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  2. Canon (fiction) - Wikipedia

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    The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; [especially] those created by the original author or developer of the world". [2] Canon is contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction and other derivative works. [3]

  3. Star Trek canon - Wikipedia

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    The Star Trek canon is the set of all material taking place within the Star ... and two books by Jeri Taylor are considered canon outside the tv show and movies." ...

  4. Timeline of Star Trek - Wikipedia

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    This timeline has The Motion Picture in 2273, to account for the two-and-a-half-year gap between the end-date of 2270 established in "Q2" and the events of the movie. The official website, StarTrek.com, still gives the date of that movie as 2271. [62]

  5. History of film - Wikipedia

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    From 1896, Messter was interested in the search of a method of reproduction and synchronization of the sound effects of the cinematographic performance at the time of the silent movies. So Messter invented the Tonbilder Biophon to show films, in which a gramophone played Unter den Linden accompanying the projection of animated images, but it ...

  6. Charles Francis Jenkins - Wikipedia

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    Charles Francis Jenkins (August 22, 1867 – June 6, 1934) was an American engineer who was a pioneer of early cinema and one of the inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic technologies.

  7. Cannon (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Cannon is an American detective television series produced by Quinn Martin that aired from 1971 to 1976 on CBS. William Conrad played the title character, private detective Frank Cannon.

  8. Star Wars in other media - Wikipedia

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    [51] The Holocron was divided into five levels of canon (in order of precedence): G-canon was "George Lucas canon": Episodes I–VI (the released films at that time) overrode the lower levels of canonicity, [52] even when referring to elements introduced in other media. In the words of Leland Chee: "George's view of the universe is his view.

  9. Canon (basic principle) - Wikipedia

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    The term canon derives from the Greek κανών (kanon), meaning "rule", and thence via Latin and Old French into English. [1] The concept in English usage is very broad: in a general sense it refers to being one (adjectival) or a group (noun) of official, authentic or approved rules or laws, particularly ecclesiastical; or group of official, authentic, or approved literary or artistic works ...