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- For meanings of the abbreviation, see ACE.
An ace is a playing card with a single suit symbol on it.
As a word, Ace may also refer to:
[edit] Culture and entertainment
- Ace (band), a former British rock music band
- Ace (album), the debut album by Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir
- Ace (musical)
- Ace of Base, a Swedish pop group
- Ace Troubleshooter, former Jewish pop-punk band
- Ace (Doctor Who) (aka Dorothy), a fictional companion of the Seventh Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who
- Ace the Bat-Hound, a fictional canine crime-fighting partner of Batman and Robin in DC Comics
- Ace Books, the oldest continuing publisher of science fiction & fantasy novels
- Ace Rimmer (aka Commander Arnold Judas Rimmer), a fictional alter ego of Arnold Rimmer in the British television series Red Dwarf
- Ace Cinemas, a chain of cinemas in Australia
- Ace Comics, an early comic book series from the pre-Golden Age era
- Ace Drummond, a later comic book series
- Ace Fu Records, a record company
- Shonen Ace, a manga comic series published by Kadokawa Shoten
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, a 1994 film starring Jim Carrey
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, a 1995 film starring Jim Carrey (and sequel to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective )
- Portgas D. Ace, a minor character in the anime One Piece, brother to the main character, Monkey D. Luffy
- Ace Amerson, reality TV personality.
- Ace Andres, rock singer-songwriter
- Ace Backwords, underground cartoonist
- Ace Bailey, hockey player
- Ace Brigode, bandleader
- Ace Dumont, son of No Doubt member Tom Dumont
- Ace Frehley, rock and roll guitarist and member of the rock band Kiss
- Ace Vergel, Filippino actor
- Ace Young, pop-music singer-songwriter, finalist in the television show American Idol
- Ace High, a western film
- Ace Radio, Australian radio company
- There existed at least two Ace Records:
- Ace Tone
- See also:
[edit] History and technology
- ACE (editor), a multi-platform collaborative text editor.
- ACE (file format), is a proprietary data compression archive file format.
- Flying ace, a military aviator who has shot down five or more enemy aircraft
- HMS Ace (P414), an Amphion-class submarine of the British Royal Navy
- AC Ace, a sports car from AC Cars
- Ace (1913 automobile)
- Ace (1920 automobile)
- Ace Hardware, a hardware-store cooperative.
- Advanced Computing Environment an early 1990s consortium to specify and promote MIPS architecture computer workstations
- Ace Chemical
- Ace Industry
- Ace (Fighter or Flying)
- Ace Baby Ace
- Ace Junior Ace
- Ace in a day
- Adaptive Communication Environment (ACE), a freely available, open-source object-oriented C++ framework for concurrent communication software
- Attempto Controlled English (ACE), a freely usable controlled natural language
- ACE inhibitors pharmaceuticals that are used primarily in treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure.
- Ace detergent, a brand name for Tide in Latin America
[edit] Sports and games
- Ace (tennis), a single-stroke point won by the server who produces a (legal) service that his opponent does not touch with his racket and thus fails to return
- Hole in one, a phrase used for when a golf player hits the ball in the hole with one shot
- The most skilled pitcher on a baseball team
- Some sport use for best player or captain in the teams
- Ace Adams, a baseball player
- Ace Combat, video game series on Playstation 2
- Ace Darling, stage name for a professional wrestler
- Ace W. Mumford Stadium, multipurpose stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Ace (Computer Games), when a single player takes out the opposing team single handedly.
[edit] Careers and learning
- Ace Day Jobs, an Australian television program encouraging teenagers to join the work force
