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Magic may refer to:

Magic (paranormal) anything that is not naturally explainable by any laws of nature.
- Magical thinking
- Folk magic, traditional systems of magic
- Magick, the magical system of Aleister Crowley and Thelema
- Witchcraft, the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powers
Magic (illusion), the art of entertaining audiences by performing illusions and tricks
- Street magic, sleight of hand, etc.

In fantasy fiction:

In science and mathematics:

Magic (cryptography), the codename for U.S. intelligence obtained from cryptanalysis of Japanese diplomatic transmissions during World War II
Magic square, a square of numbers with identical row, column, and diagonal sums
MAGIC (telescope), the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope
R550 Magic, a French-built anti-aircraft missile
Multi Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside, a governmental website with a detailed mapping and layers of the United Kingdom
Magnetism-based interaction capture, a magnetic nanoprobe technology for detecting molecular interactions in living cells
Magnesium Injection Cycle, a design for a clean engine

In games:

Magic: The Gathering, a trading card game in which participants play as powerful wizards
Magic (gaming), paranormal magic as used in games
- Final Fantasy magic, magic as used in the Final Fantasy game series
Master of Magic a popular MS-DOS game.

In popular culture:

Magic (T-Connection album), a 1977 album by T-Connection
Magic (Gillan album), a 1982 album by Gillan
Magic (Jets album), a 1987 album by The Jets
Magic (Amii Stewart album), a 1992 album by Amii Stewart
Magic (Axel Rudi Pell album), a 1997 album by the German Guitar Wizard
Magic (Twins album), a 2004 album by Twins
Magic (Bruce Springsteen album), a 2007 album by Bruce Springsteen
Magic (novel), a novel by William Goldman made into a 1978 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret
Magic (film), thriller-movie from 1978 starring Anthony Hopkins.
Magic (rapper), a New Orleans-based rapper
Magic (magazine), a magazine for magicians
Magic (music magazine), a monthly music magazine in France
Magic (Pilot song), a 1974 hit song by Pilot
Magic (Olivia Newton-John song), a 1980 song by Olivia Newton-John
Magic (The Cars song), a 1984 song by The Cars
Magic (Robin Thicke song), a 2008 song by Robin Thicke
Magick (song), a 2006 song by the Klaxons
Magick Power, a 1987 song by the paisley underground band, Opal.

In computing programming:

Magic (programming), a general term for hiding complexity, as well as a UNIX command for "magically" determining unknown filetypes
- Deep magic, a term for completely unknown workings in the depths of a software
- Black magic (programming), a synonym for voodoo programming, techniques which seem to work but aren't fully understood as to why they work
Magic number (programming), an arbitrary number that has been assigned a special meaning
"Magic", a version of the MUMPS programming language developed by Meditech
Magic (software), a popular VLSI layout tool
Magic Software Enterprises, a software company which maintains eDeveloper
ImageMagick, a suite of imaging programs
MAJC, a multi-core, multi-threaded processor targeted at running Java code made by Sun Microsystems in the 1990s
Magic (object-oriented programming), A prototype-based, object-oriented, event-driven (mainly I/O events) interpreted programming language developed at the Experimental Computing Facility, University of California, Berkeley.

Among radio stations:

Magic Radio, a radio network and television channel based in the United Kingdom (disambiguation for affiliates)
WKLI (Magic 100), a radio station in Albany, New York
KZMG (Magic 93.1), a radio station in Boise, Idaho
WMJX (Magic 106.7), a radio station in Boston, Massachusetts
KKMG (98.9 Magic FM), a radio station in Colorado Springs, Colorado
WMGC (Magic 105.1), a radio station in Detroit, Michigan
WMGS (Magic 93), a radio station in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Magic 89.9, a radio station in Manila, Philippines
WLTB (Magic 101.7), a radio station in Binghamton, New York
Magic 1278, a radio station in Melbourne, Australia
Magic 107.7 FM, a radio station in Orlando, Florida
KMAJ (Majic 107.7 FM), a radio station in Topeka, Kansas
Magic 97.3 FM, a radio station in Panama City, Florida
Magic 96.5 FM, a radio station in Birmingham, Alabama
WMGQ Magic 98.3 FM, a radio station in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Magic 105.7 FM, a radio station in Cleveland, Ohio.
WTHZ (Magic 94.1), a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina. Another station in the area, WMAG-FM, used the handle "Magic 99.5" for a period of time in the 1980s.
Magic 100.5 FM, A radio station in Cumberland, Maryland.
Majic 102.3 FM, the #1 R&B radio station in the Washington D.C. area.
Magic 95.5 FM a radio station in Reno, Nevada

Magic can also mean:

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