KAOS

KAOS or Kaos may refer to:

People:

• Kaos of Iberia, an ancient king of Causasian Iberia
• Kaos, professional wrestler Joey Munoz
• Kaos or Kenny Kaos, professional wrestler Kenny Stasiowski
• Kaos, the name by which Thai film director Wych Kaosayananda is credited in the film Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

Philosophy:

• Bréviaire du Chaos (in French) (''Handbook of Chaos'' (in English) , ''Kaos'un Kutsal Kitabı'' (in Turkish) ), a book written by Albert Caraco, French philosopher inspired most of the contemporary nihilist thinkers

Fiction:

• KAOS, a criminal spy agency in the television series Get Smart
• Kaos (film), a 1984 Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
• The Ancient One (Kaos), a character from the anime Ronin Warriors
• Kaos, a manga character from Battle Angel Alita
• Kaos, aka Ronnie Soak, the fictional Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse in the Discworld novel Thief of Time

In video gaming:

• Kaos Studios, a defunct video game developer
• KAOS, the cyborgnetic leader of the Kremling Krew in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
• KAOS ("Killing as organised sport"), an alternative name for Assassin (game)
• KAOS, the antagonist computer from the game Red Alarm

Music:

• KAOS (FM), a radio station (89.3 FM) licensed to The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, United States
• Radio KAOS (Slovenia), a cable/Internet radio station
• Kaos (album), an album by Bo Kaspers Orkester
• KAOS, a 1958 novelty 45 RPM record by Stanley Ralph Ross and Bob Arbogast

Computing:

• KAoS, policy services framework from the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
• Kent Applicative Operating System, a functional operating system concept
• KAOS (software development), a goal-oriented software requirements capturing approach in requirements engineering
• Kernel Attached Operating System, a Linux-based virtualization platform and operating system

Other:

• KAOS Worldwide, makers of technical clothing systems
• Killing as an Organized Sport, a live-action game once commonly played at high schools and colleges.
• Kaos Software, a make of silicone body jewellery

See also

• Radio KAOS