Atlas (disambiguation)
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Most things with a name that includes the term "Atlas" stem directly or indirectly from the mythological character Atlas
Atlas may also refer to:
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1 Greek mythology
2 Science
2.1 Astronomy
2.2 Biology
2.3 Physics
2.4 Mathematics
2.5 Space
3 Computing
4 Geography
5 Entertainment
6 Literature and press
7 Comics
8 Companies
9 People
10 Military
11 Automotive
12 Sport
13 Other
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| [edit] Greek mythology
Atlas (mythology), a Titan who bore the spheres of the heavens; inspiring the widely used image of a man carrying a celestial sphere on his back or shoulders (also known as Atlas Telamon or "enduring Atlas").
Farnese Atlas, a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the Titan, "Atlas"
Atlas (no relation) was a mortal son of Poseidon and first king of Atlantis.
[edit] Science [edit] Astronomy
Atlas (moon), a moon of Saturn
Atlas (crater), a prominent impact crater on the Moon
Atlas (star), a triple star system in the Pleiades cluster
[edit] Biology
A book about flora and/or fauna of an area or region; for example, Atlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and Ireland
Atlas (anatomy), the topmost cervical vertebra of the human spine
Atlas Bear, a species of bear native to Africa, now extinct
Atlas Beetle, a rhinoceros beetle (Dynastinae) in the genus Chalcosoma
Atlas Cedar, a large cedar tree native to the Atlas mountains of Algeria and Morocco
Atlas Flycatcher, a bird in the an Old World Flycatcher family
Attacus atlas (or Atlas moth), a large saturniid moth
Testudo atlas (Colossochelys Atlas or Atlas turtle), an extinct species of cryptodire turtle from the Pleistocene period
[edit] Physics
ATLAS experiment, a particle detector for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System, a particle accelerator at the Argonne National Laboratory
[edit] Mathematics
Atlas (topology), a collection of local coordinate charts in mathematics
[edit] Space
Atlas (rocket family) family of rockets
SM-65 Atlas, early model Atlas rocket
Mercury-Atlas, the US Space Program project that astronaut John Glenn participated in
Atlas II
Atlas III was a US launch vehicle (2000 - 2005)
Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope, the proposed successor for the Hubble Space Telescope.
[edit] Computing
Atlas Computer (Manchester) (1962 - 1971), an early computer built at the University of Manchester
Titan (computer) (also known as the Atlas 2), its successor
Atlas Autocode, a programming language developed for the Atlas Computer
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
"Atlas" was the former name for ASP.NET AJAX, Microsoft software, a set of ASP.NET extensions providing Ajax functionality
Atlas Terrain Engine, developed by Garage Games for use in their Torque Shader Engine
ATLAS, Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software an optimized BLAS implementation
ATLAS, Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems, a programming language used for automated test equipment
Atlas.ti, a qualitative analysis software
Texture atlas
Atlas, a Supercomputer installed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2006
ATLAS - control software used on the Pendolino train
[edit] Geography
Atlas District, an arts and entertainment district in the Near Northeast neighborhood of Washington, D.C., USA
Atlas, Illinois, an unincorporated community in western Pike County, Illinois, USA
Atlas Mountains, a complex of mountain ranges in northwest Africa
Anti-Atlas, a mountain range in Morocco.
High Atlas, a mountain range in Morocco, contains the highest point in the Atlas Mountains.
Grand Atlas Mountains, another name for the High Atlas
Middle Atlas, a mountain range in Northern Morocco.
Saharan Atlas, a mountain range in Algeria
Tell Atlas, the Atlas mountain range that parallels the Mediterranean coast.
Atlas, Pennsylvania, USA
Atlas Township, Michigan, USA
[edit] Entertainment
Atlas (album), an album by Mexican electro-pop band Kinky
Atlas (band), a rock band from Christchurch, New Zealand
Atlas (1961 film), a 1961 movie by Roger Corman
Atlas Games (company), a publisher of role-playing and card games
Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator, a large hydraulic motion simulator for the theme park industry
RTV Atlas a broadcaster in Montenegro
Radio Atlas, a radio station in Montenegro
[edit] Literature and press
Atlas Shrugged, a novel by Ayn Rand
Atlas, a book of photography by German artist Gerhard Richter
The Atlas (novel), by American author William T. Vollmann
Atlas (magazine), Turkish monthly magazine on geography, environment, history and culture
Cloud Atlas (disambiguation)
The World Atlas of Wine, resource on wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson
[edit] Comics
Atlas Comics (1950s), the company that evolved into Marvel Comics
Agents of Atlas, a Marvel Comics mini-series that included a foundation named Atlas
Atlas, a fictional character from Marvel Comics, also known as Erik Josten (formerly a member of the Thunderbolts)
Atlas (comic series), a comic book series by Dylan Horrocks
Atlas (DC Comics), a fictional character published by DC Comics
"The Coming of Atlas", a DC Comics story arc featuring Atlas
Atlas/Seaboard Comics, (1970s) a line of comics published by Seaboard Periodicals
Atlas, a fictional villain in the Teen Titans animated series.
