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Universal may refer to:
*universalism, properties of universality in concepts or application.
*universal (metaphysics)
*universal property, a term used in various branches of mathematics.
** universal algebra
*universal proposition, a proposition affirming a property of all the members of a collection.
*universal wavefunction, the wavefunction of the universe, used in quantum cosmology and decoherent interpretations of quantum mechanics.
*linguistic universal, a statement which applies to all languages.
*computationally universal, an abstract machine or programming language which has a computational power equivalent to a universal Turing machine.
*universal binary, a software product works on both Intel and PowerPC processors on Macintosh computers.
*A BBFC rating, signifying a work suitable for all viewers.

Universal is the name of:
*Universal Corporation, traded under symbol "UVV" on the New York Stock Exchange.
*Universal Studios (owned by the parent company NBC Universal).
*Universal Music Group (owned by the parent company Vivendi Universal).
*Universal Airlines
*Universal Stereo, Mexico City radio station
*Universal Gym, an exercise machine invented by Harold Zinkin in 1957.
*Universal Helicopters
*Universal (game company), a video game company primarily active in the 1980s.
*A make of oxygen rebreather scuba set formerly made by Siebe Gorman and designed to be used with the Sladen Suit.

Universal may also be:
*Catholicism, whose name derives from the Greek καθολικος = "universal".

See also:
*El Universal (disambiguation) for Spanish-language newspapers.



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