Fossil (disambiguation)

Fossil (disambiguation)

A fossil is the mineralized remains of a dead organism.

Fossil may also refer to:

*FOSSIL, a protocol for serial communications
*Fossil (file system), a file system used mainly by Plan 9 from Bell Labs
*Fossil (SCM), a Software Configuration Management System
*Fossil, Inc., a clothing/accessories company
*Fossil, Oregon, a city in the state of Oregon, United States
*Fossilized term, a type of bound morpheme in linguistics
*Fossils (band), a Bengali rock band
*A Pokémon trading card set (see List of Pokémon Trading Card Game sets)
*"Fossiles", the 12th movement in the musical suite "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns
*Someone or something can be called a "fossil" figuratively (often as an insult) if he/she/it is extremely old (or the views they hold/represent are seen as archaic).
*"Fossilization" is a linguistics term which refers to permanent errors in a learner's second language.
*Fossil (Raewyn), Raewyn, The Famous service desk operator "


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