Chaos

Chaos ( /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/;Greek: χάος ) refers to a state lacking order or predictability.

Mythology, philosophy, and religion

• Chaos (cosmogony), the concept in classical creation myths
  • a chasm or abyss, especially in biblical usage, see Abyss (religion)
  • prima materia, the primordial state from which the cosmos originated
  • chaoskampf, an allegorical or mythological battle between a hero and a chaos monster (dragon)
• Chaos magic, a branch of occultism

Science and mathematics

• any state of confusion or disorder, see disorder (disambiguation)
• Randomness, a lack of intelligible pattern or combination
• Chaos theory, a branch of mathematics and physics that deals with the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems
• Chaos (amoeba), a type of giant amoeba
• Polynomial chaos, an expansion in probability theory, invented by Norbert Wiener
• 19521 Chaos, a Trans-Neptunian Kuiper belt object
• Chaosnet, an early set of network communication protocols
• CHAOS (Linux distribution), designed for creating ad hoc computer clusters

Titles

• short title of an alchemical treatise by Heinrich Khunrath
• Liber Chaos, an alchemical treatise by Raimundus Lullus
• Chaos: Making a New Science, a book by James Gleick that was nominated for a Pulitzer prize
• The Chaos, poem by Gerard Nolst Trenité which illustrates English spelling and pronunciation

Film and television

• Chaos (2000 film), a Japanese film directed by Hideo Nakata
• Chaos (2001 film), a French film directed by Coline Serreau
• Chaos (2005 film), directed by David DeFalco
• Chaos (2006 film), starring Jason Statham and Wesley Snipes, directed by Tony Giglio
• Chaos, a 2006 Polish-language film directed by Xawery Zulawski
• Le Chaos, a 2007 Arabic-language film by Egyptian directors Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef
• CHAOS (TV series), a 2011 American television series airing on CBS
• Kaos (film), titled Chaos in American release, a 1984 Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Music

• Chaos A.D., sixth album of Sepultura, a Brazilian heavy metal band
• Chaos UK, a British punk/UK82 band
• Chaos C.H., a Japanese hardcore punk group
• "Chaos", a song by Mutemath from their self-titled debut album
• "Chaos", a song by Skold from Skold
• "Chaos", a song on the album Psyence Fiction by UNKLE
• "Khaos", a single by the Japanese solo artist Közi
• "Chaos", an album of Jaycee Chan released on April 16, 2010
• K-os, a Canadian musician

Video games

• Chaos, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
• Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog), a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise
• Chaos (Final Fantasy), an enemy in Final Fantasy
• Chaos (Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy), matter from the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythos that comes from Valhalla.
• Chaos (Loom), a villain in the LucasArts adventure game Loom
• Chaos (video game), a 1985 computer game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
• chaos (Xenosaga), a fictional character from the Xenosaga video game series
• Nrvnqsr Chaos, a villain in the visual novel Tsukihime

Entertainment and popular culture

• Chaos (Sesame Park character), a fictional character from the TV show Sesame Park
• Chaos (Sailor Moon), a major enemy in the Sailor Moon manga, and the final enemy in the Sailor Moon anime
• Chaos! Comics, a cult comic book producer and publisher
• Chaos (Dragonlance), a supreme god in the fantasy world of Dragonlance
• Chaos, a fictional tenth planet of the solar system Exosquad
• Chaos, a series of cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
• Choas, the trading card game from the King of Cards (manga)
• Chaos (Warhammer), in the Warhammer fantasy games, a force representing the antithesis of civilization
• Chaos (Kinnikuman), a major character in the manga series Kinnikuman Nisei: Ultimate Choujin Tag Arc
• Chaos (performer), a performer in Pin Up Girls burlesque-cabaret company, certified yoga instructor
• Chaos, a creature of liquid energy appearing in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
• CHAOS (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling alliance
• Chaos 2, a combat robot from the British TV series Robot Wars
• Courts of Chaos, one of the two, true worlds in The Chronicles of Amber

Other uses

• Chaos in society, is Civil disorder
• Lawlessness, a lack of laws or law enforcement
• Operation CHAOS, a domestic espionage project conducted by the CIA
• A month in the Discordian calendar
• Chaos, the cultural festival of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
• Rans S-9 Chaos, an aerobatic aircraft

See also

• CHAOS (disambiguation)
• Xaos
• KAOS (disambiguation)

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