Epoch (disambiguation)

An epoch is an instant in time chosen as the origin of a particular calendar era.

Epoch or EPOCH may also refer to:

Time-related

 * Any historical era
 * Epoch (astronomy), a moment in time used as a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body
 * Epoch (computing), a moment from which system time is usually measured
 * Epoch (cosmology) or cosmologic epoch, a phase in the development of the universe since the Big Bang
 * Epoch (race), racial periods in Blavatsky's esoteric theory of the root races
 * Unix epoch, the starting time for Unix-based operating systems
 * Epoch (geology), a span of time on the geologic time scale shorter than a period and longer than an age
 * Epoch, a reward cycle on the Cardano blockchain platform

Arts and entertainment

 * Epoch (DC Comics), a supervillain also known as the Lord of Time
 * Epoch (Marvel Comics), a cosmic entity in the Marvel Comics universe
 * Epoch (film), a 2001 American science fiction film
 * Epoch (anthology), a 1975 anthology of science fiction stories
 * Epoch (video game), a 1981 space combat game for the Apple II
 * Epoch (The Brave album), 2016
 * Epoch (Tycho album), 2016
 * Epoch, a 2006 album by Rip Slyme

Games

 * Epoch Co., a Japanese toy and computer games company
 * Epoch Game Pocket Computer, an early hand-held game console produced by Epoch Co.
 * Epoch (Chrono Trigger), a flying time machine in role-playing game Chrono Trigger
 * Epoch Hunter, a boss in Caverns of Time from the game World of Warcraft

Publications

 * Epoch (American magazine), literary magazine of Cornell University
 * Epoch (Russian magazine), literary magazine by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his brother Mikhail
 * Ha-Tsfira (lit. Epoch), a Hebrew language newspaper published in 1862 and 1874–1931
 * The Epoch Times, a privately owned Falun Gong-linked newspaper

Science and technology

 * EPOCH (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen
 * EPOCh (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization), a NASA mission associated with EPOXI

Weapons

 * Epoch Remote Control Turret