Epoch (disambiguation)
# Epoch (disambiguation)

An epoch is an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular calendar era.

Epoch or EPOCH may also refer to:

## Time-related

* Any historical era
* Epoch (astronomy), a moment in time used as a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body
* Epoch (computing), a moment from which system time is usually measured
* Epoch (cosmology) or cosmologic epoch, a phase in the development of the universe since the Big Bang
* Epoch, a span of time on the geologic time scale smaller than a period and larger than an age
* Epoch (race), racial periods in Blavatsky's esoteric theory of the root races
* Unix epoch, the starting time for Unix-based operating systems

## Arts and entertainment

* Epoch (DC Comics), a supervillain also known as the Lord of Time
* Epoch (Marvel Comics), a cosmic entity in the Marvel Comics universe
* Epoch (film), a 2001 American science fiction film
* Epoch (anthology), a 1975 anthology of science fiction stories
* Epoch (video game), a 1981 space combat game for the Apple II
* Epoch (The Brave album), 2016
* Epoch (Tycho album), 2016
* Epoch, a 2006 album by Rip Slyme

## Games

* Epoch Co., a Japanese toy and computer games company
   * Epoch Game Pocket Computer, an early hand-held game console produced by Epoch Co.
* Epoch (Chrono Trigger), a flying time machine in role-playing game Chrono Trigger
* Epoch Hunter, a boss in Caverns of Time from the game World of Warcraft

## Publications

* Epoch (American magazine), literary magazine of Cornell University
* Epoch (Russian magazine), literary magazine by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his brother Mikhail
* Ha-Tsfira (lit. Epoch), a Hebrew language newspaper published in 1862 and 1874–1931
* The Epoch Times, a privately owned Falun Gong-linked newspaper

## Science and technology

* EPOCH (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen
* EPOCh (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization), a NASA mission associated with EPOXI

## Weapons

* Epoch Remote Control Turret
