Tao

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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:

Miscellaneous

• Tao Te Ching, a classical Chinese text
• Taoism, a philosophical school and folk religion based on the Tao Te Ching
• Tao (historical region), part of the Georgian Tao-Klarjeti principalities
• Tao people, a Taiwanese aboriginal peoples, native to outlying Orchid Island
• Tao Framework, a library giving .NET and mono developers access to popular graphics and gaming libraries like OpenGL and SDL
• TAO (collective), a radical tech organization based in Canada
• Tao Group, a software company headquartered in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
• Ko Tao, an island in the Gulf of Thailand
• Tao, Mali, a commune in the Cercle of Koutiala, Mali
• Tao River, a tributary of the Yellow River in Gansu Province, China

Acronyms

• Tamke-Allan Observatory, in Tennessee, United States
• Ten Acre Observatory, in Oklahoma, United States
• Transitioning Applications to Ontologies, a European project in the FP6 framework
• Tropical Atmosphere Ocean, a scientific project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Qingdao Liuting International Airport the IATA airport code
• Track At Once, an optical disc recording mode
• TAO (software), (The ACE ORB), Open Source software

In popular culture

• Tao Ren, the fictional character from the manga Shaman King
• Tao Jun, the fictional character from the manga Shaman King
• Tao Pai Pai, the fictional character in Dragon Ball media
• Tao (comics), the fictional character from the comic book WildCATS
• The Tao "T.J." Jones, the protagonist in Chris Crutcher's novel Whale Talk
• Tao, the fictional character in the TV series The Mysterious Cities of Gold
• "TAO" (song), Do As Infinity's final single, released 2005
• Tao (album), an album by Rick Springfield
• Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, an Xbox video game
• Tao (video game), a post-industrial video game for the Famicom

People with the name

• David Tao, 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
• Tao Qian, influential pre-Tang Dynasty Chinese poet
• Terence Tao, an Australian mathematician, 2006 Fields Medalist
• Wang Tao, refer to this disambiguation page for multiple persons with this name
• Wu Tao, a Chinese discus thrower
• Tao Yang (Wuxi), Chief Scientist of Yang's Scientific Research Institute and CEO of Wuxi Tianyang Ruijie Technology Co. Ltd
• Tao Yang (Teoma), Professor at UCSB and Chief Scientist/SVP at Ask Jeeves/Teoma

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