, based upon Frank Herbert's science fiction novel of the same name.

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Dune 2000

Dune 2000 is a real-time strategy video game, developed by Intelligent Games and released by Westwood Studios in 1998 for Microsoft Windows.

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Dune II

Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (titled Dune II: Battle for Arrakis in Europe and Dune: The Battle for Arrakis for the North American Mega Drive/Genesis port respectively) is a real-time strategy ''Dune'' video game developed by Westwood Studios and released by Virgin Games in December 1992.

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Dune Messiah

Dune Messiah is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the second in his ''Dune'' series of six novels.

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Dune prequel series

The Dune prequel series is a sequence of novel trilogies written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

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Dune: House Corrino

Dune: House Corrino is a 2001 science fiction novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Ecology

Ecology (from οἶκος, "house", or "environment"; -λογία, "study of") is the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment.

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Electrode

An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air).

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Emperor: Battle for Dune

Emperor: Battle for Dune is a ''Dune'' video game, released by Westwood Studios on June 12, 2001.

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Epigraph (literature)

In literature, an epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component.

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Face Dancer

A Face Dancer is a type of human in Frank Herbert's science fiction ''Dune'' universe.

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Frank Herbert

Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels.

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Frank Herbert's Dune

Frank Herbert's Dune is a three-part science fiction television miniseries based on the eponymous novel by Frank Herbert.

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Fremen

The Fremen are a group of people in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Gaius Helen Mohiam

Gaius Helen Mohiam is a fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Giedi Prime

Giedi Prime is a fictional planet in Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel Dune.

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Glossary of Dune terminology

This is a list of terminology used in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, the primary source being "Terminology of the Imperium", the glossary contained in the novel Dune (1965).

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God Emperor of Dune

God Emperor of Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert published in 1981, the fourth in his ''Dune'' series of six novels.

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.

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Guild Navigator

A Guild Navigator (alternately Guildsman or Steersman) is a fictional humanoid in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Heretics of Dune

Heretics of Dune is a 1984 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the fifth in his ''Dune'' series of six novels.

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Holtzman effect

The Holtzman effect is a fictional scientific phenomenon in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, beginning with the 1965 novel Dune.

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Honored Matres

The Honored Matres are a fictional matriarchal organization in Frank Herbert's science fiction ''Dune'' universe.

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House Atreides

House Atreides is a fictional noble family from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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House Corrino

Imperial House Corrino is a fictional noble family from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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House Harkonnen

House Harkonnen is a powerful noble family in Frank Herbert's fictional ''Dune'' universe.

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House Ordos

House Ordos is a mercantile House in the ''Dune'' universe as presented in the Westwood Studios ''Dune'' video games produced from 1992 to 2001.

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House Richese

House Richese is a fictional noble family from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, though the family does not appear in Frank Herbert's work.

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House Vernius

House Vernius is a fictional noble family from the ''Dune'' universe, though the family does not actually appear in Frank Herbert's work.

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Hunters of Dune

Hunters of Dune is the first of two books written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson to conclude Frank Herbert's original ''Dune'' series of science fiction novels.

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Hybrid (biology)

In biology, a hybrid, or crossbreed, is the result of combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

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Hypnosis

Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.

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Imprinting (psychology)

In psychology and ethology, imprinting is any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behaviour.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.

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Interrogation

Interrogation (also called questioning) is interviewing as commonly employed by law enforcement officers, military personnel, and intelligence agencies with the goal of eliciting useful information.

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Interstellar travel

Interstellar travel is the term used for hypothetical crewed or uncrewed travel between stars or planetary systems.

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Ithaca

Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka (Greek: Ιθάκη, Ithakē) is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece.

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Ix (Dune)

Ix is a fictional planet featured in the ''Dune'' series of science fiction novels written by Frank Herbert, and derivative works.

