Local

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Local may refer to any of the following:

In Programming:

Locale, a term used in software development to refer to the user's location
Localization, the process of customizing software for users in different locations

In Sociology:

Localism, is the emphasis on local, small-scale, or exclusive cultural aspects and systems, as opposed to more larger, inclusive, (and perhaps unmanageable) systems.

In Mathematics:

Locally, a term used in topology

In Physics:

Local, describes theories which are Lorentz invariant.

In Economics:

Locals are individual chapters of labour unions.

In Culture:

Local H, a rock band from Zion, Illinois
Local Hero, a 1983 film starring Burt Lancaster
Local, the comic book series by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly
Another name for a public house or pub.

In Astronomy:

Local Fluff, where our Solar System resides
Local Bubble, where the Local Fluff resides
The Local Arm branch of the Milky Way
The , including the Milky Way
Local Group, the galaxy cluster where our galaxy subcluster resides
The Canes Venatici Cloud (or local cloud) where our galaxy cluster resides
Local Supercluster, where the our galaxy cluster cloud resides
The , where our supercluster resides

In Politics:

Local Party, a party which contested elections in Slough, England in the 1990s

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