Alt

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ALT may stand for:

• ALT (band), a group of musicians, the members of which are Andy White, Liam O'Maonlai and Tim Finn.
• ALT Linux, a distribution of Linux computer software, or a team of developers that work on the software.
• One of a number of alternate bannered U.S. highways.
• Alanine transaminase, an enzyme in the liver.
• Alternative lengthening of telomeres, a mechanism (other than telomerase) that cells use to maintain telomere length.
• Amtrak station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Altrincham railway station (National Rail) in Altrincham, United Kingdom.
• Analytical-Literal Translation, a translation of the New Testament by Gary Zeolla of Darkness to Light Ministries.
• Anti leech tracker, a BitTorrent tracker which controls traffic of their clients.
• Approach and Landing Test(s), conducted by NASA during the Space Shuttle program.
• Argon laser trabeculoplasty, a method of eye surgery.
• Assistant Language Teacher, the job title of people employed on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) programme.
• Association for Learning Technology in Oxford, UK.

Alt may also mean:

• Alt attribute, an attribute in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), whose value is text that is normally used to indicate the function of an image in situations where the image is not displayed.
• Alt key, the key on a computer keyboard used to change the function other keys.
• Alt.* hierarchy, a hierarchy of USENET newsgroups.
• Alt.com, a dating website catering to users with a fetish / alternative sexuality.
• Altbier, a variety of German beer.
• Alternate character, a secondary character created by a player of Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) games or Massively Mutliplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG).
• Alternative music, a form of rock music with diverse multi-genre influences, often associated with indie rock.
• River Alt, a river in Merseyside, United Kingdom.

Alt is also the name of:

• A.L.T. (rapper); (born 1970).
• Carol Alt (model); (born 1960).
• Franz Alt (mathematician); (born 1910).
• Franz Alt (journalist); (born 1938).