Polaris (disambiguation)

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

Polaris may also mean:

Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Business 3 Computing 4 Culture 4.1 Written 4.2 Music 4.3 Games 5 Weapons and Ships 6 History

[edit] Astronomy

• Polaris Australis, a star that is currently the South Star, Sigma Octantis

[edit] Business

• Polaris Award, a recognition given by IFALPA to airline crews for acts of exceptional airmanship or heroism
• Polaris Fashion Place, a mall in Columbus, Ohio
• Polaris Industries, manufacturer of all-terrain vehicles (ATV), snowmobiles, Ranger utility vehicles, and other offroad vehicles as well as Victory brand motorcycles
• Polaris Mine, the most poleward base-metal mine in the world located at Little Cornwallis Island
• Polaris Software Lab, an Indian financial software company

[edit] Computing

• Polaris (poker bot), artificial intelligence program developed to play Texas Hold'em variant of poker
• Polaris operating system, a PowerPC port of the Solaris Operating System
• Polaris experimental 80-core chip from Intel Corporation
• 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
• The codename for version 11 of the Windows Media Player, released in 2006

[edit] Culture

• Polaris (Convention), an annual science fiction convention held in Toronto, Canada

[edit] Written

• Polaris (comics), a superheroine in Marvel Comics
• Doctor Polaris, a fictional villain from DC Comics
• "Polaris" (short story), by H. P. Lovecraft
• Polaris (novel), a science fiction novel by Jack McDevitt

[edit] Music

• Polaris (band)
• "Polaris", a song by the rock band Jimmy Eat World, taken from the album Futures
• "Rust in Peace...Polaris", a song from the "Rust in Peace" album by thrash metal band Megadeth and a reference to the UGM-27 Polaris nuclear missile
• Polaris (album), is an album by South Korean singer Kangta
• Polaris (song), is a song by the British band Ash, taken from their album Twilight of the Innocents
• Polaris Music Prize, a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label.
• Tears from Polaris (song), is a song sung by Nicholas Teo in the taiwanese drama, Smiling Pasta

[edit] Games

• Polaris (arcade game)
• Polaris (role-playing game), several role-playing games
• Tears of Polaris, a science fiction MUD under development by Iron Realms entertainment
• Freespace 2 In Freespace 2, the Polaris system is under control by the Neo-Terran Front, and later recaptured the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance

[edit] Weapons and Ships

• Polaris (ship), ship of Charles Francis Hall's third Arctic expedition
• UGM-27 Polaris ballistic missile
• CC-150 Polaris, a Canadian military transport plane derived from Airbus A310

[edit] History

• Operation Stella Polaris, Finnish radio intelligence

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