Enigma

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An enigma is a puzzle, something mysterious or inexplicable, or a riddle or difficult problem.

Enigma may also refer to:

• Enigma machine, a machine for encrypting communications during World War II
• Enigma, Georgia, a town in Georgia, USA
• The Enigma, a performer in the Jim Rose Circus
• Enigma (yacht), one of the world's largest private superyachts (formerly "ECO" and "Katana")
• Enigma (game), the computer game
• Enigma Browser, a web browser
• Enigma, the codename for Red Hat Linux 7.2
• Outdoor city game in Warsaw, Poland - EnigmaWarsaw
• Enigma Bicycle
• The Publius Enigma, an unsolved internet-based puzzle associated with the 1994 Pink Floyd album, The Division Bell.
• The Enigma tornado outbreak, so-named because of the lack of data available on it despite its severity.

In film and television:

• Enigma (1983 film), a film starring Mwa and TY
• Aenigma (film), a 1987 film directed by Lucio Fulci
• Enigma (2001 film), a film adapted from the Robert Harris novel
• Enigma (TV series) - a Biography Channel TV series
• Enigma (game show), a Finnish television show by Finlands Svenska Television
• Enigma: The Best of Jeff Hardy - a DVD showcasing the TNA career of the pro-wrestler
• Enigma (Stargate SG-1), an episode from the science-fiction TV series
• Enigma (NCIS), an episode from the TV series NCIS; Episode 15, Season 1.

In music:

• Enigma (musical project), the electronic music project created by Michael Cretu
• Enigma Records, a music record label
• Enigma (band), the 1980s disco band
• Enigma (heavy metal band), a 70s heavy metal band from Mexico
• Enigma (metal band), a progressive metal band from Chile
• Enigma Variations, the musical work by Edward Elgar
• Enigma (album), the 1996 Keith Murray album
• Enigma (Ill Niño album), 2008 album from Ill Niño
• "Enigma", a song by Trapt on their self-titled album Trapt (album)

In print publications:

• Enigma (novel), a novel by Robert Harris
• The Enigma (magazine), a monthly publication of the National Puzzlers' League
• Enigma (New Scientist), a mathematical puzzle published in New Scientist magazine
• Enigma (comic), a Vertigo/DC comic featuring a character called The Enigma

In fiction:

• Enigma (comics), a fictional character in the DC Universe
• Enigma, a fictional region in the Wing Commander (video game) universe
• Enigma, a fictional rune word found in videogame Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Enigma (group), the main antagonist in the game Spy Fiction.
• Enigma the second novel in The Trigon Disunity series by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
• Darchrow,the Enigma-A character found in the 'Defense of the Ancients' map of the videogame, Warcraft 3-The Frozen Throne.
• "Enigma" - poem by Edgar Allan Poe