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Magic words are often nonsense phrases used in fantasy fiction or by stage magicians.

Contents

• Computing
• Television
• Other uses
• See also

Magic word or Magic words may also refer to:

Computing

• In MediaWiki, a system that makes make system information, such as the current time, available to templates and editors
• Hexspeak, hexadecimal "words" used in byte code to identify a specific file or data format are known as magic numbers
• Magic string, an input that a programmer believes will never come externally and which activates otherwise hidden functionality
• Xyzzy (computing), the first magic word encountered in Colossal Cave Adventure and often used as a meta-syntactic variable

Television

• "Magic Words", an episode of the TV series Pocoyo

Other uses

• Kotodama , the Japanese belief that mystical powers dwell in words and names, sometimes translated as "magic words" in English
• Magical formula, words or formulae used in ceremonial magic
• Magic words (baseball), words that will likely see a player ejected from the game if directed at an umpire
• Magic words (politics), words or phrases as illustrative of speech that qualified as "express advocacy" in relation to United States politics
• "Please" and "thank you", often referred to as the magic word or magic words when teaching children manners, see Etiquette

See also

• Alan Moore's Magic Words , comics adaptations of four songs by Alan Moore
• Incantation, a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects
• Mantra, a sacred word, words or syllables in Sanskrit, Pali and other languages
• All pages with titles containing Magic word

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