Tor (disambiguation)

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Tor may refer to:

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[edit] Biology

  • TOR (gene), or Target Of Rapamycin, a protein kinase
  • Tor, a genus of mahseers; a group of Asian game fishes

[edit] Geography

  • Tor (geography), a type of rock outcrop formed by weathering
  • TOR, an abbreviation for Toronto
  • The former name of the city Sloviansk, Ukraine
  • El-Tor, a port on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
  • Tor, Spain, a small village in the Catalan part of the Pyrenees, close to Andorra
  • TOR, an FAA identifier for Torrington Municipal Airport

[edit] Mythology

  • An alternative name of the god Thor
  • Sir Tor, a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend

[edit] Popular culture

[edit] Sports

[edit] Technology

  • Telex Over Radio, a.k.a. radio-telex or NBDP (Narrow-Band Direct Printing), part of GMDSS.
  • Tor (anonymity network), a software package sponsored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that enables its users to access websites and other internet services anonymously
  • Tor, the Russian name of a surface-to-air missile system, whose NATO designation is SA-15 Gauntlet.
  • Terms of reference a document which describes the purpose and structure of a project used frequently in project management

[edit] Other uses

[edit] See also