Quarantine (disambiguation)

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Quarantine is a medical term for the act of keeping an object in enforced isolation for a period of time to limit or prevent the spread of disease or infection.

Quarantine may also refer to:

Government and law

An alternative term for a naval blockade, particularly associated with the United States' "quarantine" of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of late 1962
A grace period of 40 days during which a widow has the right to remain in her dead husband's home, regardless of the inheritance
Quarantine Speech, a 1937 speech by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Art, entertainment, and media

Films

Quarantined (film), a 1970 television film
Quarantine (2000 film), a 2000 American thriller television film
Quarantine (2008 film), a 2008 science fiction horror film

Games

Quarantine (video game), a 1994 video game for the 3DO and IBM PC systems

Literature

Quarantine (Greg Egan novel), a 1992 science fiction novel by Greg Egan
Quarantine (Jim Crace novel), a 1997 novel by Jim Crace

Music

Groups and labels

Quarantine (record label), an English record label

Albums

Quarantine (GRITS album), 2010
Quarantine (Laurel Halo album), 2012

Television

"Quarantine" (Red Dwarf), a 1992 episode of the British sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf
"Quarantine" (Stargate Atlantis), a fourth season episode of the sci-fi series Stargate Atlantis
"Quarantine" (The Twilight Zone), a 1986 episode of the television series
"Quarantine" (TUGS episode), the fifth episode of TUGS

Computing and technology

Quarantine (computing), a 1989 antivirus program

Religion

In grants of indulgences, the term Quarantines means an ecclesiastical penance of 40 days