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*In ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'' and most other visual media, Threshold's surface texture resembles that of a terrestrial world more than a conventional gas giant. The planet's appearance is revised in ''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]'' to more accurately reflect its nature, with its face now covered in latitudinal cloud bands characteristic of gas giants. | *In ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', ''[[Halo 2]]'' and most other visual media, Threshold's surface texture resembles that of a terrestrial world more than a conventional gas giant. The planet's appearance is revised in ''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]'' to more accurately reflect its nature, with its face now covered in latitudinal cloud bands characteristic of gas giants. | ||
*In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', the [[MA5B assault rifle|assault rifle]]'s compass arrow points at the gas giant. This suggests that Threshold's atmosphere contains a large amount of iron particles, or that the assault rifles use a digital compass and that the Alpha Halo happens to be situated so that Threshold is aligned with the rifle's north during the events of the game. | *In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', the [[MA5B assault rifle|assault rifle]]'s compass arrow points at the gas giant. This suggests that Threshold's atmosphere contains a large amount of iron particles, or that the assault rifles use a digital compass and that the Alpha Halo happens to be situated so that Threshold is aligned with the rifle's north during the events of the game. | ||
* Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system is codenamed Threshold, after the planet in the Halo franchise.<ref>http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-codename-threshold-the-next-major-windows-wave-takes-shape/</ref> | * Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system is codenamed Threshold, after the planet in the Halo franchise.<ref name="ZDNet">[http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-codename-threshold-the-next-major-windows-wave-takes-shape/ '''ZDNet''': ''Microsoft codename Threshold: The next major Windows wave takes shape'']</ref> Threshold joins Project Spartan and Cortana as references to the Halo franchise in the Windows 10 release. | ||
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