Atlas (disambiguation) facts for kids

Atlas, most commonly means a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form.

Atlas can mean:

Greek mythology

• Atlas (Titan), 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:

• A book about flora and/or fauna of an area or region; for example, Atlases of the flora and fauna of Britain and Ireland
• 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

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 publishing house for collector series (mainly automobile, plane and train miniatures), active in Switzerland, France and Italy
• Atlas (magazine), Turkish monthly magazine on geography, environment, history and culture.

Computing

• Atlas Computer (Manchester) (1962 - 1971), an early computer built at the University of Manchester
  • Titan (computer) (also known as the Atlas 2), its successor
  • Atlas Autocode, a programming language developed for the Atlas Computer
• UNIVAC 1101, also known as the Atlas
  • 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
• Texture atlas

Geography

• Atlas Mountains, a mountain range in northwest Africa
• Atlas (Neighborhood), in Northeast Washington, DC.
• Atlas Township, Michigan, USA

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.
• Atlas: Renaissance Voyager, the first in a series of videogames. (See also: Neo Atlas)
• Atlas (Bioshock Character), A Dublin northsider who talks you through the game.

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
  • 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 Venture, an international early-stage venture capital firm
• Atlas (light trucks), a Greek vehicle manufacturer
• Atlasjet, an airline of Turkey

Automobiles, trucks & related

• Atlas, name of several automobile & truck companies
• Gutbrod Atlas, a former German small commercial vehicle
• Nissan Atlas, a Japanese light truck
• GM Atlas engine, a family of modern inline piston engines for trucks from General Motors
• Atlas (light trucks)
• Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives

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 Uranium Mill, a decommissioned uranium mill near Moab, Utah
• CF Atlas, a Mexican professional football club
• Radio Atlas, a radio station in Montenegro
• Atlas Economic Research Foundation, an incubator for free market think tanks

• 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.

See also

In Spanish: Atlas para niños