ELO
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Music
- Electric Light OrchestraElectric Light OrchestraElectric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...
, a British rock music group- The Electric Light Orchestra (album)The Electric Light Orchestra (album)The Electric Light Orchestra is the debut studio album by English rock band Electric Light Orchestra, released in December 1971. In the US, the album was released in early 1972 as No Answer, after a misunderstood telephone message made by a United Artists Records executive asking about the album name...
, the group's debut album - ELO 2, the group's second album
- The Electric Light Orchestra (album)
- ELO Part IIELO Part IIELO Part II were an offshoot band formed by Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan. The band also included former ELO bassist Kelly Groucutt, conductor Louis Clark and violinist Mik Kaminski for most of its career...
, an offshoot band of Electric Light Orchestra
Sports and games
- Elo rating systemElo rating systemThe Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
, a system for measuring the relative strength of players in chess and other two-player games - World Football Elo RatingsWorld Football Elo RatingsThe World Football Elo Ratings is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football. The method used to rank teams is based upon the Elo rating system method but modified to take various football-specific variables into account...
, a ranking system for men's national teams in football
People
- Arpad EloÁrpád ÉloArpad Emrick Elo is the creator of the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess. Born in Egyházaskesző, Austro-Hungarian Empire, he moved to the United States with his parents as a child in 1913.Elo was a professor of physics at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was...
(1903–1992), American creator of the Elo rating system - Colmán Elo (555–611), Irish saint
- Michael EloMichael EloMichael Elo is a Danish musician. He composed the Danish Eurovision Song Contest 1991 entry, "Lige der hvor hjertet slår", which was performed by Anders Frandsen....
, Danish musician - Unto EloUnto EloUnto Elo is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:*...
(born 1944), Finnish sprint canoer
Other
- EuroLOTEurolotEuroLOT is an airline based in Warsaw, Poland. Established as a wholly owned subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, its current main shareholder is the State Treasury with 62.1% of shares, while LOT retains 37.9%. It operates for its parent company as a short-haul operator, as well as ad-hoc charter...
, an airline which has ICAO airline designator ELO - EleorchisEleorchisEleorchis, abbreviated Elo in trade journals, is the a genus of terrestrial orchids , comprising only 2 species....
, an orchid genus abbreviated "Elo" in trade journals - Electronic Literature OrganizationElectronic Literature OrganizationThe Electronic Literature Organisation is a nonprofit organization "established in 1999 to promote and facilitate the writing, publishing, and reading of electronic literature." -History:...
, a nonprofit organisation promoting electronic literary works - Elo (dog)Elo (dog)The Elo is an emerging breed of dog, with development beginning in 1987 in Germany. The breed name is trademarked and development has been closely supervised by the Elo Breeding and Research Association. The Elo is notable in that it is primarily selected and bred according to behavioral...
, a dog breed - Elo, a Samoan god who presides over PulotuPulotuIn the mythology of parts of western Polynesia , Pulotu is the underworld, the world of darkness ....
(the underworld)