ATLAS (DISAMBIGUATION)

'Atlas', in modern usage, most commonly refers to a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form.
'Atlas' may also refer to:

Contents

Greek mythology

Science

Computing

Geography

Entertainment

Literature and press

Comics

Companies

People

Military

Other

Greek mythology

★ Atlas (mythology), a Titan who bore the spheres of the heavens; inspiring the widely used image of a man carrying a great sphere on his back or shoulders

★ Atlas, the first king of Atlantis

Science

In 'astronomy':

★ Atlas (moon), a moon of Saturn

★ Atlas (crater), a prominent impact crater on the Moon

★ Atlas (star), a triple star system in the Pleiades cluster
In 'biology':

★ Atlas (anatomy), the topmost cervical vertebra of the human spine

★ Atlas Beetle, a rhinoceros beetle (''Dynastinae'') in the genus ''Chalcosoma''

★ ''Attacus atlas'' (or Atlas moth), a large saturniid moth

★ ''Atlas Cedar'', a large cedar tree native to the Atlas mountains of Algeria and Morocco

★ Atlas Flycatcher, a bird in the an Old World Flycatcher family

★ Atlas Bear, a species of bear native to Africa, now extinct

★ ''Testudo atlas'' (or Atlas turtle), an extinct species of cryptodire turtle from the Pleistocene period
In 'physics':

★ ATLAS experiment, a particle detector for the LHC at CERN

★ Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System, a particle accelerator at the Argonne National Laboratory
In 'mathematics':

★ Atlas (topology), a collection of local coordinate charts in mathematics

Computing

★ Atlas Computer (Manchester) (1962 - 1971), an early computer built at the University of Manchester

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★ Titan (computer) (also known as the 'Atlas 2'), its successor

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★ Atlas Autocode, a programming language developed for the Atlas Computer

★ UNIVAC 1101, also known as the ''Atlas''

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★ UNIVAC 1103, also known as the ''Atlas II''

★ ATLAS Transformation Language, an OMG standard for performing model transformations

★ ASP.NET AJAX (formerly codenamed "'Atlas'"), a set of ASP.NET extensions providing Ajax functionality

★ Atlas Terrain Engine, developed by Garage Games for use in their Torque Shader Engine

★ Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software more commonly known as 'ATLAS', an optimized BLAS implementation

★ Atlas.ti, a qualitative analysis software

Geography

★ Atlas Mountains, a mountain range in northwest Africa

★ Atlas (Neighborhood), in Northeast Washington, DC.

Entertainment

★ Atlas Games (company), a publisher of role-playing and card games

★ ATLAS (StarCraft), a fictional artificial intelligence in the StarCraft universe

★ ''Atlas'' (album), an album by Mexican electro-pop band Kinky

★ Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator, a large hydraulic motion simulator for the theme park industry

★ Atlas (band), a rock band from Christchurch, New Zealand.

★ , the first in a series of videogames. (See also: Neo Atlas)

Literature and press

★ ''Atlas Shrugged'', a novel by Ayn Rand

★ ''Atlas'', a book of photography by German artist Gerhard Richter

★ ''''The Atlas'' (novel)'', by American author William T. Vollmann

★ ''Atlas'' (magazine), Turkish monthly magazine on geography, environment, history and culture.

Comics

★ Atlas Comics (1950s), the company that evolved into Marvel Comics

★ Atlas (comics), a fictional character from Marvel Comics, best known as a member of the Thunderbolts

★ Atlas (comic series), a comic book series by Dylan Horrocks

★ Atlas/Seaboard Comics, a line of comics published by Seaboard Periodicals

★ ''Agents of Atlas'', a Marvel Comics mini-series by Jeff Parker

Companies

★ Atlas Aircraft Corporation, South African military aircraft manufacturer

★ Atlas Telecom, a worldwide communications company

★ Atlas Elektronik GmbH, a naval/marine electronics and systems business based in Bremen, Germany

★ Atlas Van Lines, a moving van company

★ Atlas Air, a cargo airline based in Purchase, New York

★ Atlas Blue, a low-cost airline based in Marrakech, Morocco

★ Atlas Copco, a Swedish rock drill manufacturer

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★ Polar Atlas historic Swedish diesel maker, later part of Atlas Copco

★ Atlas-Imperial, a historic American diesel engine builder

★ Atlas Model Railroad, maker of scale railroad models

★ Atlas (light trucks)

★ Atlas Condoms

★ Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives

★ Atlas Venture, an international early-stage venture capital firm

★ Atlas (light trucks), a Greek vehicle manufacturer

★ Atlasjet, a airline of Turkey

People

★ Meir Atlas (1848–1926), Rabbi of Shavel in Lithuania and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva

★ Charles Atlas (1892–1972), a famous bodybuilder

★ Tony Atlas (born 1944), a professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter

★ Teddy Atlas (born 1956), a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator

★ Natacha Atlas (born 1964), a Belgian female singer

★ James Atlas, founding editor of the Lipper/Viking Penguin Lives Series

★ Atllas, a rapper from Phoenix, Arizona

Military

★ Atlas Cheetah, a fighter aircraft of the South African Air Force

★ Atlas Oryx, a medium-sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa

★ Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems, a programming language used for automated test equipment

★ ATLAS (simulation), a system used to conduct military Command Post Exercises (CPX) within the Royal Thai Army

★ Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, an Army Air Cooperation aeroplane of the 1920s

Other

★ Atlas (missile), a venerable line of space launch vehicles

★ Atlas (architecture), a support or column sculpted in the form of a man

★ ''Farnese Atlas'', a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the titan Atlas

★ Atlas languages, a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco

★ Atlas Township, Michigan, USA

★ Atlas Uranium Mill, a decommissioned uranium mill near Moab, Utah

★ GM Atlas engine, a family of modern inline piston engines for trucks from General Motors

★ CF Atlas, a Mexican professional football club

★ Radio Atlas, a radio station in Montenegro

★ Atlas Vampire, the nickname of the assailant of the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1932

★ Atlas Economic Research Foundation, an incubator for free market think tanks

★ Nissan Atlas, a Japanese light truck

★ Atlas (1863 - 1885), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives

★ The Atlas (building), a tower in Midtown New York City

★ Atlas, a book size

★ Atlas, one of the main characters in the game BioShock.