Enigma

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An enigma (from Greek αἴνιγμα, plural enigmas or enigmata) is a puzzle, something mysterious or inexplicable, or a riddle or difficult problem. The word can also be used to describe a mysterious or secretive person.

Enigma may also refer to:

• Enigma machine, a machine for encrypting communications during World War II
• Enigma, Georgia, a town in Georgia, USA
• The Enigma, a performer in the Jim Rose Circus
• Enigma' (yacht), one of the world's largest private superyachts (formerly "ECO" and "Katana")
• Enigma (game), the computer game
• Enigma Browser, a web browser
• Enigma, the codename for Red Hat Linux 7.2
• EnigmaWarsaw, outdoor city game in Warsaw, Poland
• Enigma Bicycle
• The Enigma tornado outbreak, so-named because of the lack of data available on it despite its severity

Contents 1 Film and television 2 Music 3 Latin riddle collections 4 Print publications 5 Fiction 6 Software

[edit] Film and television

• Enigma (2009 film), Award winning short film by the Shumway Brothers
• Enigma (1977 film)
• Enigma (1983 film), a film starring Martin Sheen and Sam Neill
• Aenigma (film), a 1987 film directed by Lucio Fulci
• Enigma (2001 film), a film adapted from the Robert Harris novel
• Enigma (TV series) - a Biography Channel TV series
• Enigma (game show), a Finnish television show by Finlands Svenska Television
• Enigma: The Best of Jeff Hardy, a DVD showcasing the TNA career of the pro-wrestler Jeff Hardy
• "Enigma" (Stargate SG-1), an episode from the science-fiction TV series
• "Enigma" (NCIS), an episode from the TV series NCIS; Episode 15, Season 1.
• Enigma (webcast host), a webcast host famous for the Danny Phantom & Avatar Xtreme Insider
• Enigma (Derren Brown), a televised tour show by Derren Brown the illusionist

[edit] Music

• Enigma (musical project), the electronic music project created by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990
• Enigma Records, a music record label
• Enigma (band), a 1980s disco band
• Enigma Variations, a musical work by Edward Elgar
• Enigma (album), a 1996 Keith Murray album
• Enigma (Ill Niño album), a 2008 album from Ill Niño
• "Enigma", a song by Trapt on their self-titled album Trapt
• Enigmatic (album), a 1970 Czesław Niemen album
• "Aenigma", a song on the 2002 album Prophet of the Last Eclipse by power metal musician Luca Turilli
• The Publius Enigma, an unsolved Internet-based puzzle associated with the 1994 Pink Floyd album The Division Bell

[edit] Latin riddle collections

• Aenigmata, hexametrical riddles by Symphosius
• Enigmata by Aldhelm based on those of Symphosius' Aenigmata
• Enigmata Eusebii by Hwaetberht
• Other enigmata, eg. by Tatwine and Boniface

[edit] Print publications

• Enigma (novel), a novel by Robert Harris
• The Enigma (magazine), a monthly publication of the National Puzzlers' League
• Enigma (New Scientist), a mathematical puzzle published in New Scientist magazine
• Enigma (comic), a Vertigo/DC comic featuring a character called The Enigma

[edit] Fiction

• Enigma (comics), a fictional character in the DC Universe
• Enigma, a fictional region in the Wing Commander universe
• Enigma, a fictional rune word found in videogame Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Enigma (group), the main antagonist in the game Spy Fiction
• Enigma the second novel in The Trigon Disunity series by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
• Darchrow, the Enigma-A character found in the 'Defense of the Ancients' map of the videogame, Warcraft 3-The Frozen Throne
• "Enigma", a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
• Enygma, intentionally misspelled, a berry that has mysterious qualities in the videogame Pokémon

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[edit] Software

• Enigma, a software package for easy game development, in which is under development