Advantage
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Advantage may refer to:
- In military terms, advantage is the superiority in elevation which one side enjoys over the opposing element (Advantage of terrainAdvantage of terrainAn Advantage of terrain occurs when military personnel gain an advantage over an enemy utilizing, or simply in spite of, the terrain around them...
) - In tennis, advantage is when one player wins a point from a deuce and needs one more point to win the game. (See Tennis terminology#A)
- Advantage (cryptography)Advantage (cryptography)In cryptography, an adversary's advantage is a measure of how successfully it can attack a cryptographic algorithm, by distinguishing it from an idealized version of that type of algorithm. Note that in this context, the "adversary" is itself an algorithm and not a person...
, a measure of the effectiveness of an enemy's code-breaking effort - Football (soccer)#Advantage
- A joystick produced by Asciiware for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super AdvantageSuper AdvantageThe SNES Advantage is a large joystick produced by Asciiware, sold for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The device is meant to rest at a comfortable level on a flat surface—such as a tabletop or the floor—while the player sits behind it, but it can also used while resting on a players lap...
) - Either of two ships of the British Navy (HMS AdvantageHMS AdvantageTwo ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Advantage: was an 18-gun ship built in 1590 and burnt in 1613. was a 26-gun ship captured from the Dutch in 1652 and sold in 1655....
) - In Engineering, advantage is the ratio of output force to the input force of a mechanical, electrical, hydraulic or other physical system (Mechanical advantageMechanical advantageMechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system. Ideally, the device preserves the input power and simply trades off forces against movement to obtain a desired amplification in the output force...
) - A breakfast cereal. (See List of breakfast cereals#A)
- The NES AdvantageNES AdvantageThe NES Advantage is an arcade style controller released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The device is meant to rest on a flat surface at a comfortable level, such as a tabletop or the floor, with the player seated behind it...
: an arcade modeled joystick for the Nintendo Entertainment System - Advantage (band), an English brass rock band (fl. 2000s)
- Advantage (film)Advantage (film)Advantage is a 1977 Bulgarian drama film directed by Georgi Djulgerov. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, where Djulgerov won the Silver Bear for Best Director.-Cast:* Rousy Chanev - Petela* Plamen Donchev - Gerchev...
, a 1977 Bulgarian film - The AdvantageThe AdvantageThe Advantage is an American rock band from Sacramento, California that formed in 1998 and specializes in doing covers of music from old NES games...
, an American indie rock band covering old Nintendo music (fl. 2000s) - The GilligGilligGillig Corporation, formerly Gillig Bros., is a manufacturer of heavy-duty low-floor transit buses located in Hayward, California. Prior to 1993, Gillig had also been a manufacturer of school buses.-History:...
Advantage, a name given to Gillig's low-floor transit bus - In veterinary medicine, Advantage or Advantage Flea Killer is a brand name for imidaclopridImidaclopridImidacloprid is a nicotine-based, systemic insecticide, which acts as a neurotoxin and belongs to a class of chemicals called the neonicotinoids. Although it is now off patent, the primary manufacturer of this chemical is Bayer CropScience,...
, a flea-poison for pets - Advantage Rent A CarAdvantage Rent A CarAdvantage Rent a Car was a formerly-independent car rental company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas which at its peak operated more than 150 U.S. locations and 130 locations in 33 countries internationally...
- car rental - Advantage Database ServerAdvantage Database ServerAdvantage Database Server is a relational database management system for small to medium sized businesses by Sybase iAnywhere. Database author Cary Jensen describes Advantage as follows: "Advantage has been around since 1993, when it was introduced to provide a stable solution for Clipper...
, a database product from Sybase iAnywhere - GP Advantage, a brand of printer paper owned by Georgia-PacificGeorgia-PacificGeorgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals. As of Fall 2010, the company employed more than 40,000 people at more...