Artifact

Artifact or artefact can be any of the following:

 Any object made or shaped by human hand.
 Artifact (archaeology), any object made or modified by a human culture, and later recovered by an archaeological dig
 Artefact (band)  black metal band from France
 Artifact (band), a band from Norway
 Artifact (error), an error or misrepresentation introduced by a technique and/or technology
Compression artifact, data compression artifact in computer science, resulting from lossy data compression
Cultural artifact, a human-made object which gives information about the culture of its creator and users
Digital artifact, a visible defect in a digital photo or video picture
Iatrogenic artifact, a disease made up by doctors
Social artifact, a product of individuals or groups (social beings) or of their social behavior
Sonic artifact, in sound and music production, sonic material that is accidental or unwanted, resulting from the editing of another sound
Virtual artifact, objects in the digital environment
The Artifact, a role playing board game made by Store32