AV
Encyclopedia
Companies and organizations
- AvayaAvayaAvaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with symbol "AV" - the IATA code for the airline AviancaAviancaAvianca S.A. is the flag carrier airline of Colombia since December 5, 1919 when it was initially registered under the name SCADTA. It is headquartered in Bogotá, D.C. with its hub at the El Dorado International Airport...
- Aston Villa F.C.Aston Villa F.C.Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
, an English football club
Entertainment
- Adult video
- A.V. (film), a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Pang Ho-Cheung
- Audio-visualAudio-visualThe term Audio-Visual may refer to works with both a sound and a visual component, the production or use of such works, or to equipment used to create and present such works...
, a band
Military
- AV, the designation for "seaplane tenderSeaplane tenderA seaplane tender is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War.-History:...
" in the United States Navy's ship classification system - AviationAviationAviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
, a military acronym or shorter version - AeroVironmentAeroVironmentAeroVironment Inc. is a technology company in Monrovia, California, and Simi Valley, California, that is primarily involved in energy systems, electric vehicle systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles . Paul B. MacCready, Jr., a famous designer of human powered aircraft, founded the company in 1971...
, Inc., makers of Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles and Unmanned Aircraft Systems for the military
Places
- AnguillaAnguillaAnguilla is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin...
, FIPS 10-4 code and obsolete NATO digram - Antelope ValleyAntelope ValleyThe Antelope Valley in California, United States, is located in northern Los Angeles County and the southeastern portion of Kern County, California, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert...
, a desert region of northern Los Angeles County, California, in the US - Province of AvellinoProvince of AvellinoThe Province of Avellino is a province in the Campania region of Italy. The area is typified by many small towns and villages scattered across the province; in fact only two towns have a population over 20,000; its capital city Avellino and Ariano Irpino....
, a province of Italy in the ISO 3166-2:IT code - Avalon, NJAvalon, New JerseyAs of April 2009, the average home sales price in Avalon was $1,567,662 .As of the census of 2000, there were 2,143 people, 1,045 households, and 668 families residing in the borough. The population density was 508.4 people per square mile...
, a beach town in southern New Jersey
Science
- GoldGoldGold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
, in the field of numismatics - from the Latin spelling of Aurum, Avrvm - Annular velocityAnnular velocityAnnular Velocity is the speed of a fluid's movement in a column called an annulus in wells being drilled with circulating drilling fluid. It is commonly measured in feet per minute or meters per minute...
, in Fluid dynamics - Apparent viscosityApparent viscosityApparent viscosity is a rheological property calculated from rheometer readings performed by a Mud engineer on drilling fluid. It is normally abbreviated as AV. It is expressed in cP . Centipoise is the amount of force required to move one layer of fluid in relation to another...
, in Fluid dynamics - atrioventricular (disambiguation) or arteriovenous, various meanings in medicine
Technology
- Anti-virus, antivirus software
- Audio and video connectorAudio and video connectorAudio connectors and video connectors are electrical connectors for carrying audio signal and video signal, of either analog or digital format. Analog A/V connectors often use Shielded cable to inhibit radio frequency interference and noise.- Audio only :Audio connectors are electrical...
, a cable between two devices - Aperture priorityAperture priorityAperture priority, often abbreviated A or Av on a camera mode dial, is a setting on some cameras that allows the user to choose a specific aperture value while the camera selects a shutter speed to match. The camera will ensure proper exposure...
, Av (Aperture value) is a common abbreviation on a camera mode dial
Voting
- Alternative Vote, a ranking system
- Approval votingApproval votingApproval voting is a single-winner voting system used for elections. Each voter may vote for as many of the candidates as the voter wishes. The winner is the candidate receiving the most votes. Each voter may vote for any combination of candidates and may give each candidate at most one vote.The...
, a non-ranking system - America VotesAmerica VotesAmerica Votes is an American 527 organization whose mission is to build a permanent progressive campaign infrastructure. America Votes leads national and state-based coalitions to develop shared strategies that advance progressive policies, engage communities and increase voter turnout.America...
, an organisation
Other uses
- Authorised King James Version of the Bible
- Avenue, see RoadRoadA road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...
(Ave. is more frequent) - AV (cyclecar)AV (cyclecar)The AV was a British cyclecar manufactured by Ward and Avey in Somerset Road, Teddington Middlesex between 1919 and 1924.It was one of the more successful cyclecars and was based on a design bought from Carden and built in the factory that they had previously used...
- Av (month), a month in the Hebrew calendar
- ISO 639-1ISO 639-1ISO 639-1:2002, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code, is the first part of the ISO 639 series of international standards for language codes. Part 1 covers the registration of two-letter codes. There are 136 two-letter codes registered...
code of the Avar languageAvar languageThe modern Avar language belongs to the Avar–Andic group of the Northeast Caucasian language family....