Atlas (disambiguation)

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Most things with a name that includes the term "Atlas" stem directly or indirectly from Atlas (mythology). In particular, in cartography, an "atlas" is a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form, as discussed in Atlas (cartography).

Atlas may also refer to:

[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, a giant turned to stone by Athena using Medusa's head. His body forms the Atlas mountains.
  • Atlas, a legendary king of Mauritania and expert astronomer (according to Euhemerus).
• 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 LHC 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. John Glenn was the second man to orbit the Earth.
  • Atlas II
  • Atlas III was a US launch vehicle (2000 - 2005)

[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 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 (2004), a book by British author David Mitchell.

[edit] Comics

• Atlas Comics (1950s), the company that evolved into Marvel Comics
  • Atlas, a foundation central to the plot of the Marvel Comics mini-series Agents of Atlas by Jeff Parker
    • Agents of Atlas, a Marvel Comics mini-series
  • 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
  • Atlas (story arc), 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
• Astro Boy (1980 TV series)#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 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 (1992 - ) Atlas Group joint venture with Honda to build cars and motorbikes
  • Atlas Bank (1990 - ) 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 Peak Olive Oil Company, an olive oil farm above Napa Valley, California, USA
• Atlas Telecom, a worldwide communications company
• Atlas Van Lines, a moving van company
• Atlas Venture, an international early-stage venture capital firm
• Atlas Werke (1911 - 1969), a shipbuilder based in Bremen, Germany
  • STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH was a German defence company producing electronics until 2003
  • Atlas Elektronik GmbH (2003 - ) is a naval/marine electronics and systems business based in Bremen, Germany.
• Atlasjet, a Turkish airline
• Dresser Atlas (1968 - 1987) was a provider of oil field services and subsequently factory automation services
  • Western Atlas US company (1987 - 1998) subsequently
    • Atlas Wireline
    • 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
  • Atlas Aviation, former name for Atlas Aircraft Corporation
  • 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

[edit] Other

• Atlas (architecture), a support or column sculpted in the form of a man
• 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 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

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