Loco
Encyclopedia
Computers
- LocoRocoLocoRocois a platform video game released worldwide in 2006 for the PlayStation Portable handheld game console, and developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was developed by Tsutomu Kouno, striving to create a game that was different than other titles being released for the PSP at...
, a 2006 game for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 - LOCO-1, a near-lossless image compression algorithm used in JPEG
- Loco Linux, Linux distribution
- Loco teamLoco teamA LoCo Team is a group of local Linux advocates. The main focus of a LoCo team is to advocate the use of the Linux operating system as well as the use of open source/free software products.-Ubuntu & LoCos:...
, a group of Linux and open source advocates - Loco (video game), a 1984 computer game for Commodore 64
Music
- loco, a musical term meaning "in place"; see Glossary of musical terminology
- "Loco" (Coal Chamber song), the first single by the band Coal Chamber
- "Loco" (Jowell & Randy song)Loco (Jowell & Randy song)"Loco" is the lead single from Jowell & Randy's album El Momento released on February 27, 2010. A remix features Reggaeton duó Wisin & Yandel, was released later on June 15, 2010.-Live performances:...
, a 2010 song by Jowell & Randy - "Loco" (David Lee Murphy song)Loco (David Lee Murphy song)"Loco" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist David Lee Murphy. It was released in January 2004 as the first single from Murphy's album, Tryin' to Get There. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 2004, becoming his...
, a 2004 song by country music artist David Lee Murphy - Loco (Fun Lovin' Criminals album), a 2001 album and song by the Fun Lovin' Criminals
- Loco (GOD album)Loco (GOD album)Loco is the first live album of the Experimental band GOD, released in 1991 by Pathological Records.-Reception:Music critic Piero Scaruffi gave the record a 5 out of 10, calling it too "bizarre" and criticizing the length of the songs.-Track listing:...
, 1991 - El Canto del LocoEl Canto del LocoEl Canto del Loco is a Spanish pop rock band, although its members recognize that some of their songs are more in the style of power pop....
, a Spanish band
Characters
- Loco (Gobots), a character from the Gobots toyline
- Loco (MÄR), A fictional character in the manga and anime series MÄR
- Loco, a character portrayed by Klaus Kinski in the spaghetti western film The Great SilenceThe Great SilenceThe Great Silence , or The Big Silence, is an Italian spaghetti western. It is widely considered by critics as the masterpiece of director Sergio Corbucci and is one of his better known movies, along with Django...
(1968)
People
- Loco (Apache)Loco (Apache)thumb|right|150px|LocoLoco was an Mimbreno Apache chief.-Name:It is unknown whence Loco received his name. One theory suggests that he was named for the fact that he was "'crazy' enough to trust the white men." Another theory says that he got his name from his actions at a battle against the...
(1823–1905), Apache chief - The nickname of several people in Spanish-speaking countries, often because of strange behaviour:
- Sebastián AbreuSebastián AbreuWashington Sebastián Abreu Gallo is an Uruguayan footballer who plays with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas in Brazil as a striker.Best known by his nickname El Loco , the prolific goalscorer – for club and country – played for more than 20 teams during his professional career, in six different...
(born 1976), Uruguayan footballer - Marcelo BielsaMarcelo BielsaMarcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera is an Argentine association football coach and former defender, born in Rosario, Santa Fe...
(born 1955), Argentine football coach - Eduardo BonvalletEduardo BonvalletEduardo Guillermo Bonvallet Godoy is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and later developed a TV and radio sports commentator career, best known for his strong and rather raw commentaries on Chilean footballers, coaches and football's power structures...
(born 1955), Chilean footballer - Manuel Antonio CangeManuel Antonio CangeManuel Armindo Morais Cange , commonly known as Locó, is an Angolam footballer who plays as a right back for Petro Atlético in Girabola.He's noticeable during matches due to his unique hairstyle.-International career:...
, footballer - Martín PalermoMartín PalermoMartín Palermo is a retired Argentine footballer who formerly played for Boca Juniors of Argentina, and the Argentina national team...
(born 1973), Argentine footballer - Juan Manuel VargasJuan Manuel VargasJuan Manuel Vargas Risco , is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a wing-back for Italian Serie A club A.C.F. Fiorentina, and the Peru national team and is currently the team's captain...
(born 1983), Peruvian footballer
- Sebastián Abreu
Others
- LocoweedLocoweedLocoweed is a common name in North America for any plant that produces swainsonine, a phytotoxin harmful to livestock. Worldwide, swainsonine is produced by a small number of species, most in three genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae: Oxytropis and Astragalus in North America, and...
, an American term for some intoxicating plants, also slang for marijuana - Spanish name for the edible mollusc Concholepas concholepasConcholepas concholepasConcholepas concholepas, common names the Chilean abalone, loco or pata de burro and chanque , is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. Despite the superficial resemblance, C...
, commonly called Chilean abalone - An abbreviation for locomotiveLocomotiveA locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
- Loco, ablative of Locus, in turn Latin for "place"
- Loco (loa)Loco (loa)In the Voodoo religion, Loco is a loa, patron of healers and plants, especially trees. He is a racine , and a Rada Loa. Among several other Loa he is linked with the poteau mitan or centrepost in a Vodou peristyle....
, a Rada nation patron of healers and plants