Avalanche (disambiguation)

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An avalanche is a cascade of snow down a slope.

Groups and things that have been named after the avalanche include:

Phenomena:

• Rock avalanche
• Avalanche breakdown, an electrical process
• Avalanche effect, aka "bit avalanche", a desirable property of cryptographic algorithms
• Electron avalanche, an electrical phenomenon
• Snowball effect, which is sometimes called the avalanche effect

Business:

• Avalanche Corporate Technology, a corporate shared source intellectual property cooperative
• Avalanche Press, a company that produces board wargames and role-playing game supplements
• Avalanche Studios, a Swedish-based video game developer, creators of Just Cause
• Avalanche Software, a video game developer studio
• Avalanche Corporate Technology

Music:

• Avalanche (Matthew Good album), the first solo album by Canadian musician, Matthew Good
• The Avalanche, a 2006 album by musician Sufjan Stevens
• The Avalanches, an electronic music collective from Melbourne, Australia
• Avalanche (Thea Gilmore album), the 5th album released by British singer/songwriter Thea Gilmore
• Doktor Avalanche, the drum machines used by The Sisters of Mercy
• "Avalanche" (song), a song by Leonard Cohen
• "Avalanche", a song by Ryan Adams on the album Love Is Hell.
• Avalanche (SVS album), a 1992 album by Some Velvet Sidewalk
• Avalanche (band), a 1980s Norwegian musical group.
• Avalanche (Echo & the Bunnymen EP), a 2000 EP by Echo & the Bunnymen

Games:

• Avalanche, an ecoterrorist group in Final Fantasy VII
• Avalanche (drinking game), a drinking game played with a die
• Avalanche joseki, a joseki (corner opening) in the game of Go
• Avalanche (arcade game), a 1978 arcade game by Atari
• 1080° Avalanche, a snowboarding game for the Nintendo GameCube
• Avalanche chess, a chess variant

Sports:

• Adelaide Avalanche, a semi-professional ice hockey team in Adelaide, Australia
• Alaska Avalanche, a Junior A hockey team in the North American Hockey League based in Wasilla, Alaska
• Colorado Avalanche, a National Hockey League team based in Denver, Colorado
• Denver Avalanche, a soccer team based out of Denver, Colorado
• Hamilton Avalanche, a W-League club based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Salem Avalanche, a Minor League Baseball team based in Salem, Virginia
• Quebec Avalanche, a National Women's Hockey League team located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Other:

• Avalanche, a Great Western Railway 0-6-0ST steam locomotive.
• "Avalanche" (Captain Scarlet episode), the fifth episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
• Avalanche (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Avalanche (P2P), a proposed peer-to-peer network developed by Microsoft
• Avalanche diode, a silicon diode that is designed to break down and conduct at a specified reverse bias voltage
• Chevrolet Avalanche, a four-door, six-seat pickup truck
• HSV Avalanche SUV, an AWD dual-cab utility vehicle
• Avalanche (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby husky produced by Ty, Inc.
• Avalanche (film), a 1923 film directed by Michael Curtiz
• Avalanche (1952 film), a 1952 film directed by Kaneto Shindō
• Avalanche (film 1999), aka Escape from Alaska (film 2002) a 1999 action/thriller film directed by Steve Kroschel.
• Avalanche, a children's novel by Anna Rutgers van der Loeff
• Avalanche (Blackpool), a steel roller coaster at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool

[edit] See also

• Operation Avalanche (disambiguation)