Pax

Pax may refer to:

• the Latin word for "peace" or "treaty":
  • Pax (mythology), the Roman goddess of peace
  • Pax Romana or Pax Augusta, a period of relative peace and stability in the Roman Empire (see also Ara Pacis, the Augustan Altar of Peace)

Organizations

• PAX Association in Poland
• Pax Forlag, a Norwegian publishing house
• PAX Network, a U.S. television network now known as ION Television
• Pax Softnica, a Japanese video game company now known as Softnica
• Pax World Funds, a U.S. mutual fund company

Locations

• Pax, West Virginia
• Pax Hill, a place in England
• 679 Pax, a minor planet orbiting the Sun

Software

• pax (Unix), a Unix command line program to read and write file archives
• PaX, a Linux kernel security patch introduced in 2000

Popular culture

• PAX, a side project of the German band X Marks the Pedwalk
• Penny Arcade Expo, a gamer festival
• Pax, a fictional tranquilizer in the TV series Firefly

Other uses

• Pax, the standard author abbreviation for botanist and entomologist Ferdinand Albin Pax
• Pax genes, a group of genes and their proteins
• Pax, a generic brand of diazepam available in South Africa
• The Michelin PAX System, an automotive "run-flat" tire system
• A term used in the travel industry for a seat onboard an aircraft occupied by one or more passengers