Caldera (disambiguation)

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A caldera is a volcanic feature formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption.

Caldera may also refer to:

People

• Louis Caldera (born 1956), former U.S. Secretary of the Army
• Rafael Caldera (1916–2009), 56th and 60th President of Venezuela

Places

• Caldera, the port of the city of Puntarenas in Costa Rica
• Caldera, Chile, a port city

• Caldera Basin, sedimentary basin in Chile

• Caldera, Chiriquí, Panama

Arts and entertainment

• Caldera (band)
• Caldera (film)
• Caldera, a town in the video game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
• Caldera, a city in the video game Red Steel 2
• Caldera, a town/fortress in the video game Risen 2: Dark Waters

Business

• Caldera (company), a US-based software company founded in 1994 to develop Linux- and DOS-based operating system products
  • Caldera UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Caldera, Inc., and developers of DR-DOS between 1996 and 1999
  • Caldera Deutschland GmbH, formerly LST GmbH, a Linux development center
  • Caldera Thin Clients, Inc., later Lineo, a US-based subsidiary of Caldera, Inc. formed in 1998
  • Caldera Systems, Inc., a US-based subsidiary of Caldera, Inc. formed in 1998 and releasing software including OpenLinux
    • Caldera International, Inc., successor to Caldera Systems, Inc., later becoming the SCO Group
      • Caldera K.K., a Japanese subsidiary of Caldera International, Inc. formed in 2001
  • Caldera OpenLinux, the operating system released by Caldera Systems often called "Caldera"
  • Caldera v. Microsoft, an antitrust lawsuit
• Caldera (France), an imaging software company founded in 1991 and unrelated to the US-based Caldera companies

Sports

• Kona Caldera, a cross-country mountain bike frame
• Nike Caldera, a light-weight hiking boot

See also

• Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), Italian composer
• Candela (disambiguation)