An atlas is a collection of maps. Atlas may also refer to: [edit] Greek mythology - Atlas (mythology), 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 Atlas, a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of the Titan, "Atlas"
[edit] Science [edit] Astronomy [edit] 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 spine
- Atlas Bear (Ursus arctos crowtheri), an extinct subspecies of the Brown Bear
- Atlas Beetle (Chalcosoma atlas), a rhinoceros beetle species
- Atlas Cedar, a cedar tree sometimes included in Cedrus libani, sometimes treated as species C. atlantica
- Atlas Flycatcher (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
[edit] Physics [edit] Mathematics [edit] Computing - Atlas Computer (Manchester) (1962–1971), an early computer built at the University of Manchester
- UNIVAC 1101, also known as the Atlas
- ATLAS Transformation Language, 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 Software an optimized BLAS implementation
- ATLAS, Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems, a programming language used for automated test equipment
- Atlas.ti, a qualitative analysis software
- Texture atlas
- Atlas, a Supercomputer installed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2006
- ATLAS – control software used on the Pendolino train
[edit] Geography - Atlas District, an arts and entertainment district in the Near Northeast neighborhood of Washington, D.C., USA
- Atlas, Illinois, an unincorporated community in western Pike County, Illinois, USA
- Atlas Mountains, a complex of mountain ranges in northwest Africa
- Anti-Atlas, a mountain range in Morocco
- High Atlas, a mountain range in Morocco, contains the highest point in the Atlas Mountains
- Middle Atlas, a mountain range in Northern Morocco
- Saharan Atlas, a mountain range in Algeria
- Tell Atlas, the Atlas mountain range that parallels the Mediterranean coast
- Atlas, Pennsylvania, USA
- Atlas Township, Michigan, USA
[edit] Entertainment [edit] Literature and press [edit] Comics - Atlas Comics (1950s), the company that evolved into Marvel Comics
- Agents of Atlas, a Marvel Comics mini-series that included a foundation named Atlas
- Atlas, a fictional character from Marvel Comics, also known as Erik Josten (formerly a member of the Thunderbolts)
- Atlas (comic series), a comic book series by Dylan Horrocks
- Atlas (DC Comics), a fictional character published by DC Comics
- Atlas/Seaboard Comics, (1970s) a line of comics published by Seaboard Periodicals
- Atlas, a fictional villain in the Teen Titans animated series
- King Atlas (Transformers) a Transformers character
- Atlas, 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.
[edit] Companies - Atlas Air, a cargo airline based in Purchase, New York
- Atlas Aircraft, a US aircraft maker in the 1940s
- Atlas Aviation, an aircraft maintenance firm in Florida, USA
- Atlas Blue, a low-cost airline based in Marrakech, Morocco
- Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of small railroad locomotives
- Atlas Consortium, group of technology companies
- Atlas Copco, a Swedish rock drill manufacturer
- Polar Atlas, historic Swedish diesel maker, later part of Atlas Copco
- Atlas Corporation, an architectural company
- Atlas Group, Business Group in Pakistan
- Atlas-Imperial, a historic American diesel engine builder
- Atlas Media Corporation, a non-fiction entertainment company based in New York City, USA
- Atlas Model Railroad, maker of scale railroad models
- Atlas Press, UK publisher
- Atlas Press (tool company) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the largest supplier of machine tools to the hobbyist market in the middle of the 20th century
- Atlas Telecom, a worldwide communications company
- Atlas Van Lines, a moving van company
- Atlas Venture, an international early-stage venture capital firm
- Atlas Werke, a shipbuilder based in Bremen, Germany
- STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH was a German defence company producing electronics until 2003
- Atlas Elektronik GmbH, a naval/marine electronics and systems business based in Bremen, Germany
- Atlasjet, a Turkish airline
- Dresser Atlas, a provider of oil field services and subsequently factory automation services
- Western Atlas, US company, subsequently Atlas Wireline and Baker Atlas
- Tele Atlas, a Dutch mapping company
[edit] 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 1954), a professional wrestler, bodybuilder, and powerlifter
- Teddy Atlas (born 1956), a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator
- Natacha Atlas (born 1964), a Belgian singer
- James Atlas (born 1949), is a founding editor of the Lipper/Viking Penguin Lives Series
- Atllas, a rapper from Phoenix, Arizona
- Atlas DaBone, an American professional wrestler
- Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician (born 1952)
[edit] Military - Atlas Aircraft Corporation, a South African military aircraft manufacturer, formerly known as Atlas Aviation
- Atlas Oryx, a medium-sized utility helicopter manufactured by the Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa
- Atlas Cheetah, a fighter aircraft of the South African Air Force
- Atlas Carver, a South African military jet development project that was cancelled in the 1990s
- Atlas XH-1 Alpha, a military helicopter
- ATLAS (simulation), a system used to conduct military Command Post Exercises (CPX) within the Royal Thai Army
- Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, a British military aeroplane manufactured (1927–1933)
- HMLAT-303 is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Atlas
- USS Atlas is the name of three different US warships between 1869 and 1972
[edit] Automotive - Atlas (architecture), a support or column sculpted in the form of a man
- Atlas (cartography), a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form
- Atlas languages, a subgroup of the Northern Berber languages spoken in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
- Atlas Mountains, mountains once worshiped by the Berbers, according to Strabo and Herodotus
- Atlas Uranium Mill, a decommissioned uranium mill near Moab, Utah
- Atlas Vampire, the nickname of the assailant of the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1932
- 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
- Atlas (1927–1962), a LMS Royal Scot Class steam locomotive
- Atlas, a book size
- Atlas, a character from the video game Bioshock
- ATLAS is an acronym for Association for Tourism and Leisure Education, a European educational project
- Atlas V (boat), a Belgian tug boat used by the resistance in World War I
- Birdman Atlas – ultralight aircraft
- Cloud atlas, an atlas of kinds of clouds
- ST Atlas, a Swedish tug boat
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