Advent

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Advent means "arrival" or "coming". It may refer to:

• Advent, a season in the Christian calendar preceding Christmas.
• Nativity Fast, Advent in the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Advent, Cornwall, a civil parish in the United Kingdom
• Advent, West Virginia, a community in the United States
• Advent, another name for the Colossal Cave Adventure game
• Advent, a speaker, Hi-Fi equipment and computer peripheral company founded by Henry Kloss
• Advent (publisher), a publisher of science fiction books
• Advent Computers, a computer manufacturer
• Advent Software, a financial software company based in San Francisco
• Advent (song), by the Swedish metal band Opeth
• Advent International Corporation, a global buyout firm
• The Advent, a British electronic music band
• Advent (band), a band signed to Solid State Records

Similar titles include:

• The 2005 video game Advent Rising.
• The 2005 Square Enix CGI film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.
• The 2007 video game Mega Man ZX Advent.

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