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Shadow cabinet
The shadow cabinet is a Westminster-system institution: senior opposition spokespeople appointed by the Leader of the Opposition to mirror government Cabinet posts, scrutinise ministers, develop alternative policy, and present a government in waiting.
Shadow congressperson
Shadow congressperson: unofficial elected member of Congress for a non-state jurisdiction, chiefly DC's two shadow senators and one shadow representative (since 1990) and Puerto Rico's delegation, unpaid, nonvoting advocates lobbying for statehood.
Shadow Copy
A shadow copy, also known as a previous version, is a point-in-time snapshot of a disk volume created by Windows' Volume Shadow Copy Service, introduced in Windows Server 2003.
Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer (2012), James Marsh thriller adapted by Tom Bradby from his novel: Andrea Riseborough's IRA informer Collette McVeigh recruited by Clive Owen's MI5 officer in 1990s Belfast; Sundance premiere, 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Shadow detection
Shadow detection is the computer vision task of locating shadow regions in images or video. It improves object detection, tracking, and segmentation, which shadows otherwise degrade.
Shadow Detective (형사록)
Shadow Detective (형사록) is a South Korean Disney+ crime thriller series starring Lee Sung-min as detective Kim Taek-rok, blackmailed by a figure called "Friend". Two 8-episode seasons aired in 2022 and 2023, directed by Han Dong-hwa.
Shadow Dexterous Hand
The Shadow Dexterous Hand is a five-fingered tendon-driven robot hand by the Shadow Robot Company of London, with 24 movements, 20 motors, and over 100 sensors.
Shadow docket
Shadow docket: informal name, coined by William Baude in 2015, for US Supreme Court unsigned orders and emergency rulings issued without full briefing, argument, or explanation, distinct from the merits docket.
Shadow DOM
Shadow DOM is a web platform feature that lets an element carry a hidden DOM tree, encapsulating its structure and styles from the rest of the page and shielding them from page JavaScript and CSS.
Shadow Fighter (video game)
Shadow Fighter is a 1994 2D fighting game by Italy's N.A.P.S. Team, published by Gremlin Interactive for Amiga and CD32 in Europe, with 16 fighters, one-button controls, the Pupazz training dummy, and an undead samurai final boss.
Shadow fleet
The shadow fleet, or dark fleet, is a group of aging tankers used to evade sanctions, safety rules, and insurance costs, notably for Russian oil since 2022.
Shadow Gallery
Shadow Gallery: American progressive metal band formed 1985 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, named after the V for Vendetta hideout; six studio albums 1992–2009, no live show until September 2010, singer Mike Baker died 2008.
Shadow Generations
Shadow Generations (シャドウ ジェネレーションズ) is Sonic Team's 2024 new campaign starring Shadow the Hedgehog, half of Sonic X Shadow Generations; Time Eater story, Chaos and Doom powers, 3D White Space hub, over two million copies sold by January 2025.
Shadow Hearts
Shadow Hearts is a PlayStation 2 JRPG trilogy by Nautilus: Shadow Hearts (2001), Covenant (2004), and From the New World (2006), known for the Judgment Ring timed-hit battle system and real-world historical settings.
Shadow in the Cloud
Shadow in the Cloud is a 2020 WWII action-horror film by Roseanne Liang, starring Chloë Grace Moretz as Maude Garrett, a flight officer fighting a gremlin aboard a B-17; it won TIFF Midnight Madness' Audience Award.
Shadow King
Shadow King (Amahl Farouk) is a Marvel Comics X-Men villain: an ancient parasitic telepathic entity possessing human hosts, created by Claremont and Byrne, debuting in Uncanny X-Men #117 (1979), known for the Muir Island Saga and the FX series Legion.
Shadow Labyrinth
Shadow Labyrinth (シャドウラビリンス) is Bandai Namco's 2025 2D Metroidvania reimagining Pac-Man as a dark sci-fi adventure starring Swordsman No. 8 and PUCK, scoring 64-68 on Metacritic.
Shadow library
Shadow library: online collections of copyrighted books and papers (Sci-Hub, LibGen, Z-Library, Anna's Archive) distributed free without permission; post-Soviet origins, large-scale persistence via mirrors and torrents, and unpaid multimillion-dollar copyright judgments.
Shadow Love (与晋长安)
Shadow Love (与晋长安, Yu Jin Chang An) is a 2025 Chinese costume romance drama on iQiyi, 38 episodes from August 24, 2025, adapted from Jiu Lu Fei Xiang's novel, starring Song Yi and Cheng Lei, directed by Deng Ke.
Shadow mapping
Shadow mapping is a computer graphics technique for rendering shadows by comparing scene depths against a depth image rendered from the light source, introduced by Lance Williams in 1978.
Shadow mask
A shadow mask is a perforated metal plate in a color CRT that lets each electron beam hit only its own red, green, or blue phosphor.
Shadow mode (automated driving)
Shadow mode, also called silent testing, is a validation technique for automated driving in which a candidate function runs passively on a vehicle without controlling its actuators.
Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) is Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright, in which a serial killer hides with relatives in Santa Rosa, California; written by Thornton Wilder, it was Hitchcock's stated favorite film.
Shadow of Fire
Shadow of Fire (ほかげ, Hokage) is a 2023 Japanese anti-war drama by Shinya Tsukamoto, set in postwar black markets, starring Shuri, Mirai Moriyama, and Ouga Tsukao; it won the Venice Orizzonte NETPAC Award.
Shadow of Paradise
Shadow of Paradise (Sombra del paraíso) is a 1944 book of poems by the Spanish poet Vicente Aleixandre, his first after the Spanish Civil War.
Shadow of the Colossus (ワンダと巨像)
Shadow of the Colossus (ワンダと巨像, Wanda to Kyozou) is Team Ico's 2005 PlayStation 2 action-adventure by Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, in which Wander and his horse Agro hunt sixteen colossi; remastered on PS3 in 2011 and remade by Bluepoint for PS4 in 2018.
Shadow of the Colossus (ワンダと巨像) (2018 video game)
Shadow of the Colossus (ワンダと巨像), 2018 PS4 remake of the 2005 PS2 game by Fumito Ueda, rebuilt from the ground up by Bluepoint Games with JAPAN Studio; released February 6, 2018 at $39.99 with 16 colossi, modern controls, and photo mode.
Shadow of the Thin Man
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) is the fourth of six MGM Thin Man comedy-mysteries, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles investigating a racetrack jockey murder in San Francisco.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a 2018 action-adventure game by Eidos-Montréal with Crystal Dynamics, published by Square Enix; the trilogy-closing Peru-set entry featuring Paititi, expanded stealth, and the Definitive Edition.
Shadow of the Vampire
Shadow of the Vampire (2000), E. Elias Merhige's metafictional horror film written by Steven Katz, fictionalizes the making of Nosferatu (1922) with John Malkovich as Murnau and Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck, a real vampire.