Ox (disambiguation)

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An ox is a bovine, usually a steer (castrated male) used as a draft animal, such as pulling carts or plows.

Ox or OX may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

Ox (band), a Canadian alternative country band
Ox (musician), a Finnish musician
Ox (album), by American hardcore band Coalesce
"The Ox" (instrumental), a 1965 rock instrumental by The Who

Other media

The Ox (film), a 1991 Swedish film
Doctor Ox, a fictional doctor and scientist created by Jules Verne in 1872
Ox (comics), a villain in the Marvel Comics universe
0Ⅹ, a creature from the eponymous book in the Of Man and Manta trilogy by Piers Anthony

Computing

Ox programming language
Open-Xchange, a "collaboration software" suite and the company that sponsors it
the oX framework for OBIX
OpenPGP for XMPP Instant Messaging, XEP-0374

People

Ox (nickname), a list of people nicknamed "Ox" or "the Ox"
The Ox or Ox Baker (1934-2014), ring names of American professional wrestler and actor Douglas Baker

Places

Ox Mountains, County Sligo, Ireland
OX postcode area, covering Oxford, UK
The Oxford Bar, a pub on Edinburgh's Young Street which features in Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels

Transport

OX, a version of the Bedford OY British Army lorry, the latter introduced in 1939
OX, a prototype vehicle developed by Global Vehicle Trust
Orient Thai Airlines (IATA code OX)

Other uses

Ox (zodiac), one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
Ox (Chinese constellation), one of the 28 mansions of the Chinese constellations
Oxalate, in chemistry sometimes abbreviated as ox when it forms coordination compounds

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