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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:
Tao
Dao or Tao is a Chinese word meaning 'way', 'path', 'route', or sometimes more loosely, 'doctrine' or 'principle'...
is a metaphysical concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient Chinese philosophy
Tao may also refer to:
- Tao Te ChingTao Te ChingThe Tao Te Ching, Dao De Jing, or Daodejing , also simply referred to as the Laozi, whose authorship has been attributed to Laozi, is a Chinese classic text...
, a classical Chinese text- TaoismTaoismTaoism refers to a philosophical or religious tradition in which the basic concept is to establish harmony with the Tao , which is the mechanism of everything that exists...
, a philosophical school and folk religion based on the Tao Te Ching
- Taoism
- Tao peopleTao peopleThe Tao , originally recognized as Yami , are a Taiwanese aboriginal people, native to tiny outlying Orchid Island in Taiwan. The Tao are an Austronesian people linguistically and culturally closer to the Ivatan people of the Batanes islands in the Philippines than to other aboriginal peoples on...
, a Taiwanese aboriginal peoples, native to outlying Orchid Island- Tao languageTao languageYami , also known as Tao , is a variety of the Ivatan dialect cluster spoken by the Tao people of Taiwan. It is spoken on Orchid Island, 46 kilometers southeast of the main island of Taiwan. Yami is known as ciriciring no Tao, or "human speech," by its native speakers...
(Yami)
- Tao language
- TroleandomycinTroleandomycinTroleandomycin is a macrolide antibiotic. It is currently sold in Italy and Turkey.Side effects: It is a CYP3A4 inhibitor....
, by trade name Tao - Tao Framework, a library giving .NET and mono developers access to popular graphics and gaming libraries like OpenGL and SDL
- Tao GroupTao GroupTao Group was a software company headquartered in Reading, Berkshire, UK. It developed intent, a software platform. intent enabled content portability by delivering services in a platform independent format called Virtual Processor...
, a software company headquartered in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom - Motorola DroidMotorola DroidThe Motorola Droid is an Internet and multimedia enabled smartphone designed by Motorola, which runs Google's Android operating system. The Droid had been publicized under the codenames Sholes and Tao and the model number A855...
, an Android-based smartphone by Motorola, previously publicized under the codenames Sholes and Tao and the model number A855
Acronyms
- Qingdao Liuting International AirportQingdao Liuting International AirportQingdao Liuting International Airport is located in the city of Qingdao, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China and serves as the main airport for the city. It is about 31 km away from the city of Qingdao...
(IATA airport code) - Thromboangiitis obliterans, medical term for a type of vasculitis (aka Buerger's disease)
- TAO (software)TAO (software)The ACE ORB is a freely available, open-source, and standards-compliant real-time C++ implementation of CORBA based upon the Adaptive Communication Environment . It attempts to provide efficient, predictable, and scalable quality of service end-to-end...
, (The ACE ORB), Open Source software - TAO (collective)TAO (Collective)The TAO Collective or The Anarchy Organization is a Canada-based radical and non-profit computer service provider, offering free email and web hosting in exchange for mutual aid...
, a radical tech organization based in Canada - Tamke-Allan ObservatoryTamke-Allan ObservatoryTamke-Allan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Roane State Community College. Dedicated in 1998, it is located in Roane County, Tennessee ....
, in Tennessee, United States - Ten Acre ObservatoryTen Acre ObservatoryTen Acre Observatory is a public astronomical observatory owned and operated by Nick Lazzaro and used as its primary viewing site by the Odyssey Astronomy Club. It is located near Tribbey, Oklahoma ....
, in Oklahoma, United States - Together as One (festival), a large rave held New Years Eve in Los Angeles
- Track At Once, an optical disc recording mode
- Transitioning Applications to Ontologies, a European project in the FP6 framework
Geography
- Ko TaoKo TaoKo Tao is an island in Thailand located near the western shore of the Gulf of Thailand. It covers an area of about 21 km². Administratively it forms a tambon within the district Ko Pha Ngan of Surat Thani Province. As of 2006 its official population is 1382...
, an island in the Gulf of Thailand - Tao (historical region)Tao (historical region)Tao is a historical region in the territory of modern Turkey roughly corresponding to the Taochi of Greeks and Tayk of Armenians. It was a province within various Georgian Bagratid states from the 8th to the 16th century, when the region was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.-External references:*...
, part of the Georgian Tao-Klarjeti principalities - Tao, MaliTao, MaliTao is a commune in the Cercle of Koutiala in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. The principal town lies at Fonfona. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 4426.-References:...
