Dummy

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  • Formed: Chicago, IL
  • Years Active: 1990s, 2000s

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Wikipedia:

Dummy may refer to:

DumbDecoyFake, a thing or non living substance that is fraudulent or counterfeit in natureForgeryDeaf and dumb, a nickname used formerly to describe a deaf person who uses a signed language. It was also used to describe someone who is deaf without speech.Dummy companyMilitary dummyPacifier, called a dummy or soother in some countriesSteam dummy, or dummy engine, was a steam engine made to resemble a railroad passenger coach

Dolls

Crash test dummy, a full-scale replica of a human being, weighted and articulated to simulate the behavior of a human body in an accidentMannequin, model of the human body used for a variety of purposesParadummy, artificial paratrooper unit used in World War IIVentriloquist's dummy, or puppet

Language and Literature

Dummy pronoun, formally expletive pronoun or pleonastic pronoun, a type of pronoun used in non-pro-drop languages such as EnglishFor Dummies, series of instructional books

People

Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham, the pseudonym of a man accused of being a witch in 19th century Essex, EnglandDummy purchaser, a type of agentDummy (DC Comics), fictional comic character

Games and sports

In the card game of contract bridge, the partner of the player who wins the auctionDummy reversal, technique in contract bridge to draw the opponents' remaining trump cardsDummy Hoy, an American center fielder in Major League BaseballDummy (football), an association football (soccer), rugby league and rugby union ruseDummy pass, in rugby league footballMuk Yan Jong, a wooden dummy used in Chinese martial arts training

Entertainment

Dummy (comics), a fictional character from the comic book X-MenFilmsDummy (TV movie), a 1979 TV movie starring LeVar Burton and Paul SorvinoDummy (film), a 2002 drama film/comedy filmDummy (2008 film), a 2008 low-budget horror film starring Brian Krause, featuring a Chucky (Child's Play)-style character, a deranged ventriloquist, and his sisterDummy, a short film by Kira MuratovaDummy (2009 film), a 2009 coming-of-age drama starring Emma CatherwoodMusicDummy (album), a 1994 album by PortisheadCrash Test Dummies, a Canadian folk-rock band formed in the 1990sTelevision"The Dummy", an episode of The Twilight Zone"Dummy" (Pushing Daisies episode), The second episode of the first season of "Pushing Daisies"

Computer programming, mathematics, and science

Dummy code, in computer science, a skeleton that's not used in the final product, but left in to avoid creating bugsDummy data, data in a database, computer memory, or other repository used as a placeholder or for testing purposes onlyDummy file, files used to fit the space in data optical discsDummy load, a device used to simulate an electrical load, usually for testing purposesDummy variable, in math, a free and bound variableDummy variable (statistics), also known as indicator variable, only taking the values 0 and 1 and used in regression analysis