Chaos
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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
- 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
People
- Chaos (performer), performer in Pin Up Girls burlesque-cabaret company, certified yoga instructor
- "CHAOS", an acronym for "Colonel Has An Outstanding Solution", nickname and call sign of James Mattis
Computing
- CHAOS (Linux distribution), a Linux distribution designed for ad hoc computer clustering
- Chaosnet, an early set of network communication protocols
Science and mathematics
- Chaos (genus), a type of giant amoeba
- 19521 Chaos, a Trans-Neptunian Kuiper belt object
- Chaos terrain, a type of terrain found on Mercury, Mars, Europa, and Pluto
- 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
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
- Chaos (Kinnikuman), comic book character from Kinnikuman Nisei: Ultimate Choujin Tag Arc
- Chaos (Dragonlance), novel character from Dragonlance
- Chaos (Sailor Moon), a major enemy in the Sailor Moon manga, and the final enemy in the Sailor Moon anime
- Chaos (Sesame Park), a fictional character from the TV show Sesame Park
- Chaos (Warhammer), chaos in the Warhammer fantasy games
- 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, the king of the old ones in Anthony Horowitz's The Power of Five
- Chaos, video game character from Xenosaga, see list of Xenosaga characters
Films
- 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
Games
- Chaos (video game), a 1985 computer game
- Chaos, the trading card game from the King of Cards
Literature
- Chaos, novel by Patricia Cornwell
- Chaos, short title of a treatise by Heinrich Khunrath
- 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", a poem by Gerard Nolst Trenité which illustrates English spelling and pronunciation
Music
Groups and labels
- U.S. Chaos is a first-wave hardcore punk band from New Jersey, US
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
Television
- Chaos (TV series), a 2011 American television series airing on CBS, named for the fictitious entity
- "Chaos", a 1986 episode of the cartoon The Transformers
Other arts, entertainment, and media
- Chaos (journal), scientific journal devoted to nonlinear systems
- Chaos, a cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
- Chaos! Comics, a cult comic book producer and publisher
- Symbol of Chaos
Other uses
- Chaos (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling alliance
- Chaos, a month in the Discordian calendar
- Operation CHAOS, a domestic espionage project conducted by the CIA
- Rans S-9 Chaos, an aerobatic aircraft
See also
- Chao (disambiguation)
- Chaos Theory (disambiguation)
- K-os (born 1972), Canadian musician
- KAOS (disambiguation)
- Tohu wa-bohu
- XaoS, an interactive fractal zoomer program
- All pages beginning with Chaos
- All pages with a title containing Chaos
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