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Jet engine

A jet engine is a type of reaction engine discharging a fast-moving jet that generates thrust by jet propulsion.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Kaitain (Dune)

Kaitain is a fictional planet in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Kevin Grazier

Kevin R. Grazier is an American planetary physicist, known for his work on the Cassini/Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan where he had the dual roles of Science Planning Engineer and Investigation Scientist for the Imaging Science Subsystem instrument.

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Kevin J. Anderson

Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author with over 50 bestsellers.

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Lady Jessica

Lady Jessica is a fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Leto II Atreides

Leto II Atreides is a fictional character from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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List of Dune Bene Gesserit

The following is a comprehensive list of Bene Gesserit sisters (and rare male initiates), who are prominent characters from the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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List of Dune Houses

The following are the family Houses featured in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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List of Dune planets

Below is a list of fictional planets named in the novels of the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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List of Dune secondary characters

The following is a list of secondary fictional characters from the ''Dune'' franchise created by Frank Herbert.

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List of games based on Dune

A number of games have been published which are based on the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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List of technology in the Dune universe

The technology in the Dune universe is a key aspect of the fictional setting of the Dune series of science fiction novels written by Frank Herbert, and derivative works.

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Locus (magazine)

Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, California.

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Macmillan Publishers (United States)

Macmillan Publishers USA was the former name of a now mostly defunct American publishing company.

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Martial arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a number of reasons: as self-defense, military and law enforcement applications, mental and spiritual development; as well as entertainment and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Melange (fictional drug)

Melange, often referred to as simply "the spice", is the name of the fictional drug central to the ''Dune'' series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert, and derivative works.

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Mentat

A Mentat is a fictional type of human, presented in Frank Herbert's science fiction ''Dune'' universe.

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Mentats of Dune

Mentats of Dune is a 2014 science fiction novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Miles Teg

Miles Teg is a fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Millennium

A millennium (plural millennia or, rarely, millenniums) is a period equal to 1000 years, also called kiloyears.

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Miniseries

A miniseries (or mini-series, also known as a serial in the UK) is a television program that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes.

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Monopoly

A monopoly (from Greek μόνος mónos and πωλεῖν pōleîn) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity.

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Muad'Dib

Muad'Dib is a fictional species of desert mouse within Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' universe.

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Murbella

Murbella is a fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Nerve induction

Nerve induction is a theoretical method of creating a sensation by stimulation of the sensory nerves rather than by actual stimulus.

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Neural network

The term neural network was traditionally used to refer to a network or circuit of neurons.

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Neutral territory

A neutral territory is a territory (not a sovereign state) that is not an integral part of any state (neither independent, nor dependent on a single state, nor colonized or under protectorate, nor a concession), and yet is not terra nullius, but is the object of an agreement under international law between at least two parties (usually bordering states and/or their colonizers et cetera) that neither shall establish, at least for the duration of the agreement's validity, effective control over it.

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Norma Cenva

Norma Cenva is a fictional character from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Nuclear explosion

A nuclear explosion is an explosion that occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from a high-speed nuclear reaction.

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Nuclear fission

In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission is either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts (lighter nuclei).

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Nuclear fusion

In nuclear physics, nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei come close enough to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons).

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Nuclear reaction

In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, a nuclear reaction is semantically considered to be the process in which two nuclei, or else a nucleus of an atom and a subatomic particle (such as a proton, neutron, or high energy electron) from outside the atom, collide to produce one or more nuclides that are different from the nuclide(s) that began the process.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).

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Odysseus

Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, Ὀdysseús), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (Ulixēs), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.

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Organizations of the Dune universe

Multiple organizations of the Dune universe dominate the political, religious, and social arena of the fictional setting of Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' series of science fiction novels, and derivative works.

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Ornithopter

An ornithopter (from Greek ornithos "bird" and pteron "wing") is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings.

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Paul Atreides

Paul Atreides (later known as Paul Muad'Dib) is a fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Politics

Politics (from Politiká, meaning "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.

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Precognition

Precognition (from the Latin prae-, "before" and cognitio, "acquiring knowledge"), also called prescience, future vision, future sight is an alleged psychic ability to see events in the future.

