Car (disambiguation)
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A car
, or automobile, motor car, is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers.
Car or CAR may also refer to:
Čar
Čar is a village in the municipality of Bujanovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the town has a population of 296 people.-References:...
, or automobile, motor car, is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers.
Car or CAR may also refer to:
Vehicles
- Railroad carRailroad carA railroad car or railway vehicle , also known as a bogie in Indian English, is a vehicle on a rail transport system that is used for the carrying of cargo or passengers. Cars can be coupled together into a train and hauled by one or more locomotives...
, a vehicle on a train that is towed by the locomotive - The cab of an elevatorElevatorAn elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
- A vehicle on a tramTramA tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
(trolley) - ChariotChariotThe chariot is a type of horse carriage used in both peace and war as the chief vehicle of many ancient peoples. Ox carts, proto-chariots, were built by the Proto-Indo-Europeans and also built in Mesopotamia as early as 3000 BC. The original horse chariot was a fast, light, open, two wheeled...
, an archaic term - CarriageCarriageA carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn; litters and sedan chairs are excluded, since they are wheelless vehicles. The carriage is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods. It may be light,...
, an archaic term - CartCartA cart is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people...
, an archaic term
Films
- Cars (franchise)Cars (franchise)Cars is the second film series created by Pixar and distributed by Disney after Toy Story. Cars was released on June 9, 2006 and Cars 2 was released on June 24, 2011. Both films were directed by John Lasseter, the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios...
, a Disney/Pixar film series- Cars (film)Cars (film)Cars is a 2006 American animated family film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Joe Ranft. It is the seventh Disney·Pixar feature film, and Pixar's final, independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney...
, a 2006 computer animated film from Disney and Pixar - Cars 2Cars 2Cars 2 is a 2011 American computer-animated action film produced by Pixar, and it is the sequel to the 2006 film, Cars. In the film, race car Lightning McQueen and tow truck Mater head to Japan and Europe to compete in the World Grand Prix, but Mater becomes sidetracked with international espionage...
, the 2011 sequel - Cars (video game)Cars (video game)Cars is a video game based on and considered a sequel to the film of the same name. It is available Mac, Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS....
, a video game based on the film
- Cars (film)
- The CarThe CarThe Car is a 1977 thriller/horror film directed by Elliot Silverstein and written by Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack and Lane Slate. The film stars James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, and Ronny Cox, and tells the story of a mysterious car which goes on a murderous rampage, terrorizing the...
, a 1977 suspense-horror film - The Car (1997 film), a Malayalam film by Rajasenan starring Jayaram and Janardhanan
Music
- The CarsThe CarsThe Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band consisted of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson...
, an American rock band- The Cars (album)The Cars (album)The Cars is the self-titled debut album by the American rock band The Cars released in 1978. With the popular tracks "Just What I Needed" and "My Best Friend's Girl" getting heavy airplay on AOR radio stations, the album sold one million copies by the end of the year and steadily climbed the...
, their debut album
- The Cars (album)
- "Cars" (song)Cars (song)Fear Factory, an American industrial metal band, recorded a version of "Cars" and released it as the second single from their third studio album, Obsolete. The song was only included as a bonus track on the limited edition digipak re-release of Obsolete and would be instrumental in breaking Fear...
, a 1979 single by Gary Numan - "Car", a song by Built to Spill on their 1994 album There's Nothing Wrong with Love
- "The Car" (song)The Car (song)"The Car" is a single by American country music artist Jeff Carson. Released in October 1995, it was the third single from his debut album, Jeff Carson. The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1995....
, a song by Jeff Carson on his 1995 album Jeff Carson - "Cars" (Fear Factory cover), a single by Fear Factory
- Peter Gabriel (1977 album), one of four albums named Peter Gabriel, often referred to as "Car" because of the photograph on the album cover
Other media
- Car MagazineCar MagazineCar Magazine is a British automotive enthusiast magazine published monthly by Bauer Automotive. International editions are published by Bauer Automotive in Brazil, China, Greece, India, Mexico, the Middle East, Poland , Romania, Russia, South Africa , Spain, Thailand and Turkey...
, a British auto-enthusiast publication - Cars (painting)Cars (painting)Cars is a series of artworks by the American artist Andy Warhol, commissioned by Mercedes-Benz in 1986.A German art dealer, Hans Meyer, commissioned the first painting, of a 300SL coupe, to celebrate the 1986 centenary of the invention of the motor car...
