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A
beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location.
Beacon may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
Music
Other uses in arts, entertainment and media
Businesses and organisations
Companies
Beacon, a retail fuel brand of
Valero Energy
Beacon Communications (publisher) , a publisher of weekly newspapers in Rhode Island, U.S.
Beacon Communications Corporation , a defunct newspaper publisher in Massachusetts, U.S.
Beacon Pictures an American film production company, also known as "Beacon Communications, LLC"
Beacon Press , an American publisher
Beacon UK , a private provider of mental health services in England
Beacon Health Options a behavioral health company based in Boston, Massachusetts
Schools
Beacon Status , a school designation in England
Beacon high schools in Beijing , a school designation in China
Beacon School (Stamford, Connecticut) , U.S.
Beacon English School , Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
New Beacon School , formerly The Beacon, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
The Beacon School , Manhattan, New York, U.S.
The Beacon School, Banstead , Surrey, England
Beacon Academy , formerly Beacon Community College, Crowborough, East Sussex, England
Beacon Academy, Cleethorpes , North East Lincolnshire, England
The Beacon Academy , Biñan, Philippines
Beacon College in Leesburg, Florida, U.S.
Beacon College (Hong Kong)
Places
Beacon, Western Australia , Australia
Beacon, Devon , United Kingdom
Beacon (ward) , Dorset, United Kingdom
Beacon, Iowa , U.S.
Beacon, Jersey City , New Jersey, U.S.
Beacon, New York , U.S.
Beacon Valley , Antarctica
Transportation and military
Other uses
Beacon (apple) , a cultivar of apple
Beacon (streaming service) , a boutique subscription streaming service by Critical Role Productions
Beacon Supergroup , a rock formation in Antarctica
Beacon -class gunvessel , 19th century British ships
Beacon, an
Appro supercomputer
'Beacon', a cultivar of
barley
Beacon, an oscillator in
Conway's Game of Life
Bluetooth Low Energy beacon , providing location to devices in its vicinity
Facebook Beacon , advertising software
Project Beacon , an early American space satellite program
Rotating beacon (disambiguation)
Valparaiso Beacons , the athletic program of Valparaiso University in Indiana
Web beacon , an Internet web tracking technique
See also
Topics referred to by the same term