, a commune in the Cercle of Koutiala, Mali - Tao RiverTao RiverTao River is a right tributary of China's Yellow River. It starts in Xiqing Mountains near the Gansu-Qinghai border, flows eastward across Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and then northward more or less along the border between Dingxi Prefecture-level City in the east and Gannan and Linxia...
, a tributary of the Yellow River in Gansu Province, China
People
- Tao (surname)Tao (surname)- List of persons with the surname Tao :* Tao Dayu, television actor* Tao Qian, warlord during the late Han Dynasty* Tao Kan, Jin Dynasty general and governor* Tao Luna, sports shooter* Tao Siju, politician* Terence Tao, Australian mathematician...
(陶), a Chinese surname - David TaoDavid TaoDavid Tao , born Tao Xuzhong , was born on 11 July 1969. He is a Taiwanese Golden Melody Award-winning singer-songwriter. He is well-known for creating a crossover genre of R&B and hard rock tunes which has now become his signature style and for having popularized R&B in the Mandopop...
, a Taiwanese singer-songwriter - Senakhtenre Tao I, father of Seqenenre Tao
- Seqenenre Tao II, Egyptian ruler of Thebes who started the process of ousting the Hyksos kings from Egypt
- Terence TaoTerence TaoTerence Chi-Shen Tao FRS is an Australian mathematician working primarily on harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, combinatorics, analytic number theory and representation theory...
, an Australian mathematician, 2006 Fields Medalist - Wang TaoWang TaoWang Tao was a Qing dynasty translator, reformer, political columnist, newspaper publisher, and fiction writer. He was born as Wang Libin in Puli Town in Suzhou prefecture.-Life:...
, refer to this disambiguation page for multiple persons with this name - Wu TaoWu TaoWu Tao is a Chinese discus thrower.He won the 2002 World Junior Championships and the 2003 Summer Universiade and finished seventh at the 2005 Summer Universiade...
, a Chinese discus thrower - Tao LinTao LinTao Lin is an American writer. He was born of Taiwanese parents and grew up on the East Coast of the USA.He is the author of two novels, Eeeee Eee Eeee and Richard Yates ; a novella, Shoplifting from American Apparel ; a short story collection, Bed ; and two poetry collections, you are a little...
, a famous author - Tao QianTao QianTao Qian , better known as Tao Yuanming , was a Chinese poet. Born in modern Jiujiang, Jiangxi, he was one of the most influential pre-Tang Dynasty Chinese poets....
, influential pre-Tang Dynasty Chinese poet - Tao Yang (Teoma)Tao Yang (Teoma)Tao Yang , is an American computer scientist. Yang is the Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Ask.com for web search. He is also a tenured full professor in Computer Science at University of California, Santa Barbara.-Biography:...
, Professor at UCSB and Chief Scientist/SVP at Ask Jeeves/Teoma - Tao Yang (Wuxi)Tao Yang (Wuxi)Tao Yang is a computer scientist. He attended Tongji University, where he received his Bachelor's degree in 1990 and his Master's degree in 1993. He has invented fuzzy cellular neural networks in 1995,computational verb in 1997,...
, Chief Scientist of Yang's Scientific Research Institute and CEO of Wuxi Tianyang Ruijie Technology Co. Ltd
Characters
- Tao (comics)Tao (comics)Tao is a fictional character in the Wildstorm universe.-History:The Tactical Augmented Organism was created by Optigen, a subsidiary of the Halo Corporation, on behalf of International Operations. As a child, he grew at an amazing rate...
, 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
Music
- Tao (album)Tao (album)Tao is an album by pop singer Rick Springfield. It was released in 1985 on RCA Records. It was released on CD in 1990.-Track listing:#"Dance This World Away"#"Celebrate Youth"#"State of the Heart"#"Written in Rock"#"The Power of Love"...
, an album by Rick Springfield - Tao (musical troupe)Tao (musical troupe)TAO: The Martial Art of Drumming is a Japanese drum and dance ensemble formed in 1993. This performing group combines music and dance to reflect Japanese tradition, but also incorporates Korean, Maori, and Indonesian influences....
, a Japanese drum and dance ensemble - TAO (song)TAO (song)"Tao" is Do As Infinity's twentieth single, released on July 27, 2005. "Tao"'s lyrics describe the parting of two friends. B-side "Aurora" literally means the dawn in Italian; the lyrics of the song are almost like the end of the story in Break of Dawn, which was the band's first song on their...
, Do As Infinity's final single, released 2005