Artifact (American English) or artefact (British English) may refer to:
Science and technology Artifact (error), misleading or confusing alteration in data or observation, commonly in experimental science, resulting from flaws in technique or equipment Compression artifact, a loss of clarity caused by the data compression of an image, audio, or video Digital artifact, any undesired alteration in data introduced during its digital processing Sonic artifact, in sound and music production, sonic material that is accidental or unwanted, resulting from the editing of another sound. Visual artifact, anomalies during visual representation of digital graphics and imagery In the scrum software project management framework, documentation used for managing the project
Archaeology Artifact (archaeology), an object formed by humans, particularly one of interest to archaeologists The Artefact (journal), published annually by the Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria
Computing Artifact (software development), one of many kinds of tangible by-products produced during the development of software Artifact (enterprise architecture), a separate component of enterprise architecture Virtual artifact, an object in a digital environment Artifact (UML), a term in the Unified Modeling Language Artifact (app), a news recommendation app for iOS and Android
Cultural studies
Cultural artifact, in the social sciences, anything created by humans which gives information about the culture of its creator and users
Arts and media Film and television Artifact (film), a 2012 documentary film directed by Jared Leto under the pseudonym of Bartholomew Cubbins Artifacts (film), a 2007 horror film The Artifact (Eureka), a fictional object appearing in the TV series Eureka
Games Artifact (Dungeons & Dragons), the most powerful type of magic item in Dungeons & Dragons Artifact (Magic: The Gathering), a card type in the trading card game Magic: The Gathering Artifact (video game), a 2018 digital collectible card game by Valve
Music Artifacts (group), a hip-hop duo from New Jersey Artifact (album), a 2002 album by The Electric Prunes Artifacts (Beirut album), 2022 Artifacts (Nicole Mitchell album), 2015 Artifacts (Steve Roach album), 1994 Artifact, a 2019 album by Swedish electronic musician Waveshaper "Artefact", a song by Phoenix from Alpha Zulu, 2022 "Artifact", a lyric in "Hits Different" from Midnights by Taylor Swift, 2022 Artefact #VII, a type of Theremin
Other media Artifact (ballet), 1984 ballet by William Forsythe Artifact, a 1985 science fiction novel by Gregory Benford
Other uses Artifact Creek, a stream in British Columbia, Canada Artifact Ridge, a mountain ridge in British Columbia, Canada Artifacting, a technique used on some older computers to generate color in monochrome modes by exploiting artifacts of analog television systems Learning artifact (education), an object created by students during the course of instruction A relic, an object left behind by a prophet or other important religious figure
See also
Object (disambiguation) Artiifact, a 2016 album by South African hip hop record producer Anatii Artifakt, a compilation album by Better Than Ezra Artifakts (bc), a 1998 album by Plastikman Different spellings and connotations for artefact or artifact Magic item, in fantasy, any object that has magical powers so powerful that it cannot be duplicated or destroyed by ordinary means