Atlas (disambiguation)
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An atlas
is a collection of maps.
Atlas may also refer to:
Atlas
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a map of Earth or a region of Earth, but there are atlases of the other planets in the Solar System. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats...
is a collection of maps.
Atlas may also refer to:
Greek mythology
- Atlas (mythology)Atlas (mythology)In Greek mythology, Atlas was the primordial Titan who supported the heavens. Although associated with various places, he became commonly identified with the Atlas Mountains in north-west Africa...
, a Titan who bore the spheres of the heavens; inspiring the widely used image of a man carrying a celestial sphere on his back or shoulders (also known as Atlas Telamon or "enduring Atlas")- Farnese AtlasFarnese AtlasThe Farnese Atlas is a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of Atlas kneeling with a globe weighing heavily on his shoulders. It is the oldest extant statue of the Titan of Greek mythology, who is represented in earlier vase-painting, and more important, the oldest known...
, a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the Titan, "Atlas"
- Farnese Atlas
Astronomy
- Atlas (moon)Atlas (moon)Atlas is an inner satellite of Saturn.Atlas was discovered by Richard Terrile in 1980 from Voyager photos and was designated '. In 1983 it was officially named after Atlas of Greek mythology, because it "holds the rings on its shoulders" like the Titan Atlas held the sky up above the Earth...
, a moon of Saturn - Atlas (crater)Atlas (crater)Atlas is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located in the northeast part of the Moon, to the southeast of Mare Frigoris. Just to the west is the slightly smaller but still prominent crater Hercules. Northeast of Atlas is the large Endymion....
, a prominent impact crater on the Moon - Atlas (star)Atlas (star)Atlas is a triple star system in the Pleiades open cluster . It is also known as 27 Tauri.The primary component, Atlas A, is a blue-white B-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.62. It is a spectroscopic binary whose components have magnitudes of +4.1 and +5.6. The binary makes one orbit...
, a triple star system in the Pleiades cluster
Biology
- A book about flora and/or fauna of an area or region (see for example Atlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and IrelandAtlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and IrelandThe biodiversity of Great Britain and Ireland is probably the most well-studied of any geographical area of comparable size anywhere in the world. This work has resulted in the publication of distribution atlases for many taxonomic groups...
) - Atlas (anatomy)Atlas (anatomy)In anatomy, the atlas is the most superior cervical vertebra of the spine.It is named for the Atlas of Greek mythology, because it supports the globe of the head....
, the topmost cervical vertebra of the spine - Atlas BearAtlas BearThe Atlas Bear is an extinct subspecies of the Brown Bear, which is sometimes classified as a distinct species.-Range and description:...
(Ursus arctos crowtheri), an extinct subspecies of the Brown Bear - Atlas beetleAtlas beetleThe Atlas beetle, Chalcosoma atlas, is a species of beetle found in southern Asia, especially Malaysia, remarkable for its size...
(Chalcosoma atlas), a rhinoceros beetle species - Atlas CedarAtlas CedarCedrus atlantica, the Atlas Cedar, is a cedar native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco . A majority of the modern sources treat it as a distinct species Cedrus atlantica, but some sources consider it a subspecies of Lebanon Cedar Cedrus atlantica, the Atlas Cedar, is a cedar native to...
, a cedar tree sometimes included in Cedrus libani, sometimes treated as species C. atlantica - Atlas FlycatcherAtlas FlycatcherAtlas Pied Flycatcher or Atlas Flycatcher is a bird in the an Old World flycatcher family, one of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers; it is endemic as a breeding species to North-west Africa....
(Ficedula speculigera), a songbird species sometimes included in the Eurasian Pied Flycatcher - Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas), a large saturniid moth species
- Atlas Turtle (Colossochelys atlas), a prehistoric giant tortoise, formerly in the genus Testudo
Physics
- ATLAS experimentATLAS experimentATLAS is one of the six particle detector experiments constructed at the Large Hadron Collider , a new particle accelerator at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland...
, a particle detector for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN - Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator SystemArgonne Tandem Linear Accelerator SystemThe Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System is a scientific user facility at Argonne National Laboratory. ATLAS is the first superconducting linear accelerator for heavy ions at energies in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier....
, a particle accelerator at the Argonne National Laboratory - Atomic Terrace Low Angle Shadowing, a nanofabrication technique
Mathematics
- Atlas (topology)Atlas (topology)In mathematics, particularly topology, one describesa manifold using an atlas. An atlas consists of individualcharts that, roughly speaking, describe individual regionsof the manifold. If the manifold is the surface of the Earth,...
, a collection of local coordinate charts in mathematics - ATLAS of Finite GroupsATLAS of Finite GroupsThe ATLAS of Finite Groups, often simply known as the ATLAS, is a group theory book by John Horton Conway, Robert Turner Curtis, Simon Phillips Norton, Richard Alan Parker and Robert Arnott Wilson , published in December 1985 by Oxford University Press and reprinted with corrections in 2003...
, a noted book
Space
- Atlas (rocket family)Atlas (rocket family)Atlas is a family of U.S. space launch vehicles. The original Atlas missile was designed in the late 1950s and produced by the Convair Division of General Dynamics, to be used as an intercontinental ballistic missile...
family of rockets- SM-65 Atlas, early model Atlas rocket
- Mercury-AtlasMercury-AtlasMercury-Atlas was a subprogram of Project Mercury which comprised most of the flights and tests using the Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle. The Atlas was also used for one Mercury flight under the Big Joe subprogram.- Mission numbering :...
, the combination Atlas and Mercury spacecraft - Atlas IIAtlas IIAtlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. Atlas II was the last Atlas to use a three engine, "stage-and-a-half" design: two of its three engines were jettisoned during ascent, but its fuel tanks and other...
- Atlas IIIAtlas IIIThe Lockheed Martin Atlas III was an American orbital launch vehicle, used between 2000 and 2005. It was the first member of the Atlas family since the Atlas A to feature a "normal" staging method, compared to the previous Atlas family members, which were equipped with jettisonable engines on the...
was a US launch vehicle (2000–2005) - Atlas VAtlas VAtlas V is an active expendable launch system in the Atlas rocket family. Atlas V was formerly operated by Lockheed Martin, and is now operated by the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance...
(2002–Present)
- Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space TelescopeAdvanced Technology Large-Aperture Space TelescopeThe Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope is an 8 to 16.8-meter UV-optical-NIR space telescope proposed by Space Telescope Science Institute, the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope...
, the proposed successor for the Hubble Space Telescope
Computing
- Atlas Computer (Manchester)Atlas Computer (Manchester)The Atlas Computer was a joint development between the University of Manchester, Ferranti, and Plessey. The first Atlas, installed at Manchester University and officially commissioned in 1962, was one of the world's first supercomputers, considered to be the most powerful computer in the world at...
(1962–1971), an early computer built at the University of Manchester- Titan (computer)Titan (computer)Titan was the prototype of the Atlas 2 computer developed by Ferranti and the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory in Cambridge, England...
, also known as the Atlas 2, its successor - Atlas AutocodeAtlas AutocodeAtlas Autocode was a programming language developed around 1965 at Manchester University for the Atlas Computer. It was developed by Tony Brooker and Derrick Morris as an improvement on the ALGOL programming languages, removing some of Algol's poorer features such as "passing parameters by name"...
, a programming language developed for the Atlas Computer
- Titan (computer)
- UNIVAC 1101UNIVAC 1101The UNIVAC 1101, or ERA 1101, was a computer system designed by Engineering Research Associates and built by the Remington Rand corporation in the 1950s. It was the first stored program computer in the U.S. that was moved from its site of manufacture and successfully installed at a distant site...
, also known as the Atlas- UNIVAC 1103UNIVAC 1103The UNIVAC 1103 or ERA 1103, a successor to the UNIVAC 1101, was a computer system designed by Engineering Research Associates and built by the Remington Rand corporation in October, 1953...
, also known as the Atlas II
- UNIVAC 1103
- ATLAS Transformation LanguageATLAS Transformation LanguageATL is a model transformation language and toolkit developed and maintained by OBEO and AtlanMod. It was initiated by the team...
, an OMG standard for performing model transformations - "Atlas" was the former name for ASP.NET AJAX, Microsoft software, a set of ASP.NET extensions providing Ajax functionality
- Atlas Terrain Engine, developed by Garage Games for use in their Torque Shader Engine
- ATLAS, Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra SoftwareAutomatically Tuned Linear Algebra SoftwareAutomatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software is a software library for linear algebra. It provides a mature open source implementation of BLAS APIs for C and Fortran77....
an optimized BLAS implementation - ATLAS, Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems, a programming language used for automated test equipment
- Atlas.tiAtlas.tiATLAS.ti is a computer software program used mostly, but not exclusively, in qualitative research or qualitative data analysis.-Development history:...
, a qualitative analysis software - Texture atlasTexture atlasIn realtime computer graphics, a texture atlas is a large image, or "atlas" which contains many smaller sub-images, each of which is a texture for some part of a 3D object. The sub-textures can be rendered by modifying the texture coordinates of the object's uvmap on the atlas, essentially telling...
- Atlas, a Supercomputer installed at the Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryThe Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , just outside Livermore, California, is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center founded by the University of California in 1952...
in 2006 - ATLAS, control software used on the PendolinoPendolinoPendolino is an Italian family of tilting trains used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Russian Federation, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Switzerland, China and shortly in Romania and Poland...
train
Geography
- Atlas DistrictAtlas DistrictThe Atlas District is an arts and entertainment district located in the Near Northeast neighborhood of Washington, DC. It runs along the resurgent H Street Corridor from the outskirts of Union Station to the crossroads with Maryland Ave, Bladensburg Road, and Florida Avenue. The name is not...
, an arts and entertainment district in the Near Northeast neighborhood of Washington, D.C., USA - Atlas, CaliforniaAtlas, CaliforniaAtlas is an unincorporated community in Napa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1719 feet . Atlas is located north-northwest of Mount Vaca and south-southeast of Atlas Peak....
, an unincorporated community in Napa County, California, USA - Atlas, IllinoisAtlas, IllinoisAtlas is an unincorporated community which lies on Highway 96 in western Pike County, Illinois, United States....
, an unincorporated community in western Pike County, Illinois, USA - Atlas MountainsAtlas MountainsThe Atlas Mountains is a mountain range across a northern stretch of Africa extending about through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The highest peak is Toubkal, with an elevation of in southwestern Morocco. The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert...
, a complex of mountain ranges in northwest Africa- Anti-AtlasAnti-AtlasThe Anti-Atlas or Lesser Atlas or Little Atlas, is a mountain range in Morocco, a part of the Atlas mountains in the northwest of Africa. The Anti-Atlas extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest toward the northeast, to the heights of Ouarzazate and further east to the city of Tafilalt,...
, a mountain range in Morocco - High AtlasHigh AtlasHigh Atlas, also called the Grand Atlas Mountains is a mountain range in central Morocco in Northern Africa.The High Atlas rises in the west at the Atlantic Ocean and stretches in an eastern direction to the Moroccan-Algerian border. At the Atlantic and to the southwest the range drops abruptly...
, a mountain range in Morocco, contains the highest point in the Atlas Mountains- Grand Atlas Mountains, another name for the High Atlas
- Middle AtlasMiddle AtlasThe Middle Atlas is part of the Atlas mountain range lying in Morocco, a mountainous country with more than 100,000 km² or 15% of its landmass rising above 2,000 metres. The Middle Atlas is the northernmost of three Atlas Mountains chains that define a large plateaued basin extending eastward...
, a mountain range in Northern Morocco - Saharan AtlasSaharan AtlasThe Saharan Atlas of Algeria is the eastern portion of the Atlas Mountains. Not as tall as the Grand Atlas of Morocco they are far more imposing than the Tell Atlas range that runs closer to the coast. The tallest peak in the range is the high Djebel Aissa....
, a mountain range in Algeria - Tell AtlasTell AtlasThe Tell Atlas is a mountain chain over 1,500 kilometers in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching from Morocco, through Algeria to Tunisia. It parallels the Mediterranean coast...
, the Atlas mountain range that parallels the Mediterranean coast
- Anti-Atlas
- Atlas, Pennsylvania, USA
- Atlas, WisconsinAtlas, WisconsinAtlas is an unincorporated community located in the town of Laketown, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States....
, USA - Atlas Township, MichiganAtlas Township, MichiganAtlas Township is a general law township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 7,257.-History:...
, USA - Atlas Peak AVAAtlas Peak AVAThe Atlas Peak AVA is an American Viticultural Area located within Napa Valley AVA just northeast of the city of Napa. The appellation sits on a higher elevation than most of Napa's wine region which limits the effects of the cool fog coming in from Pacific Ocean. The westward orientation of most...
, California wine region in Napa Valley
Entertainment
- Atlas (album)Atlas (album)Atlas is an album by the Mexican Avanzada Regia electro-pop band Kinky. It was released on December 2, 2003 on Nettwerk.Track 2, "The Headphonist" features vocals by John McCrea, lead singer of the American band CAKE.-Track listing:...
, an album by Mexican electro-pop band Kinky - Atlas (band)Atlas (band)Atlas were a New Zealand rock band which originally formed in 2005 but disbanded in late 2008.In April 2005, in Hollywood, California, producer Hank Linderman introduced NZ rocker Ben Campbell and his sister Beth Campbell, to 19 year old American solo artist Sean Cunningham...
, a rock band from Christchurch, New Zealand - "Atlas", a single from the album Mirrored by experimental rock group Battles
- Atlas (film)Atlas (film)Atlas is a 1961 action-adventure film directed by Roger Corman, filmed in Greece....
, a 1961 movie by Roger Corman - Atlas Games (company), a publisher of role-playing and card games
- Advanced Technology Leisure Application SimulatorAdvanced Technology Leisure Application SimulatorThe Advanced Technology Leisure Application Simulator, or ATLAS, is a large hydraulic motion simulator. It was designed, as the name implies, for the theme park industry. The ATLAS is a product of Rediffusion Simulation in Sussex, England, now owned by Thomson-CSF.The ATLAS was derived from...
, a large hydraulic motion simulator for the theme park industry - RTV AtlasRTV AtlasRadio Televizija Atlas is a national broadcaster from Montenegro. It is based in Podgorica and broadcasted in most of Montenegro. Atlas TV also broadcasts its program over the satellite. It can be found on Eutelsat W2 at 16.0E on frequency 12.600,75GHz/V...
a broadcaster in Montenegro- Radio Atlas, a radio station in Montenegro
Literature and press
- Atlas ShruggedAtlas ShruggedAtlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. Rand's fourth and last novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing...
, a novel by Ayn Rand - Atlas, a book of photography by German artist Gerhard RichterGerhard RichterGerhard Richter is a German visual artist. Richter has simultaneously produced abstract and photorealistic painted works, as well as photographs and glass pieces, thus undermining the concept of the artist’s obligation to maintain a single cohesive style.- Biography :Gerhard Richter was born in...
- The Atlas (novel)The Atlas (novel)The Atlas is a 1996 semi-autobiographical work by American novelist William T. Vollmann.A mixture of fiction and non-fiction, this book was drawn from Vollmann's experiences traveling around the world...
, by American author William T. Vollmann - Atlas (magazine)Atlas (magazine)Atlas is a monthly and popular Turkish magazine, with accentuated photographic and other imagery content, covering a range of subjects from geography and environment to history and culture....
, Turkish monthly magazine on geography, environment, history and culture - The World Atlas of WineThe World Atlas of WineThe World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, MW, is an atlas and reference work on the world of wine, published by Mitchell Beazley. It pioneered the use of wine-specific cartography to give wine a sense of place, and has since the first edition published in 1971 sold 4 million...
, resource on wine by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson
Comics
- Atlas Comics (1950s)Atlas Comics (1950s)Atlas Comics is the term used to describe the 1950s comic book publishing company that would evolve into Marvel Comics. Magazine and paperback novel publisher Martin Goodman, whose business strategy involved having a multitude of corporate entities, used Atlas as the umbrella name for his comic...
, the company that evolved into Marvel Comics- Agents of AtlasAgents of AtlasAgents of Atlas is a fictional superhero team in comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is composed of characters originally appearing in unrelated stories published in the 1950s by Marvel's predecessor company, Atlas Comics....
, a Marvel Comics mini-series that included a foundation named Atlas
- Agents of Atlas
- Atlas, a fictional character from Marvel Comics, also known as Erik Josten (formerly a member of the Thunderbolts)
- Atlas (comics series)Atlas (comic series)Atlas is the name of a comic book series by cartoonist Dylan Horrocks. It is published by Drawn & Quarterly.-External links:** at the Grand Comics Database...
, a comic book series by Dylan Horrocks - Atlas (DC Comics)Atlas (DC Comics)Atlas is the name of several fictional characters, comic book superheroes and deities published by DC Comics. Jack Kirby's Atlas debuted in 1st Issue Special #1, , and was created by Jack Kirby.-Publication history:...
, a fictional character published by DC Comics- "The Coming of Atlas", a DC Comics story arc featuring Atlas
- Atlas/Seaboard ComicsAtlas/Seaboard ComicsAtlas/Seaboard is the term comic-book historians and collectors use to refer to the 1970s line of comics published as Atlas Comics by the American company Seaboard Periodicals, to differentiate from the 1950s' Atlas Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics...
, (1970s) a line of comics published by Seaboard Periodicals - Atlas (Teen Titans), a fictional villain in the Teen Titans animated series
- King Atlas (Transformers), a Transformers character
- Atlas (Astro Boy), the brother and recurring rival of Astro Boy in the Anime and later TV series
- In PS 238, Atlas is a famous superhero and the father of one of the main characters
Companies
- Atlas AirAtlas AirAtlas Air, Inc. is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, Harrison, New York. It operates scheduled freight flights on a wet lease basis for some of the world's leading airlines, flying to 101 cities in 46 countries. Its crew bases include: Miami International Airport, New York's John F...
, a cargo airline based in Purchase, New York - Atlas AircraftAtlas AircraftThis article is about a U.S. firm of the 1940s. For the South African aircraft manufacturer, see Atlas Aircraft CorporationAtlas Aircraft was a short-lived American aircraft manufacturer founded at Hemet, California by Max Harlow shortly after World War II. The firm developed a light civil...
, a US aircraft maker in the 1940s - Atlas AviationAtlas AviationAtlas Aviation is a premier full service FBO chain in Tampa Florida that is located at Peter O. Knight Airport. The FBO offers fuel services, aircraft maintenance, hangar storage, tiedown, flight instruction and aircraft rental services. The company started in Florida in July 2004...
, an aircraft maintenance firm in Florida, USA - Atlas BlueAtlas BlueAtlas Blue was a low-cost airline with its head office on the grounds of Marrakech-Menara Airport in Marrakech, Morocco, operating out of Menara International Airport....
, a low-cost airline based in Marrakech, Morocco - Atlas Car and Manufacturing CompanyAtlas Car and Manufacturing CompanyThe Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives. The company was based in Cleveland, OH, building equipment from 1896 through the 1960s....
, a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives - Atlas ConsortiumAtlas ConsortiumThe ATLAS Consortium comprises five partner companies; HP Enterprise Services, Fujitsu, EADS Defence and Security Systems and Logica. Each ATLAS partner has extensive experience of major technology implementation programmes in both the public and private sectors.The Consortium are tasked with...
, group of technology companies - Atlas CopcoAtlas CopcoAtlas Copco is a Swedish industrial company that was founded in 1873. It manufactures industrial tooling and equipment.The Atlas Copco Group is a global industrial group of companies headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Revenues for 2009 totaled 63 billion SEK. The Group employs more than 33,000...
, a Swedish rock drill manufacturer- Polar Atlas, historic Swedish diesel maker, later part of Atlas Copco
- Atlas CorporationAtlas CorporationThe Atlas Corporation, was formed in 1928, from a merger of the United Corporation, an investment firm started in 1923 with $40,000, with Atlas Utilities and Investors Ltd. The corporation specialized in capital formation and management. In 1929, Atlas was a $12,000,000 investment trust...
, an architectural company - Atlas Drop Forge Company, a parts subsidiary of the former REO Motor Car CompanyREO Motor Car CompanyThe REO Motor Car Company was a Lansing, Michigan based company that produced automobiles and trucks from 1905 to 1975. At one point the company also manufactured buses on its truck platforms.REO was initiated by Ransom E. Olds during August 1904...
- Atlas GroupAtlas GroupThe Atlas Group is a diversified dealing in engineering, financial services and trading. The Atlas Group was laid in 1962, with the establishment of Shirazi Investments Limited...
, Business Group in Pakistan- Honda Atlas Cars PakistanHonda Atlas Cars PakistanHonda Atlas Cars Limited is a joint venture between Honda Motor Company Limited, Japan and the Atlas Group, Pakistan. The company was incorporated on November 4, 1992 and a joint venture agreement was signed on August 5, 1993. The company is listed on Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Stock Exchanges...
, Atlas Group joint venture with Honda to build cars and motorbikes - Atlas BankAtlas BankThe Atlas Group established Atlas Investment Bank in 1990 as a joint venture between Atlas Group and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Japan. With an associated company, Atlas Lease Limited formed in 1989 as a joint venture between the Atlas Group, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Japan and the National...
, bank in Pakistan
- Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan
- Atlas-ImperialAtlas-ImperialAtlas-Imperial was an American manufacturer of diesel engines based in Oakland, California.The company was created in 1916 when two early gasoline engine companies combined to manufacture diesel engines, following the expiration of Rudolph Diesel's patents....
, a historic American diesel engine builder - Atlas Media Corporation, a non-fiction entertainment company based in New York City, USA
- Atlas Model RailroadAtlas Model RailroadAtlas Model Railroad Company, Inc. makes scale models in N scale, HO scale, and O scale. The company is based in Hillside, New Jersey USA. They produce a wide variety of locomotives, rolling stock, and vehicles. Atlas is well known for their flex track and codes 55, 80, 83 and 100 track. Atlas also...
, maker of scale railroad models - Atlas PressAtlas PressAtlas Press began publishing in 1983, and specialises in extremist and avant-garde prose writing from the 1890s to the present day. Atlas Press is the largest publisher in English of books on Surrealism and has an extensive list relating to Dada, Surrealism, Expressionism, the Oulipo, the Collège...
, UK publisher - Atlas Press (tool company)Atlas Press (tool company)Atlas Press Co. was a tool company that manufactured popular brands of metalworking tools from 1920 to the mid-1970s. Many of their products received wide coverage in Popular Mechanics and Popular Science at the time.- History :...
of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the largest supplier of machine tools to the hobbyist market in the middle of the 20th century - Atlas TelecomAtlas TelecomAtlas Telecom is a worldwide communications company founded in France but currently based in Bermuda. It is a branch of Atlas Group. One of its largest divisions is Atlas Telecom Network Romania, which is a telephony provider and ISP in Romania....
, a worldwide communications company - Atlas Van LinesAtlas Van LinesAtlas Van Lines is a moving company formed in 1948 by a group of local transfer and storage firms. As an agent-owned company it is similar in form to a cooperative. It has about 500 agents worldwide , of which 75 own shares in Atlas World Group, which controls Atlas Van Lines and other related...
, a moving company - Atlas WerkeAtlas WerkeAtlas Werke was a German shipbuilding company, located in Bremen. It was founded in 1911.During World War I Atlas Werke built one single U 151 U-boat for the Kaiserliche Marine, the U-156....
, a shipbuilder based in Bremen, Germany - STN AtlasSTN AtlasSTN ATLAS Elektronik GmbH was a German defence company, producing sensors and other electronic or computer components such as Radar, Sonar, fire-control systems, simulations....
Elektronik GmbH was a German defence company producing electronics until 2003 - Atlas ElektronikAtlas ElektronikAtlas Elektronik GmbH is a naval/marine electronics and systems business based in Bremen, Germany. It is involved in the development of integrated sonar systems for submarines and heavyweight torpedoes....
GmbH, a naval/marine electronics and systems business based in Bremen, Germany - AtlasjetAtlasjetAtlasjet Havacılık A.Ş. is an airline based in Florya, Bakırköy district, Istanbul, Turkey, operating domestic and international scheduled passenger services and regular charter flights to Europe, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates, usually out of either Atatürk International Airport,...
, a Turkish airline - Dresser AtlasDresser AtlasDresser Atlas is a provider of oil field and factory automation services, formed in 1968 through the merger of PGAC and Lane Wells Company. In 1987, the company merged with Western Geophysical to form Western Atlas, and in 1998, Western Atlas was acquired by Baker Hughes, and, since then, was named...
, a provider of oil field services and subsequently factory automation services - Western AtlasWestern AtlasWestern Atlas was formed in 1987 through the merger of Western Geophysical and Dresser Atlas. The resulting company was a joint venture of Litton and Dresser Industries until it was spun off as a publicly traded company in 1994....
, US company, subsequently Atlas Wireline and Baker Atlas - Tele AtlasTele AtlasTele Atlas is a Netherlands-based company founded in 1984 which delivers digital maps and other dynamic content for navigation and location-based services, including personal and in-car navigation systems, and provides data used in a wide range of mobile and Internet map applications...
, a Dutch mapping company
People
- Meir AtlasMeir AtlasMeir Atlas was the rabbi of numerous communities in pre-World War II Europe and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva. He was an outstanding halachic authority who authored many responsa and was one of the foremost Lithuanian rabbis of his time....
(1848–1926), Rabbi of Shavel in Lithuania and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva - Charles AtlasCharles AtlasCharles Atlas, born Angelo Siciliano , was the developer of a bodybuilding method and its associated exercise program that was best known for a landmark advertising campaign featuring Atlas's name and likeness; it has been described as one of the longest-lasting and most memorable ad campaigns of all...
(1892–1972), a famous bodybuilder - Tony AtlasTony AtlasAnthony White better known by his ring name "Tony Atlas" is an American bodybuilder, powerlifter, and professional wrestler who has held multiple titles and championships in each sport. He is also known by his bodybuilding title, "Mr...
(born 1954), a professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter - Teddy AtlasTeddy AtlasTheodore A. "Teddy" Atlas, Jr. is a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator.-Personal life:...
(born 1956), a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator - Natacha AtlasNatacha AtlasNatacha Atlas is a Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and Western electronic music, particularly hip-hop. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne" . Her music has been influenced by many styles including Arabic, hip hop, drum 'n' bass and reggae.Atlas began her career as part of...
(born 1964), a Belgian singer - James AtlasJames AtlasJames Atlas , is the president of Atlas & Company, publishers, and founding editor of the Penguin Lives Series.A Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar, and onetime contributor to The New Yorker, he was an editor at The New York Times Magazine for many years.He has edited volumes of poetry and has...
(born 1949), is a founding editor of the Lipper/Viking Penguin Lives Series - Atlas DaBoneAtlas DaBoneRichard "Rich" Young is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment performing under the ring name Ricky Ortiz....
, an American professional wrestler - Atlas is a nickname for Michael MarraMichael MarraMichael Marra is a Scottish musician from Dundee.Jenny Marra, the Labour MSP, is his niece.-History:Michael Marra was brought up in the Lochee district of Dundee. His first public performance was at an NCR Christmas party in the 1950s...
, a Scottish musician (born 1952)
Military
- Atlas Aircraft CorporationAtlas Aircraft CorporationThe Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa was established in 1965 to manufacture a number of sophisticated military aircraft and avionics equipment for the South African Air Force, as well as for export...
, a South African military aircraft manufacturer, formerly known as Atlas Aviation- Atlas OryxAtlas OryxThe Atlas Oryx is a medium-sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa.-Design and development:...
, a medium-sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa - Atlas CheetahAtlas CheetahThe Atlas Cheetah is a fighter aircraft currently operated by the Ecuadorian Air Force. It was operated by the South African Air Force between 1986 and 2008. It was first built as a major upgrade of the Dassault Mirage III by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa in South Africa and is...
, a fighter aircraft of the South African Air Force - Atlas CarverAtlas CarverThe Atlas Carver was a project launched in the 1980s by the South African Atlas Aircraft Corporation to replace the aging Canberra, Buccaneer, and Mirage III in the South African Air Force...
, a South African military jet development project that was cancelled in the 1990s - Atlas XH-1 Alpha, a military helicopter
- Atlas Oryx
- ATLAS (simulation), a system used to conduct military Command Post Exercises (CPX) within the Royal Thai Army
- Armstrong Whitworth AtlasArmstrong Whitworth Atlas|-See also:-External links:* *...
, a British military aeroplane manufactured (1927–1933) - HMLAT-303HMLAT-303Marine Light Attack Training Squadron 303 , is a United States Marine Corps helicopter training squadron stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Known as the "Atlas", HMT-303 trains newly commissioned Naval Aviators, conversion pilots, refresher pilots, and enlisted aircrew on...
is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Atlas is the name of three different US warships between 1869 and 1972 is the name of two ships of the Royal Navy - Atlas, Royal Air Force name for the Airbus A400MAirbus A400MThe Airbus A400M, also known as the Atlas, is a multi-national four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities. The aircraft's maiden flight, originally planned for 2008, took place on 11 December 2009 in...
Automotive
- Atlas (automobile)Atlas (automobile)There were numerous cars, makes and models, named Atlas.An Atlas car was built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1906–1907; another came from Springfield, Massachusetts from 1907-1911 ; and an Atlas Motor Buggy was built in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1909.No production of an actual vehicle is proven...
, an American automobile manufactured from 1907 to 1913 - Atlas (1951 automobile)Atlas (1951 automobile)The Atlas was a mini-car made in France in 1951. Originally known as La Coccinelle, it used a single-cylinder engine of a mere 175 cc capacity. The fiberglass body seated two, the maximum speed said to be over ....
, originally known as La Coccinelle, a mini-car made in France in 1951 - GM Atlas engineGM Atlas engineAtlas is a name for a family of modern inline piston engines for trucks from General Motors. The series debuted in 2002 with the Oldsmobile Bravada, and is also used in the Chevrolet TrailBlazer and Colorado and their GMC twins, the Envoy and Canyon...
, a family of truck engines from General Motors - Nissan AtlasNissan AtlasThe Nissan Atlas is the name used in Japan for two lines of pickup trucks and light commercial vehicles sold by Nissan and built by UD Nissan Diesel, a Volvo AB company and by Renault-Nissan Alliance for the European market. The lighter range replaced the earlier Cabstar and Homer, while the...
