Gnome

The word Gnome can mean different things:

• A Gnome is a creature of myth.
  • Gnomes are elemental spirits of earth.
  • Gnomes are tiny, shaped like humans, with long beards. A gnome is like a dwarf but smaller. Gnomes like gems and mining.
• The GNOME desktop is a desktop environment for computers running Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems.