Luci (disambiguation)

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Luci is a given name and a family name.

Luci may also refer to:

Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager (LUCI) is a small planned telescope that would be landed on the Moon to scan the sky in near UV wavelengths. It is a technology demonstrator developed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, and it would be one of several small payloads to be deployed by the commercial HHK-1 lunar lander by TeamIndus, that is hoped to launch sometime in 2019.

OpenWrt is an open source project for embedded operating system based on Linux, primarily used on embedded devices to route network traffic. The main components are Linux, util-linux, musl, and BusyBox. All components have been optimized to be small enough to fit into the limited storage and memory available in home routers.

Paranitocris luci is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lepesme and Stephan von Breuning in 1955.

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Lucy is a feminine given name.

Lucie is a feminine given name and also a family name.

Lucifer is a religious figure, usually associated with Satan.

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Linné (crater)

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Clavius (crater) impact crater

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