Oz

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Contents 1 Computers and games 2 Entertainment 3 People 4 Other 5 References

Oz most commonly refers to:

• Australia, Oz (from "Australia") a colloquial term for the nation
• Oz HBO prison television series
• A name short for Osbourne, Oswald, Oscar or other names beginning with Os^[1]
• ounce, "oz" being an abbreviation for the unit of measure
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a children's story written by L. Frank Baum
  • The Wizard of Oz, the title of various works derived from the books
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
  • Land of Oz, the fictional empire in the Oz books
  • The Oz books, the series that stemmed from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  • Wizard (Oz), the title character

Oz or OZ may also refer to:

[edit] Computers and games

• OZ - Over Zenith, a PS2 game from Konami, released in Europe as The Sword of Etheria
• OpenZaurus, "OZ" is an abbreviation for a Linux distribution
• Oz (programming language), a multi-paradigm computer programming language
• Oz, the Oz. of Prevention System, a CMMS, Computerized Maintenance Management System, developed by Ounce of Prevention Software, a Division of Aviar, Inc.
• Wizard of Oz experiment, a technique for doing user-centered design or usability evaluations of software applications.
• OZ World, a massive-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), based around fishing.

[edit] Entertainment

• Kevin "Oz" Nash, a professional wrestler
• Organization of the Zodiac, an organization in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing; usually abbreviated as OZ
• Oz (1976 film), a modern adaptation the Wizard of Oz
• Oz (band), a band
• Oz (Judge Dredd story), a Judge Dredd storyline in the UK comic, 2000 AD
• Oz (magazine), a satirical magazine published in Australia and Britain in the late 1960s and early 1970s
• Oz (TV series), (from "Oswald") the title of a TV show on HBO set in a prison called "The Oswald State Correctional Facility"
• World of Oz, a psychedelic pop band
• Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, a fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• The Boy from Oz, jukebox musical loosely based on the life of singer/songwriter Peter Allen
• Oz Factor (album), an album by American punk rock band Unwritten Law
• Circus Oz founded in Australia in 1978
• Oz A comic book series by Caliber Comics
• Oz - A fictional character in the anime and manga One Piece.
• Chris "Oz" Ostreicher - character played by Chris Klein in the movies American Pie and American Pie 2.

[edit] People

• Amos Oz, an Israeli author
• Frank Oz, (Richard Frank Oznowicz) a film director, actor and puppeteer noted for his work on the Muppets and Yoda
• Mehmet Oz, a Turkish American cardiothoracic surgeon
• Ozzy Osbourne, a Rock star, television personality, and pop culture icon

[edit] Other

• OZ (Ultimate Marvel), the artificial mutagen responsible for the Spider-Man of the Ultimate Imprint, along with many other characters.
• Congregation Ohab Zedek, "OZ" is an abbreviation for an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Manhattan, New York City
• Ornstein-Zernike equation (OZ-equation), a statistical mechanical integral equation
• Asiana Airlines, "OZ" is an abbreviation for the airline from the IATA standards body
• Oz, Isère, a commune in the Isère département in France
• OZ Wheels, light alloy wheels for cars
• OZ, Amateur radio prefix for Denmark

[edit] References