King Atlas (Transformers) a Transformers character
Atlas, the brother and recurring rival of Astro Boy in the Anime and later TV series.
[edit] Companies
Atlas Air, a cargo airline based in Purchase, New York
Atlas Aircraft, a US aircraft maker in the 1940s
Atlas Aviation, an aircraft maintenance firm in Florida, USA
Atlas Blue, a low-cost airline based in Marrakech, Morocco
Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives
Atlas Consortium, group of technology companies
Atlas Copco, a Swedish rock drill manufacturer
Polar Atlas, historic Swedish diesel maker, later part of Atlas Copco
Atlas Corporation, an architectural company
Atlas Group, Business Group in Pakistan
Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan, Atlas Group joint venture with Honda to build cars and motorbikes
Atlas Bank, bank in Pakistan
Atlas-Imperial, a historic American diesel engine builder
Atlas Media Corporation, is a non-fiction entertainment company based in New York City, USA
Atlas Model Railroad, maker of scale railroad models
Atlas Press, UK publisher
Atlas Press (tool company) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the largest supplier of machine tools to the hobbyist market in the middle of the 20th century
Atlas Telecom, a worldwide communications company
Atlas Van Lines, a moving van company
Atlas Venture, an international early-stage venture capital firm
Atlas Werke, a shipbuilder based in Bremen, Germany
STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH was a German defence company producing electronics until 2003
Atlas Elektronik GmbH, a naval/marine electronics and systems business based in Bremen, Germany
Atlasjet, a Turkish airline
Dresser Atlas, a provider of oil field services and subsequently factory automation services
Western Atlas, US company, subsequently Atlas Wireline and Baker Atlas
Tele Atlas, a Dutch mapping company
[edit] People
Meir Atlas (1848–1926), Rabbi of Shavel in Lithuania and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva
Charles Atlas (1892–1972), a famous bodybuilder
Tony Atlas (born 1954), a professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter
Teddy Atlas (born 1956), a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator
Natacha Atlas (born 1964), a Belgian singer
James Atlas (born 1949), is a founding editor of the Lipper/Viking Penguin Lives Series
Atllas, a rapper from Phoenix, Arizona
Atlas DaBone, an American professional wrestler
Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician (born 1952).
[edit] Military
Atlas Aircraft Corporation, a South African military aircraft manufacturer, formerly known as Atlas Aviation
Atlas Oryx, a medium-sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa
Atlas Cheetah, a fighter aircraft of the South African Air Force
Atlas Carver, a South African military jet development project that was cancelled in the 1990s
Atlas XH-1 Alpha, a military helicopter
ATLAS (simulation), a system used to conduct military Command Post Exercises (CPX) within the Royal Thai Army
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, a British military aeroplane manufactured (1927 - 1933)
HMLAT-303 is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Atlas.
USS Atlas is the name of three different US warships between 1869 and 1972
[edit] Automotive
Atlas (automobile), an American automobile manufactured from 1907 to 1913
Atlas (1951 automobile), originally known as La Coccinelle, a mini-car made in France in 1951
GM Atlas engine, a family of truck engines from General Motors
Nissan Atlas, a Japanese light truck
Atlas, a van made by the Standard Motor Company (UK) 1958-62
Atlas Major, a Standard Motor Company#Military and Commercial van 1962-1963
Atlas (light trucks), a vehicle manufacturer in Greece
[edit] Sport
Atlas (volleyball), a volleyball team from Wrocław, Poland.
Atlas Stone, a boulder lifting event in strength events.
F.C. Atlas A.C., a Mexican professional football club.
Club Atlético Atlas, an Argentinian amateur football club.
[edit] Other
Atlas (architecture), a support or column sculpted in the form of a man
Atlas (cartography), a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form
Atlas languages, a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
Atlas, a mountain once worshiped by the Berbers, according to Strabo and Herodotus.
Atlas Uranium Mill, a decommissioned uranium mill near Moab, Utah
Atlas Vampire, the nickname of the assailant of the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1932
Atlas Economic Research Foundation, an incubator for free market think tanks
Atlas (1863 - 1885), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives
Atlas (1927 - 1962), a LMS Royal Scot Class steam locomotive
Atlas, a book size
Atlas, a character from the video game Bioshock.
ATLAS is an acronym for Association for Tourism and Leisure Education, a European educational project
Atlas V (boat), a Belgian tug boat used by the resistance in World War I
Cloud atlas, an atlas of kinds of clouds
ST Atlas, a Swedish tug boat.
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