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• In mythology,
  • A mythological creature, the Phoenix
  • A character in the Iliad, tutor of Achilles and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus; see: Phoenix (Iliad)
• In biology, the genus Phoenix of trees within the palm family Arecaceae (including the date palm)
• In astronomy and space exploration,
  • Phoenix (constellation) is a minor southern constellation.
  • Phoenix (spacecraft), a planned NASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA (established 1958) is the government agency responsible for the United States of America's space program and long-term general aerospace research. A civilian organization, it conducts (or oversees) re mission to MarsMars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, both small and odd
  • The EADS PhoenixVidsel, May 8 2004 Phoenix is the prototype of Hopper, a proposed unmanned European reusable launch vehicle. Phoenix was, besides Penelope and Ariane, originally suggested for the name of Ariane rocket family). Hopper, for which Phoenix is a prototype, is, a proposed unmanned European reusable launch vehicle
  • Project PhoenixProject Phoenix is a SETI project: a search for extraterrestrial intelligence by listening for radio signals. It is run by the independently funded SETI Institute of Mountain View, California, USA. Project Phoenix started work in February 1995 with the Pa is a search for extraterrestrial intelligence by listening for radio signals.
• In computing,
  • Phoenix Object BasicPhoenix Object Basic is an object-oriented RAD tool for Linux. It combines the expressive power of object-oriented languages like Python and Perl with the familiarity and perceived ease of use of Visual Basic. Phoenix allows developers with Visual Basic e, a software-based objective programming language.
  • The Phoenix operating system shell was developed at Cambridge University for their IBM mainframe
  • Phoenix Technologies , a BIOSIn computing, the Basic Input-Output System or BIOS is computer interface code that locates and loads the operating system into RAM. It provides low-level communication, operation and configuration to the hardware of a system, which at a minimum drives th manufacturer.
  • Phoenix is the former name of the Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox (originally known as Phoenix and intermittently as Mozilla Firebird is a free web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and hundreds of volunteers. Before its 1. 0 release on November 9, 2004, Firefox had already garnered a great dea web browser
• In television,
  • A TV show: Phoenix (TV series)
  • Phoenix Television, a Hong Kong-based television broadcaster
  • A German TV station: Phoenix (German TV station)
  • The name of a fictional spacecraft in the Star Trek universe. See Phoenix (Star Trek).
• In comics,
  • A Marvel Comics superhero or entity (either Jean Grey, Rachel Summers, or the Phoenix (comics))
  • A manga by Osamu Tezuka. See Phoenix (manga) (Original Japanese title: Hi no Tori).
• The name of several ships:
  • USS Phoenix (CL-46)
  • USS Phoenix (SSN-702)
  • Phoenix , first steamboat to sail the open ocean
• Some places named Phoenix:
  • Phoenix, Mauritius
  • Phoenix Islands A sparsely populated island chain in Kiribati.
  • In the United States:
    • Phoenix, Arizona
    • Phoenix, Illinois
    • Phoenix, Maryland
    • Phoenix, New York
    • Phoenix, Oregon
    • (Note also places named Phoenixville.)
• Miscellaneous:
  • AIM-54 Phoenix, a long-range air-to-air missile
  • Bristol Phoenix, a diesel-powered aircraft engine
  • Transsylvania Phoenix, a Romanian rock band
  • An Irish magazine: Phoenix (magazine)
  • Operation Phoenix is a program undertaken by the CIA in Vietnam to "neutralize" the civilian population.
  • A nickname sometimes used for Japan after WWII
  • The name of a roller coaster in Knoebels amusement park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
  • A newspaper of Loyola University Chicago called Loyola Phoenix.
  • Phoenix is the name of a 1980 arcade game
  • the nickname of Dave Farrell, a bass guitarist in the nu metal band Linkin Park

See also: Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights