Atlas (disambiguation)
Atlas, in modern usage, most commonly refers to a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form.
Atlas may also refer to:
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Atlas (mythology), a Titan who bore the spheres of the heavens; inspiring the widely used image of a man carrying a great sphere on his back or shoulders
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Atlas (King), the mythical King of Mauretania, who was a renowned scholar, astronomer, and geographer.
Atlas became a name for a collection of maps in his honor.
In
astronomy:
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Atlas (moon), a moon of Saturn
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Atlas (crater), a prominent impact crater on the Moon
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Atlas (star), a triple star system in the Pleiades clusterIn
biology:
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Atlas (anatomy), the topmost cervical vertebra of the human spine
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Atlas Beetle, a rhinoceros beetle (
Dynastinae) in the genus
Chalcosoma*
Attacus atlas (or Atlas moth), a large saturniid moth
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Atlas Flycatcher, a bird in the an Old World Flycatcher family
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Atlas Bear, a species of bear native to Africa, now extinct
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Testudo atlas (or Atlas turtle), an extinct species of cryptodire turtle from the Pleistocene period
* Atlas Cedar, a variety of the
Lebanon Cedar treeIn
physics:
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ATLAS experiment, a particle detector
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Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System, a particle accelerator at the Argonne National LaboratoryIn
mathematics:
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Atlas (topology), a collection of local coordinate charts in mathematics
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Atlas Computer (Manchester) (1962 - 1971), an early computer built at the University of Manchester
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Titan (computer) (also known as the Atlas 2), its successor
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Atlas Autocode, a programming language developed for the Atlas Computer
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UNIVAC 1101, also known as the
Atlas**
UNIVAC 1103, also known as the
Atlas II*
ATLAS Transformation Language, an OMG standard for performing model transformations
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ATLAS (programming), Microsoft's codename for a set of ASP.NET extensions providing Ajax functionality
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Atlas Terrain Engine, developed by Garage Games for use in their Torque Shader Engine
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Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software*
ATLAS.ti, a qualitative analysis software [
1]
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Atlas Games (company), a publisher of role-playing and card games
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ATLAS (StarCraft), a fictional artificial intelligence in the StarCraft universe
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Atlas (album), an album by Mexican electro-pop band Kinky
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Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator, a large hydraulic motion simulator for the theme park industry
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Atlas (band), a Bulgarian pop music band
* Atlas, a fictional robot who is the rival of
Astro Boy in the 1980 and 2003 animated series named after the latter
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Atlas Shrugged, a novel by Ayn Rand
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Atlas, a book of photography by German artist
Gerhard Richter*
The Atlas, a book by American author
William T. VollmannComics
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Atlas Comics (1950s), the company that evolved into Marvel Comics
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Atlas (comics), a fictional character from Marvel Comics, best known as a member of the Thunderbolts
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Atlas (comic series), a comic book series by Dylan Horrocks
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Atlas/Seaboard Comics, a line of comics published by Seaboard Periodicals
* Atlas, a fictional character from DC Comics who appeared in the first issue of
First Issue Special*
Atlas Telecom, a worldwide communications company
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Atlas Elektronik GmbH, a naval/marine electronics and systems business based in Bremen, Germany
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Atlas Van Lines, a moving van company
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Atlas Air, a cargo airline based in Purchase, New York
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Atlas Blue, a low-cost airline based in Marrakech, Morocco
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Atlas Copco, a Swedish rock drill manufacturer
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Polar Atlas historic Swedish diesel maker, later part of Atlas Copco
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Atlas-Imperial, a historic American diesel engine builder
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Atlas Model Railroad, maker of scale railroad models
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Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives
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Atlas Venture, an international early-stage venture capital firm
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Atlas Engine Works, an Indianapolis diesel engine maker
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Meir Atlas (1848â€"1926), Rabbi of Shavel in Lithuania and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva
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Charles Atlas (1892â€"1972), a famous bodybuilder
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Tony Atlas (born 1954), a professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter
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Teddy Atlas (born 1956), a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator
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Natacha Atlas (born 1964), a Belgian female singer
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James Atlas, founding editor of the Lipper/Viking Penguin Lives Series
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Atlas Cheetah, a fighter aircraft of the South African Air Force
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Atlas Oryx, a medium-sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa
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Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems, a programming language used for automated test equipment
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ATLAS (simulation), a system used to conduct military Command Post Exercises (CPX) within the Royal Thai Army
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Atlas (missile), a venerable line of space launch vehicles
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Atlas (architecture), a support or column sculpted in the form of a man
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Farnese Atlas, a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the titan Atlas
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Atlas Mountains, a mountain range in northwest Africa
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Atlas languages, a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
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Atlas Township, Michigan, a civil township of Genesee County in Michigan, United States
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Atlas Uranium Mill, a decommissioned uranium mill near Moab, Utah
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GM Atlas engine, a family of modern inline piston engines for trucks from General Motors
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CF Atlas, a Mexican professional football club
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Radio Atlas, a radio station in Montenegro
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Atlas Vampire, the nickname of an unknown assailant who committed the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden in 1932
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Atlas Economic Research Foundation, an incubator for free market think tanks
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Atlas Games (sports event), an international amateur sports event
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Nissan Atlas, a Japanese light truck
* Atlas (1863 - 1885), one of the eight
South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives
