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Tao is a metaphysical concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient Chinese philosophy.
Tao may also refer to:
Comics and video games
- Tao (comics), the fictional character from the comic book WildCATS
- Tao Jun, the fictional female character from the manga and anime Shaman King
- Tao Pai Pai, the fictional character in Dragon Ball media
- Tao Ren, the fictional male character from the manga and anime Shaman King
- Tao (video game), a post-industrial video game for the Famicom
Geography
- Tao (historical region), part of the Georgian Tao-Klarjeti principalities
- Tao, Mali, a commune in the Cercle of Koutiala, Mali
- Tao River, a tributary of the Yellow River in Gansu Province, China
- Ko Tao, an island in the Gulf of Thailand
- Tao, Senegal, a village in Senegal
- TAO, Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, by IATA airport code
People and language
- Tao people, also known as the Yami, a Taiwanese aboriginal peoples, native to outlying Orchid Island
- Tao, Yami language, by ISO 639-3 code
Medicine
- Thromboangiitis obliterans, Buerger's disease, a type of vasculitis
- Thyroid-associated orbitopathy, an autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the orbit and periorbital tissues
- Troleandomycin, an antibiotic
Music
- Taos, country rock band of the 1970s
- Tao (album), an album by Rick Springfield
- T.A.O (EP), by Z.Tao
- Tao (musical troupe), a Japanese drum and dance ensemble
- TAO (song), a single by Do As Infinity
- TAO, Together as One (festival), a large rave held New Year's Eve in Los Angeles
Organisations
- TAO, Tailored Access Operations, a cyber espionage unit within the United States National Security Agency
- Tao Group, a software company headquartered in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
- TAO (collective), a radical tech organization based in Canada
People
- Tao (surname), Chinese surname (陶, Táo)
- Tào (surname), the Vietnamese surname based on the Chinese surname Cáo (曹)
- Terence Tao (born 1975), Australian-American mathematician, co-recipient of the 2006 Fields Medal
- Seqenenre Tao (reigned from 1560 or 1558–1555 BC), Egyptian ruler of Thebes who started the process of ousting the Hyksos kings from Egypt
- Tao Geoghegan Hart (born 1995), British cyclist
- Tao Okamoto (born 1985), Japanese model and actress
- Tao Tsuchiya (born 1995), Japanese actress
- Huang Zitao (黄子韬, born 1993), Chinese rapper, actor and martial artist
- Antwuan "Tao" Simpson, American singer of Dru Hill band
Science and technology
- Tao, Motorola Droid, an Android smartphone, by codename
- Tao Framework, a library giving .NET and mono developers access to popular graphics and gaming libraries like OpenGL and SDL
- TAO, Tamke-Allan Observatory, in Tennessee, United States
- TAO (e-Testing platform), Testing Assisté par Ordinateur (Computer Based Testing), open source software
- TAO (software), The ACE ORB, open source software
- TAO, Ten Acre Observatory, in Oklahoma, United States
- TAO, Tropical Atmosphere Ocean project, a project to map the tropical Pacific Ocean
- TAO, Track At Once, an optical disc recording mode
- TAO, tactical action officer, in the U.S. Navy, see Operations specialist (United States Navy)
See also
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