, a series of paintings by Andy Warhol - The Car (novel)The Car (novel)The Car is a 1993 novel by Gary Paulsen.-Plot summary:Terry Anders is a fourteen year old boy who lives in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents are constantly fighting and arguing. One day, his mom calls saying she has left his dad. During the evening of the same day, his dad calls saying he has left his mom...
, by Gary Paulsen - "The Car" (The Assistants episode), the first episode of the Nickelodeon sitcom
Computers
- Car (function), along with cdr, a primitive operation on linked lists in the LISP programming language
- Clock with Adaptive ReplacementClock with Adaptive ReplacementClock with Adaptive Replacement is a page replacement algorithm, which combines Adaptive Replacement Cache and CLOCK, and it has performancecomparable to ARC, and substantially outperforms both...
, a page replacement algorithm - CAR and CDRCar and cdrcar and cdr are primitive operations on cons cells introduced in the Lisp programming language. A cons cell is composed of two pointers; the car operation extracts the first pointer, and the cdr operation extracts the second.Thus, the expression evaluates to x, and evaluates to...
, operations used in computer programming - Computer-assisted reportingComputer-assisted reportingComputer-assisted reporting describes the use of computers to gather and analyze the data necessary to write news stories.The spread of computers, software and the Internet changed how reporters work...
, the use of computers in researching news stories - Computer-assisted reviewingComputer-assisted reviewingComputer-assisted reviewing tools are pieces of software based on text-comparison and analysis algorithms. These tools focus on the differences between two documents, taking into account each document's typeface through an intelligent analysis....
, the use of computer software for more effective text reviewing
Economics and finance
- Capital adequacy ratioCapital adequacy ratioCapital adequacy ratio , also called Capital to Risk Assets Ratio , is a ratio of a bank's capital to its risk...
, a ratio of a bank's capital to its risk - Cost Accrual RatioCost accrual ratioThe Cost Accrual Ratio for a business may be defined as the total average cost per person per unit time, e.g. average cost per day per person. It is only useful for risk assessment in small projects where average wages are roughly equal....
, an accounting formula - Cumulative average return, a financial concept related to the time value of money
- Cumulative abnormal return
Military and firearms
- The Canadian Airborne RegimentThe Canadian Airborne RegimentThe Canadian Airborne Regiment was a Canadian Forces formation created on April 8, 1968. It was not an administrative regiment in the commonly accepted British Commonwealth sense, but rather a tactical formation manned from other regiments and branches...
, a Canadian Forces formation - Combat Action RibbonCombat Action RibbonThe Combat Action Ribbon is a personal military decoration of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard which is awarded to those who, in any grade including and below that of a Captain in the Navy and Coast Guard , have actively participated in ground or...
, a United States military decoration - Colt Automatic RifleColt Automatic RifleColt Automatic Rifle is a 5.56 mm NATO firearm offered by Colt Defense. It is based on the M16A2/A4, but features full automatic fire, an integrated bipod, and it can be configured to fire from an open bolt. The forward hand-grip has a distinctive squared off shape.It is one of many SAW-type...
, a 5.56 mm NATO firearm - CAR-15CAR-15The Colt Automatic Rifle-15 Military Weapons System or CAR-15 was a family of AR-15 and M16 rifle–based firearms marketed by Colt in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Due to their compact size, the short-barreled Colt Commando and XM177 versions of this family continued to be issued to the U.S...
, a family of AR-15 and M16 rifle-based firearms - Center Axis RelockCenter Axis RelockCenter Axis Relock is a shooting system invented by Paul Castle.The CAR system features a bladed stance , a close-to-body firearm hold, and sighted or non-sighted fire as the situation dictates. This differs from other shooting styles such as the Weaver which feature a more squared stance Center...
, a shooting technique - U.S. Army Combat Arms Regimental SystemU.S. Army Combat Arms Regimental SystemThe Combat Arms Regimental System , was the method of assigning unit designations to units of the five combat arms of the United States Army from 1957 to 1981. CARS was superseded by the U.S...
a 1950s reorganisation of the regiments of the US Army
Organisations
- Action Committee for RenewalAction Committee for RenewalThe Action Committee for Renewal is an opposition political party in Togo. Dodji Apévon has led the party since 2008; previously it was led by Yawovi Agboyibo from 1991 to 2008....
