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Gold is a highly sought-after precious metal that for many centuries has been used as money.

Gold may also refer to:


BUSINESS

  • Barrick Gold , the largest gold mining company in the world

  • Gold's Gym , international chain of fitness centers originally started in California by Joe Gold



CHEMISTRY

  • Colloidal Gold , suspension of sub-micrometre-sized particles of gold in a fluid

  • Gold Chalcogenides , gold compounds with anions from periodic table group 16

  • Gold Halide , metal halide

  • Gold Plating , method of depositing a thin layer of gold on the surface of other metal

  • Rose Gold , gold and copper alloy widely used for specialized jewelry due to its reddish color

  • White Gold , alloy of gold and at least one white metal



COLOR THEORY



COMPUTER SCIENCE



ECONOMICS

  • E-gold , digital gold currency operated by Gold & Silver Reserve Inc. under e-gold Ltd.

  • Gold As An Investment , the use of the precious metal gold as an investment

  • Gold Certificate , certificate of ownership that gold owners hold instead of storing the actual gold

  • Gold Coin , one of the oldest forms of money

  • Gold Fixing , the procedure by which the price of gold is set on the London market by the five members of the London Gold Pool

  • Gold Gram , the amount of value represented by exactly one gram of gold

  • Gold Standard , monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of gold

  • Nazi Gold , the assets in gold transferred by Nazi Germany to overseas banks during the Second World War



FICTION

  • Michael Jon Carter, fictional comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe who goes by the name of Booster Gold .

  • Gold (Pokémon Character) , main character in ''Pokémon Adventures'' and ''Pokémon Gold''



FILM



LITERATURE



MUSIC

An album or a single is certified "gold" when it sells a certain number of copies. See Music Recording Sales Certification for details.



PEOPLE



TECHNOLOGY


  • Gold Box (phreaking) , phreaking box whose function is to create a bridge between two telephone lines

  • Gold Extraction , combination of comminution, mineral processing, hydrometallurgical, and pyrometallurgical processes

  • Gold Mining , the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground

  • Gold Code , a code used in telecommunications



MEDIA



OTHER

  • Acapulco Gold , legendary potent strain of marijuana originating in Mexico

  • Gold Base , 500 acre parcel and the headquarters of Golden Era Productions

  • Gold Country , California, United States

  • Gold Medal , gold-plated medal which represents the highest award for an achievement in a non-military field

  • Gold Silver Bronze Command Structure , hierarchical framework used by emergency services in the UK

  • Gold Standard (test) , the diagnostic test that is regarded as definitive in determining whether an individual has a disease process

  • Gold Teeth , popular fashion trend amongst devotees to hip hop culture in the United States

  • Gold-plating , practise of national bodies exceeding the terms of European Community directives when implementing them into national law

  • Jamie Gold , winner of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event

  • Pokémon Gold , Super Game Boy and Game Boy Color enhanced video game for the Nintendo Game Boy

  • Gold Prince, famous Pony of the Americas sire



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