Chaos

Chaos or CHAOS may refer to:

Mythology, philosophy, and religion

• Chaos (cosmogony), the concept in Greek mythology and philosophy, and hence in comparative mythology and religious studies
  • Tohu wa-bohu
  • Chaoskampf
• Chaos magic, a branch of occultism

Disorder

A generic term for "complete disorder"

• Anarchy, lawlessness or a stateless society
• Lawlessness, a lack of laws or law enforcement

Science and mathematics

• Chaos (journal), scientific journal devoted to nonlinear systems
• 19521 Chaos, a Trans-Neptunian Kuiper belt object
• Chaos (genus), a type of giant amoeba
• Chaosnet, an early set of network communication protocols
• Chaos theory, a branch of mathematics and physics that deals with the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamic systems
• Polynomial chaos, an expansion in probability theory, invented by Norbert Wiener
• Randomness, a lack of intelligible pattern or combination

Popular culture

Literature

• Chaos, novel by Patricia Cornwell
• Chaos, short title of a treatise by Heinrich Khunrath
• Chaos, the king of the old ones in Anthony Horowitz's The Power of Five
• Chaos, novel by Alexander Shirvanzade
• Liber Chaos, an alchemical treatise by Raimundus Lullus
• Chaos: Making a New Science, a 1987 book by James Gleick
• "The Chaos", poem by Gerard Nolst Trenité which illustrates English spelling and pronunciation

Films and TV

• Chaos (2000 film), a Japanese film directed by Hideo Nakata
• Chaos (2001 film), a French film directed by Coline Serreau
• Chaos (2005 Capitol film), directed by Tony Giglio, starring Jason Statham and Wesley Snipes
• Chaos (2005 Dominion film), directed by David DeFalco
• Chaos (2006 film) a Polish film directed by Xawery Zulawski
• Chaos (2008 film), a Hong Kong film
• Kaos (film), titled Chaos in American release, a 1984 Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
• Le Chaos, a 2007 Arabic-language film by Egyptian directors Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef
• "Chaos", a 1986 episode of the cartoon The Transformers

Fictional entities

• Chaos, video game character, from Battle Arena Toshinden
• Chaos, fictional energy from Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy
• Chaos, video game character, from Final Fantasy
• Chaos, video game character from Loom
• Chaos, video game character, from Sonic the Hedgehog
• Chaos, video game character from Xenosaga, see list of Xenosaga characters
• Chaos (Kinnikuman), comic book character from Kinnikuman Nisei: Ultimate Choujin Tag Arc
• Chaos (Sailor Moon), a major enemy in the Sailor Moon manga, and the final enemy in the Sailor Moon anime
• Chaos (Dragonlance), novel character from Dragonlance
• Chaos (Sesame Park), a fictional character from the TV show Sesame Park

Music

Albums

• Chaos (Attila album), 2016 metalcore album
• Chaos (Paul Bley album) 1994
• Chaos, 2010 album of Jaycee Chan
• Chaos, 2016 album by Unlocking the Truth

Songs

• "Die Vorstellung des Chaos" ("The Representation of Chaos"), the instrumental prelude with which the 1797-98 oratorio The Creation by Joseph Haydn begins
• "Chaos", song by Mutemath from their self-titled debut album
• "Chaos", song on the album Psyence Fiction by UNKLE
• Chaos A.D., 1993 album and song from Sepultura
• "Chaos", song by Skold from Skold
• "Chaos", song on the album A Fierce Pancake by Stump

Other

• Chaos (Warhammer), chaos in the Warhammer fantasy games
• Chaos, the trading card game from the King of Cards
• Chaos (video game), a 1985 computer game
• Chaos (TV series), a 2011 American television series airing on CBS
• Symbol of Chaos
• Chaos, a cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
• A month in the Discordian calendar
• Chaos! Comics, a cult comic book producer and publisher
• Chaos (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling alliance
• Chaos (performer), performer in Pin Up Girls burlesque-cabaret company, certified yoga instructor

Acronyms

• CHAOS (Linux distribution), a Linux distribution designed for ad hoc computer clustering
• U.S. Chaos is a first-wave hardcore punk band from New Jersey, US
• Clandestine Homeland Administration and Oversight Services, from CHAOS (TV series)
• "CHAOS", an acronym for "Colonel Has An Outstanding Solution", nickname and call sign of James Mattis

Other uses

• Operation CHAOS, a domestic espionage project conducted by the CIA
• Rans S-9 Chaos, an aerobatic aircraft

See also

• KAOS (disambiguation)
• K-os (born 1972), Canadian musician
• XaoS, an interactive fractal zoomer program
• Chao (disambiguation)
• Chaos Theory (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Chaos"
• All pages with a title containing Chaos