Shadow (disambiguation)

Shadow may refer to:

• Shadow, the optical phenomenon caused by an object placed in front of a source of light

Entertainment

• The Shadow, eponymous fictional hero of 1940s radio and pulp fiction series, later made into a movie and a comic book series

• The Shadow (1994 film), a film about the same character.

• Shadow (Dungeons & Dragons)
• Shadow (Final Fantasy VI), a character in the video game Final Fantasy VI
• Shadow the Hedgehog, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
  • Shadow the Hedgehog (video game), a video game featuring the above character
• Shadow the Reploid, a character in the Mega Man X series.
• Shadow, a robot character in the 2003 Astro Boy anime
• Shadow (Babylon 5), an ancient alien race in the science-fiction television series Babylon 5
• Shadow (book), a 1999 book by Bob Woodward; full title Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate
• The Shadow (fairy tale), a 1847 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
• Shadow (film), a 1956 film by the Polish director Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
• "Shadow" (song), a 2004 song by Ashlee Simpson
• Shadow (musician), a soca musician
• The Shadow (rapper), an Israeli rapper
• Shadow (wrestler), a former persona of professional wrestler Lance Hoyt.
• Shadow, an episode of Power Rangers: SPD.

Computing

• Shadow RAM, short for Shadow Random Access Memory
• Shadow (OS/2), a OS/2 file linking strategy
• Shadow password, a method used by many Unix and Linux operating systems for the more secure storage of user passwords

Vehicles

• Shadow (motorbike), a Honda motorcycle
• The RQ-7 Shadow, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used by the United States Army
• Shadow Racing Team, the former Formula One and CanAm racing team of Don Nichols and Jackie Oliver

Others

• Shadow (psychology), in Jungian psychology, a portion of the unconscious mind
• Shadow Traffic, a broadcast traffic reporting service created in the 1970s.
• Shadow, an opposition group, such as the Shadow Cabinet, or an alternative, secret shadow government.
• Shadow, Virginia.
• Shadow People, a supernatural phenomenon reported by some individuals. Most accounts of shadow people describe them as black humanoid silhouettes.

Related words

Shadows may refer to:

• The Shadows (band), a guitar-based rock band that for many years was the backing group for Cliff Richard
• Shadows (film), a 1959 improvisational film written and directed by John Cassavetes
• Shadows, an unfinished novel, published posthumously, by American writer John Gardner.
• Shadows (Gordon Lightfoot album), the 1982 album by Gordon Lightfoot
• Shadows (Spy Glass Blue album), the 1997 album, by Spy Glass Blue
• "Shadows" (song), a song by emo band Sunny Day Real Estate from the album Diary

Shadowing may refer to:

• Shadowing, in surveillance, following someone closely while remaining undetected by physically trailing them or by tracking their online activities electronically
• Shadowing, the testing process in psycholinguistics where the test persons hear text over headphones and have to repeat everything they hear
• Shadowing, the attenuation of an electromagnetic radio signal by obstacles, e.g. buildings or landscape.
• Shadowing, a non-player stepping with the onscreen steps beside or behind the actual player in Dance Dance Revolution.

See also

Shadowman (disambiguation)