, a Japanese light truck - Atlas, a van made by the Standard Motor CompanyStandard Motor CompanyThe Standard Motor Company was founded in Coventry, England in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay . The Standard name was last used in Britain in 1963, and in India in 1987.-1903–1914:...
(UK) 1958–62- Atlas Major, a Standard Motor Company van 1962–1963
- Atlas (light trucks)Atlas (light trucks)Atlas was a Greek company based in Rentis that produced three-wheel trucks and other metal structures. In business between 1967 and 1972, it used Volkswagen engines, as well as German Ford axles. Cabs were made of glass-fiber reinforced composite...
, a vehicle manufacturer in Greece
Sport
- Atlas Stone, a boulder lifting event in strength events
- Club Atlas, a Mexican professional football club
- Club Atlético AtlasClub Atlético AtlasClub Atlético Atlas is a lower division amateur football club from Argentina, which made some impact due to the TV documentary "Atlas, la otra pasión", aired on Fox Sports en Latinoamérica....
, an Argentinian amateur football club
Other
- Atlas (architecture)Atlas (architecture)In the classical European architectural tradition an atlas is a support sculpted in the form of a man, which may take the place of a column, a pier or a pilaster...
, a support or column sculpted in the form of a man - Atlas (cartography), a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form
- Atlas languagesAtlas languagesThe Atlas languages, or more exactly Moroccan Atlas, also Masmuda, are a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. By mutual intelligibility, they are a single language; however, they are distinct sociolinguistically and are considered separate languages by...
, a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco - Atlas Uranium Mill, a decommissioned uranium mill near Moab, Utah
- Atlas VampireAtlas VampireThe Atlas Vampire is the nickname given to the unknown assailant who committed the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden in 1932....
, the nickname of the assailant of the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1932 - Atlas Economic Research FoundationAtlas Economic Research FoundationThe Atlas Economic Research Foundation, also known as the Atlas Network, is a non-profit organization based in the United States which organizes and convenes workshops, offers training, runs prize programs, and provides advisory services in order to continue growing and strengthening an informal...
, an incubator for free market think tanks - Atlas (1863–1885), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido classSouth Devon Railway Dido classThe eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways...
steam locomotives - Atlas (1927–1962), a LMS Royal Scot ClassLMS Royal Scot ClassThe London, Midland and Scottish Railway Royal Scot Class is a class of 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive introduced in 1927. Originally having parallel boilers, all members were later rebuilt with tapered type 2A boilers, and were in effect two classes.-Background:Until the mid-1920s, the LMS...
steam locomotive - Atlas, a book sizeBook sizeThe size of a book is generally measured by the height against the width of a leaf, or sometimes the height and width of its cover. A series of terms is commonly used by libraries and publishers for the general sizes of modern books, ranging from "folio" , to "quarto" and "octavo"...
- Atlas, a character from the video game BioshockBioshockBioShock is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Boston and designed by Ken Levine. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on August 21, 2007 in North America, and three days later in Europe and Australia. It became available on Steam on August 21, 2007...
- Atlas, a BattleMech from the BattleTechBattleTechBattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps. The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech by Jordan Weisman and L...
series - ATLAS is an acronym for Association for Tourism and Leisure Education, a European educational project
- Atlas V (boat)Atlas V (boat)The Atlas V was a Belgian tug boat which was armed by resistance forces under the command of Jules Hentjens during the First World War...
, a Belgian tug boat used by the resistance in World War I - Birdman AtlasBirdman Atlas|-See also:...
– ultralight aircraft - Cloud atlasCloud atlasA cloud atlas is a pictorial key to the nomenclature of clouds. Early cloud atlases were an important element in the training of meteorologists and in weather forecasting, and the author of a 1923 atlas stated that "increasing use of the air as a means of transportation will require and lead to a...
, an atlas of kinds of clouds - ST Atlas, a Swedish tug boat
- Atlas NetworkAtlas NetworkThe Atlas Network is an association consisting of the special police units of the 27 states of the European Union. The goal of Atlas is to improve cooperation among the police units and to enhance skills by training with the other units....
, a network special police units of Europe, formerly HMS Atlas, used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, London from 1881-1904 - Atlas, a fictional character in the 2007 video game BioShock
- Atlas, one of two fictional player-controlled robots in the co-operative mode of Portal 2Portal 2Portal 2 is a first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. The sequel to the 2007 video game Portal, it was announced on March 5, 2010, following a week-long alternate reality game based on new patches to the original game...