Hive mind

Hive mind

Hive mind can mean:

* Hivemind (software), a software framework
* In psychology:
** Collective consciousness
** Conformity (psychology)
** Groupthink
* Group mind (science fiction), a type of collective consciousness
* The apparent consciousness of colonies of social insects such as ants, bees and termites
*An attribute of certain fictional races:
** The hive mind of the Borg race in the Star Trek TV series and movies, often personified by the Borg Queen
** The hive mind of the Kha'ak in X
** The hive mind of the Buggers from Ender's Game
** The Gravemind, the central consciousness of the fictional parasite known as the Flood in the Halo universe
** The hive mind of the Tyranids from Warhammer 40,000
** The Overmind, the hive mind of the fictional Zerg race in the "StarCraft" series
** The Xar-Ggothua from Xombie
* Universal mind may be defined as the nonlocal and atemporal "hive mind" of all aggregates, components, constituents, relationships, personalities, entities, technologies, processes and cycles of the Universe.


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