AO

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AO, A.O., or Ao may refer to:

Contents 1 Science and technology 2 Media and entertainment 3 Athletes and teams 4 In Military Terminology 5 Other meanings 6 See also

[edit] Science and technology

• .ao, the top-level Internet domain for Angola
• Adaptive optics, a technology used in astronomical telescopes
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen, a nonprofit organization dedicated to musculoskeletal injuries
• Arctic oscillation, a climate pattern
• The AMSAT-OSCAR satellite naming convention
• The atomic form of oxygen

[edit] Media and entertainment

• AO Recordings, a record label
• Anarchy Online, a science fiction online role-playing game
• Lord Ao, a fictional deity in the Dungeons & Dragons universe
• Adults Only, a video game rating
• Autopilot Off, a rock band

[edit] Athletes and teams

• Aaron Owens, an American streetball player
• Alexander Ovechkin, a Russian hockey player in the National Hockey League
• Avangard Omsk, Russian ice hockey club in the KHL

[edit] In Military Terminology

• AO- is the prefix for a series of Russian firearms
  • AO-18
  • AO-27
  • AO-38
  • AO-44
  • AO-63
• Angola, a country, AO in 2-letter ISO code and NATO country code
• Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• A United States Navy hull classification symbol
• Area of operations - US military term

[edit] Other meanings

• Acronym for Amongst others
• Ao (color), a Japanese word meaning both 'blue' and 'green'
• Ao (mythology), a deity in Māori mythology
• Ao Naga, a Naga people of northeast India
• Mongsen Ao language, the language of the Ao people
• Lord Ao, over-deity of the fictional D&D setting Forgotten Realms
• Aosta Valley, a province of Italy in the ISO 3166-2:IT code, which defines names of principal subdivisions of Italy
• Australian Airlines, AO in IATA code
• An Officer of the Order of Australia
• A kind of wood carving by the people of Easter Island
• Å a Latin character
• Ao Dai, a Vietnamese national outfit for women
• RGS Worcester and The Alice Ottley School, in Worcester, England

[edit] See also

• A0 (A-zero)
• Alpha and Omega (disambiguation)
• Todd-AO

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