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Prequel

A prequel is a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose story precedes that of a previous work, by focusing on events that occur before the original narrative.

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Raygun

A raygun is a science fiction particle-beam weapon that fires what is usually destructive energy.

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Real life

Real life is a phrase used originally in literature to distinguish between actual and fictional or idealized worlds, and in acting to distinguish between performers and the characters they portray.

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Reclaimed water

Reclaimed or recycled water (also called wastewater reuse or water reclamation) is the process of converting wastewater into water that can be reused for other purposes.

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Religion

Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.

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Resurrection

Resurrection is the concept of coming back to life after death.

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Salusa Secundus

Salusa Secundus is a fictional planet appearing in Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' universe.

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Sandworm (Dune)

A sandworm is a fictional creature that appears in the ''Dune'' novels written by Frank Herbert.

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Sandworms of Dune

Sandworms of Dune is a science fiction novel by American writers Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, the second of two books they wrote to conclude Frank Herbert's original ''Dune'' series.

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Sardaukar

The Sardaukar are a fictional military force from Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' universe, primarily featured in the 1965 science fiction novel Dune, as well as Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999–2001).

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Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

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Science Fiction Studies

Science Fiction Studies (SFS) is an academic journal founded in 1973 by R. D. Mullen.

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Scytale (Dune)

Scytale is a fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Sequel

A sequel is a literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work.

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Shaddam IV

Shaddam IV of House Corrino is a fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Slow cooker

A slow cooker, also known as a crock-pot (after a trademark owned by Sunbeam Products but sometimes used generically in Australia, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States), is a countertop electrical cooking appliance used to simmer at a lower temperature than other cooking methods, such as baking, boiling, and frying.

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Spacing Guild

The Spacing Guild is an organization in Frank Herbert's science fiction ''Dune'' universe.

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Starship

A starship, starcraft or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for traveling between planetary systems, as opposed to an aerospace-vehicle designed for orbital spaceflight or interplanetary travel.

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Stealth technology

Stealth technology also termed low observable technology (LO technology) is a sub-discipline of military tactics and passive electronic countermeasures, which cover a range of techniques used with personnel, aircraft, ships, submarines, missiles and satellites to make them less visible (ideally invisible) to radar, infrared, sonar and other detection methods.

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Steganography

Steganography is the practice of concealing a file, message, image, or video within another file, message, image, or video.

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Subatomic particle

In the physical sciences, subatomic particles are particles much smaller than atoms.

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Syfy

Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel and Sci Fi) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Takeoff

Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle or an animal goes from the ground to flying in the air.

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Technology

Technology ("science of craft", from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -logia) is first robustly defined by Jacob Bigelow in 1829 as: "...principles, processes, and nomenclatures of the more conspicuous arts, particularly those which involve applications of science, and which may be considered useful, by promoting the benefit of society, together with the emolument of those who pursue them".

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The Dune Encyclopedia

The Dune Encyclopedia is a 1984 collection of essays written by Willis E. McNelly and multiple other contributors as a companion to Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' series of science fiction novels.

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The Jesus Incident

The Jesus Incident (1979) is the second science fiction novel set in the ''Destination: Void'' universe by the American author Frank Herbert and poet Bill Ransom.

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Tiltrotor

A tiltrotor is an aircraft which generates lift and propulsion by way of one or more powered rotors (sometimes called proprotors) mounted on rotating engine pods or nacelles usually at the ends of a fixed wing or an engine mounted in the fuselage with drive shafts transferring power to rotor assemblies mounted on the wingtips.

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Trade secret

A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, commercial method, or compilation of information not generally known or reasonably ascertainable by others by which a business can obtain an economic advantage over competitors or customers.

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Trilogy

A trilogy (from Greek τρι- tri-, "three" and -λογία -logia, "discourse") is a set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works.

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Vladimir Harkonnen

The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is a fictional character and antagonist from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_technology_in_the_Dune_universe

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