Polaris (disambiguation)

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In astronomy, Polaris is a star more commonly known as the North Star.

Polaris may also mean:

• Polaris Software Lab (A leading Indian Financial Software Company and also World's First CMMi Level 5 Company).
• Polaris (arcade game)
• Polaris (band)
• Polaris, a Marvel Comics superheroine
• Polaris (operating system), a PowerPC port of the Solaris Operating System
• Polaris (ship), ship of Charles Francis Hall's third Arctic expedition
• "Polaris" (short story), by H. P. Lovecraft
• "Polaris", a song by the rock band Jimmy Eat World, taken from the album Futures.
• Polaris Australis, a star that is currently the South Star, Sigma Octantis
• Polaris ballistic missile
• Polaris Mine, the most poleward base-metal mine in the world located at Little Cornwallis Island
• The codename for version 11 of the Windows Media Player, expected to be released in 2006
• Polaris Fashion Place, a mall in Columbus, Ohio.
• Polaris (role-playing game), actually several role-playing games.
• Operation Stella Polaris, Finnish radio intelligence
• POLARIS (database), Province of Ontario Land Registration Information System, managed by Teranet
• Polaris (computer security), a system for running Microsoft Windows applications with limited authority
• Polaris, a science fiction novel by Jack McDevitt
• "Rust in Peace...Polaris", a song from the "Rust in Peace" album by Californian thrash metal band Megadeth.
• Polaris (insurance software)
• Polaris Industries, manufacturer of all-terrain vehicles (ATV), snowmobiles, Ranger utility vehicles and other offroad vehicles.