Atlas (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Greek mythology 2 Science 3 Computing 4 Entertainment 5 Literature 5.1 Comics 6 Companies 7 People 8 Military 9 Places 10 Other

Atlas, in modern usage, most commonly refers to a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form.

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 great sphere on his back or shoulders
• 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.
• Atlas, the first king of Atlantis.

[edit] Science

In 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

In biology:

• Atlas (anatomy), the topmost cervical vertebra of the human spine
• Atlas Beetle, a rhinoceros beetle (Dynastinae) in the genus Chalcosoma
• Attacus atlas (or Atlas moth), a large saturniid moth
• Atlas Flycatcher, a bird in the an Old World Flycatcher family
• Atlas Bear, a species of bear native to Africa, now extinct
• Testudo atlas (or Atlas turtle), an extinct species of cryptodire turtle from the Pleistocene period
• Atlas Cedar, a variety of the Lebanon Cedar tree

In physics:

• ATLAS experiment, a particle detector for the LHC at CERN
• Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System, a particle accelerator at the Argonne National Laboratory

In mathematics:

• Atlas (topology), a collection of local coordinate charts in mathematics

[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
• ASP.NET AJAX (formerly codenamed "Atlas"), a set of ASP.NET extensions providing Ajax functionality
• Atlas Terrain Engine, developed by Garage Games for use in their Torque Shader Engine
• Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software more commonly known as ATLAS, an optimized BLAS implementation
• Atlas.ti, a qualitative analysis software

[edit] Entertainment

• Atlas Games (company), a publisher of role-playing and card games
• ATLAS (StarCraft), a fictional artificial intelligence in the StarCraft universe
• Atlas (album), an album by Mexican electro-pop band Kinky
• Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator, a large hydraulic motion simulator for the theme park industry
• Atlas, a fictional robot and rival of Astro Boy in the anime Astro Boy (1980s) and Astro Boy (2003)

[edit] Literature

• Atlas Shrugged, a novel by Ayn Rand
• Atlas, a book of photography by German artist Gerhard Richter
• The Atlas, a book by American author William T. Vollmann

[edit] Comics

• Atlas Comics (1950s), the company that evolved into Marvel Comics
• Atlas (comics), a fictional character from Marvel Comics, best known as a member of the Thunderbolts
• Atlas (comic series), a comic book series by Dylan Horrocks
• Atlas/Seaboard Comics, a line of comics published by Seaboard Periodicals
• Agents of Atlas, a Marvel Comics mini-series by Jeff Parker
• Atlas, a fictional character from DC Comics who appeared in the first issue of First Issue Special

[edit] Companies

• Atlas Aircraft Corporation, South African military aircraft manufacturer
• Atlas Telecom, a worldwide communications company
• Atlas Elektronik GmbH, a naval/marine electronics and systems business based in Bremen, Germany
• Atlas Van Lines, a moving van company
• Atlas Air, a cargo airline based in Purchase, New York
• Atlas Blue, a low-cost airline based in Marrakech, Morocco
• Atlas Copco, a Swedish rock drill manufacturer
  • Polar Atlas historic Swedish diesel maker, later part of Atlas Copco
• Atlas-Imperial, a historic American diesel engine builder
• Atlas Model Railroad, maker of scale railroad models
• Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives
• Atlas Venture, an international early-stage venture capital firm
• Atlas Engine Works, an Indianapolis diesel engine maker
• Atlas Eléctrica a Costa Rican manufacturer of stoves and refrigerators for the Latin American market

[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 female singer
• James Atlas, founding editor of the Lipper/Viking Penguin Lives Series
• Atllas, a rapper from Phoenix, Arizona

[edit] Military

• Atlas Cheetah, a fighter aircraft of the South African Air Force
• Atlas Oryx, a medium-sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa
• Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems, a programming language used for automated test equipment
• ATLAS (simulation), a system used to conduct military Command Post Exercises (CPX) within the Royal Thai Army
• Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, an Army Air Cooperation aeroplane of the 1920s

[edit] Places

• Atlas (Neighborhood), a recently coined neighborhood located along H Street in Northeast Washington, DC.

[edit] Other

• Atlas (missile), a venerable line of space launch vehicles
• Atlas (architecture), a support or column sculpted in the form of a man
• Farnese Atlas, a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the titan Atlas
• Atlas Mountains, a mountain range in northwest Africa
• Atlas languages, a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
• Atlas Township, Michigan, a civil township of Genesee County in Michigan, United States
• Atlas Uranium Mill, a decommissioned uranium mill near Moab, Utah
• GM Atlas engine, a family of modern inline piston engines for trucks from General Motors
• CF Atlas, a Mexican professional football club
• Radio Atlas, a radio station in Montenegro
• Atlas Vampire, the nickname of an unknown assailant who committed the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden in 1932
• Atlas Economic Research Foundation, an incubator for free market think tanks
• Nissan Atlas, a Japanese light truck
• Atlas (1863 - 1885), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives