Ajax

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Ajax may refer to:

Mythology

• Ajax (mythology), son of Telamon, ruler of Salamis and a hero in the Trojan War, also known as "Ajax the Great"
• Ajax the Lesser, son of Oileus, ruler of Locris and the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War.

Events

• Operation Ajax, the 1953 Iranian coup d'état

People

• Ajax (missionary), Arian missionary who converted the Suevi to Christianity (c. 466)
• Ajax, pen name of Australian nature writer Sidney William Jackson

Information technology

• Ajax (programming) (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), a technique used in web application development
• Ajax framework, a framework for the Ajax technique
• Ajax (floppy disk controller), a floppy disk controller fitted to the Atari STE

Sports

Football

• AFC Ajax, a football club from Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Aias Salamina F.C., a football club based in Salamina, Greece birthplace of Ajax the Telamonian
• Ajax Cape Town FC, a South African football club
• Ajax de Ouenzé, a Congolese football club
• Ajax Futebol Clube, a Brazilian football club
• Ajax Kenitra, a Moroccan futsal (indoor football) club
• Ajax Orlando Prospects, also known as Ajax America, an American soccer team from Orlando, Florida
• Ajax Sportman Combinatie (ASC), a cricket and football club in Leiden, The Netherlands
• FC Ajax Lasnamäe, an Estonian football club
• Rabat Ajax F.C., a Maltese football club
• Unión Ájax, a football club in Trujillo, Honduras
• FC Ajax Sofia, a football club in Sofia, Bulgaria

Handball

• Ajax Heroes, a Danish handball team

Racing

• Ajax (horse) (b. 1901), a French Champion racehorse
• Ajax II (b. 1934), a Champion Australian racehorse

Vehicles

• Ajax (1906 automobile), Aigner, Switzerland
• Ajax (1913 automobile), Briscoe, France
• Ajax (1914 automobile), Seattle, Washington, U.S.
• Ajax (1921 automobile), prototype, U.S.
• Ajax (American automobile), Nash Motors, 1925–1926, U.S.
• HMS Ajax, several ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Ajax, several ships of the United States Navy
• Ajax, one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives, in service 1860-1884
• Ajax, a LMS Royal Scot Class express locomotive, in service 1927-1962
• Ayaks, a Soviet top secret aerospacecraft project
• Nike Ajax, an American anti-aircraft missile

Literature and Fiction

• Ajax (Sophocles), a play by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles
• Ajax (Disney), a fictional company (the Disney equivalent of Looney Tunes' Acme Corporation)
• Ajax Duckman, a character in the animated television series Duckman
• Martian Manhunter, a comic superhero, called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal
• Ajax (comics), the name of two fictional characters from the Marvel Universe
• Ajak, a Marvel Comics character, a member of the Eternals, sometimes known as "Ajax the Greater"
• Ajax, a character in the 1979 film The Warriors

Music

• Ajax (band), an electronic band from New York City
• Ajax (DJ), an Australian electro mashup DJ
• Ajax Records (Quebec) (1921–1926), a North American record company
• AjaX, keyboardist for The Pop Culture Suicides

Videogames

• Ajax (video game), an arcade game

Places

• Ajax, Louisiana, United States, an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish
• Ajax, Ontario, a town in Canada
  • Ajax GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the town
  • Ajax High School, a public high school located in the town
• Ajax, Utah, a ghost town
• Aspen Mountain (Colorado), United States, also known as Ajax Mountain
• Kanichee Mine, Temagami, Ontario, Canada, also known as Ajax Mine

Business

• Ajax (cleanser), a brand of cleaning products.

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