Orphan (disambiguation)

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For orphaned articles in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Orphan

An orphan is one who has lost both parents.

Orphan may also refer to:

Process

Orphan (car), any marque of motor vehicle built by a manufacturer that has discontinued business entirely
Orphan (typesetting), the first line of a paragraph appearing at the bottom of a page
Orphan process, a computer process whose parent process has finished
Orphan source, a self-contained radioactive source that is no longer under proper regulatory control
Orphaned technology, technology that has been abandoned by its original developers
Orphan works, copyrighted works whose holder is hard to find
Orphan disease, a rare disease
Orphan drug, one developed under the 1983 U.S. Orphan Drug Act for orphan diseases
Orphan receptor, apparent receptor that has a similar structure to other identified receptors but whose endogenous ligand has not yet been identified

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