(Comité d'Action pour la Renouveau), a political party of Togo - Canadian Association of Radiologists
- Children of the American RevolutionChildren of the American RevolutionThe Children of the American Revolution was founded in 1895 by Harriett Lothrop. After proposing the idea for a children’s branch at the Daughters of the American Revolution Continental Congress, it was promptly chartered by the United States Congress...
, a genealogical society
Places
- Car, AzerbaijanCar, AzerbaijanCar is a village and municipality in the Zaqatala Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,633. The municipality consists of the villages of Car, Kebeloba, Oxoxdərə, and Siliban....
, a village - Central African RepublicCentral African RepublicThe Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
, State in Central Africa - Cordillera Administrative RegionCordillera Administrative RegionThe Cordillera Administrative Region is a region in the Philippines composed of the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province, as well as Baguio City, the regional center. The Cordillera Administrative Region encompasses most of the areas within the Cordillera...
, a region of the Philippines
Science
- Carina (constellation)Carina (constellation)Carina is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the keel of a ship, and it was formerly part of the larger constellation of Argo Navis until that constellation was divided in three.-Stars:...
- CatecholamineCatecholamineCatecholamines are molecules that have a catechol nucleus consisting of benzene with two hydroxyl side groups and a side-chain amine. They include dopamine, as well as the "fight-or-flight" hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline released by the adrenal medulla of the adrenal glands in response to...
releaser, a hormone releaser - Canonical anticommutation relation, a concept in quantum field theory
- Cocksackie Adenovirus Receptor, alternative symbol CAR for the human gene CXADR
- Constitutive androstane receptorConstitutive androstane receptorThe constitutive androstane receptor also known as nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group I, member 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NR1I3 gene...
- Cortisol awakening responseCortisol awakening responseThe cortisol awakening response is an increase of about 50% in cortisol levels occurring 20–30 minutes after awakening in the morning in some people. This rise is superimposed upon the late-night rise in cortisol which occurs before awakening...
, a physiological response when a person wakes up - Chimeric antigen receptor, artificial T cell receptors.
Sports
- Confederation of African RugbyConfederation of African RugbyThe Confederation of African Rugby is governing body for rugby union within Africa. The Confederation currently has 37 member nations and is responsible for running various rugby tournaments within Africa, especially the Africa Cup, and CAR Super 16.-History:The Confederation was officially...
, the governing body for rugby unions in Africa - Carolina PanthersCarolina PanthersThe Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...
, a football team - Carolina HurricanesCarolina HurricanesThe Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League , and play their home games at the 18,680-seat RBC Center...
, an ice hockey team
Other
- Car Allowance Rebate SystemCar Allowance Rebate SystemThe Car Allowance Rebate System , colloquially known as "Cash for Clunkers", was a $3 billion U.S. federal scrappage program intended to provide economic incentives to U.S. residents to purchase a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle when trading in a less fuel-efficient vehicle...
(CARS), colloquially known as "Cash for Clunkers", a U.S. federal program - Car languageCar languageCar is the most widely spoken of the Nicobarese languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India.Although related distantly to Vietnamese and Khmer, it is typologically much more akin to nearly Austronesian languages such as Nias and Acehnese, with which it forms a linguistic area.Car is a VOS...
, the most widely spoken of the Nicobarese languages - Central apparatus roomCentral Apparatus RoomIn broadcast facilities, a central apparatus room , central machine room, or central equipment room , or central technical area , or rack room is where shared equipment common to all technical areas is located. Some broadcast facilities have several of these rooms...
, an equipment room found at broadcasting facilities - Contractor's all risk (CAR) insurance, see builder's risk insuranceBuilder's risk insuranceBuilder's risk insurance is a special type of property insurance which indemnifies against damage to buildings while they are under construction...
- Center Axis RelockCenter Axis RelockCenter Axis Relock is a shooting system invented by Paul Castle.The CAR system features a bladed stance , a close-to-body firearm hold, and sighted or non-sighted fire as the situation dictates. This differs from other shooting styles such as the Weaver which feature a more squared stance Center...
- The spelling of tsarTsarTsar is a title used to designate certain European Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers. As a system of government in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire, it is known as Tsarist autocracy, or Tsarism...
used in several Slavic languages