Avatar (disambiguation)

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Avatar is a Hindu term for the incarnation of a higher being.

AVATAR is a text graphics protocol used by Bulletin Board Systems (BBSes).

Avatar may also refer to:

In computing:

• Avatar (computing), the graphical representation of a user
• Avatars United, a web community for online game avatars
• Yahoo! Avatars
• Avatar, a superuser on some Unix operating systems

In games:

• Avatar (computer game), an early computer role-playing game
• Avatar (Ultima), the main player character in the Ultima game series
• Avatar (1995 video game), a text-based Multi-User Dungeon
• Avatar (2009 video game), a MMORPG adaptation of James Cameron's film of the same name
• Avatars (Xbox 360) a service that allows users to create avatars
• Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (video game)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth, the sequel
• One of the three highest-ranked ships in Star Control II, Chmmr Avatar
• Avatar, the primary Nod mechanized walker in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
• Avatar, a mysterious alter-ego in all people in White Wolf Studios' Mage: The Ascension
• An Amarr Titan class ship in the Space-based MMO Eve Online

In television:

• Avatar: The Last Airbender, an American media franchise
  • Avatar (Avatar: The Last Airbender) or Aang, the main character in Avatar: The Last Airbender media
• "Avatar" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
• "Avatar" (The X-Files), an episode of The X-Files
• "Avatar" (Batman: The Animated Series), an episode of Batman: The Animated Series
• "Avatar", an episode of Highlander: The Series
• Avatar (Encantadia), a golden sword in Encantadia
• Avatars (Carnivàle), supernatural creatures in the TV series Carnivàle
• Avatars (Charmed), magical creatures in the TV series Charmed
• The Avatar, the host of the Great Race of Ōban in Ōban Star-Racers
• Captain Avatar, the battleship commander in Space Battleship Yamato or Star Blazers

In film:

• Avatar (2004 film), starring Genevieve O'Reilly
• Avatar (film), an upcoming science fiction film directed by James Cameron
• Avatar, a main character in the Ralph Bakshi film Wizards

In books:

• Avatar (Angel novel), a novel by John Passarella set in the fictional universe of the television series Angel
• Avatar Press, a comic book publisher
• Avatar, two novels of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch
• Avatar, the central character in two stories by Scott Adams:
  • God's Debris
  • The Religion War
• The Avatars, a fictional race in David Gemmell's Echoes of the Great Song

In music:

• Avatar (album), by Comets on Fire
• Avatar (Angels and Agony album)
• Avatar (Romanian band), a Romanian death metal band
• Avatar Records, a record label
• Savatage, American heavy metal band originally named Avatar
• Avatar, a box set by Pete Townshend benefitting the Avatar Meher Baba Trust
• "Avatar", a song by Dead Can Dance from Spleen and Ideal

In other uses:

• AVATAR (spacecraft), a conceptual spaceplane planned by India
• ARP Avatar, a guitar synthesizer
• Avatar, ring name of professional wrestler Al Snow
• Avatar Course, self-development course by Harry Palmer

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