Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Mars or MARS may also refer to: - Mars (mythology), the Roman god of war
- Mars (astrology), a set of qualities and influences
- MARS (oceanography), an acronym for Monterey Accelerated Research System, a cabled-based ocean observatory in Monterey Bay, California.
- Mars symbol, ♂
- Jean-Baptiste Belley, also known as Mars
- March, Mars in French, and named for the Roman god
- A conjugation form of the verb "to mar"
- Mars (Metra) a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Chicago, Illinois
[edit] Businesses and products [edit] Literature [edit] Television and film [edit] Organizations [edit] Military - USS Mars (AFS-1), a supply ship in the United States Pacific Fleet
- HMS Mars (1794), 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
- Mars Automatic Pistol, a semi-automatic pistol developed in 1900
- ITL MARS, a holographic weapon sight made by International Technologies Lasers
- Operation Mars, codename of the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive, a Soviet offensive during World War II
- Military Affiliate Radio System, an auxiliary communications system of amateur radio operators for the United States armed forces
- Memory Array Redcode Simulator, a machine that simulates a Corewar battle
- JRM Mars, flying boat
[edit] Technology - MARS (cryptography), a block cipher that was IBM's submission to the Advanced Encryption Standard process.
- Mars probe program, a series of unmanned craft launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s
- MARS (ticket reservation system), a train seat reservation system used in Japan
- MARS Group, a British architectural think tank founded in 1933
- MaRS Discovery District, a scientific research centre in Toronto
- Mars computer, a family of PDP-10-compatible digital computers built by Systems Concepts
- Mars (oil platform), the largest oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico
- Multivariate adaptive regression splines, a regression analysis technique
- MARS, or Molecular Adsorbents Recirculation System for liver dialysis
- Mars, a West Cornwall Railway locomotive
- Mars, the code name of Adobe Systems' PDF in XML
- Project Mars, Sega's 32X add-on video game console
- Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), a space launch site colocated with NASA Wallops Space Flight Facility on Wallops Island, south of Chincoteague, VA.
- Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (MARS)
- Multiple Active Results Sets, a technique used within Microsoft's SQL Server database management system to enable database connections to be used for multiple purposes
[edit] Places - Mars, California, former name of Outingdale, California
- Mars, Texas, U.S.
- Mars, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Stade 26 mars, a stadium in Mali
- Mars, Ardèche, France
- Mars, Gard, France
- Mars, Loire, France
- Mars-la-Tour, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
- Mars-sous-Bourcq, Ardennes, France
- Mars-sur-Allier, Nièvre, France
- Mars, slang for Marseille, as popularised by the French hip hop group IAM
[edit] Surname - Alastair Mars (1915–1985), British World War II submarine commander and author
- Chris Mars, musician and painter
- Ed Mars (1866–1941), American baseball player
- Forrest Mars, Jr., confectionery magnate
- Forrest Mars, Sr. (1904–1999), confectionery magnate
- Franklin Clarence Mars (1883–1934), confectionery magnate
- Jacqueline Mars, confectionery magnate
- John Franklyn Mars, confectionery magnate
- Keith Mars, fictional TV character
- Kenneth Mars, (born 1936), actor
- Lianne Mars, fictional TV character
- Mademoiselle Mars (1779–1847), French actress
- Veronica Mars (character), fictional TV character
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