Avalanche (disambiguation)

An avalanche is a cascade of snow down a slope.

Groups and things that have been named after the avalanche include:

Phenomena:
*Rock avalanche
*Avalanche breakdown, an electrical process
*Avalanche effect, aka "bit avalanche", a desirable property of cryptographic algorithms
*Electron avalanche, an electrical phenomenon
*Snowball effect, which is sometimes called the avalanche effect

Business:
*Avalanche Corporate Technology, a corporate shared source intellectual property cooperative
*Avalanche Press, a company that produces board wargames and role-playing game supplements
*Avalanche Studios, a Swedish-based video game developer, creators of "Just Cause"
*Avalanche Software, a video game developer studio

Music:
*"Avalanche" (Matthew Good album), the first solo album by Canadian musician, Matthew Good
*"The Avalanche", a 2006 album by musician Sufjan Stevens
*The Avalanches, an electronic music collective from Melbourne, Australia
*"Avalanche" (Thea Gilmore album), the 5th album released by British singer/songwriter Thea Gilmore
*Doktor Avalanche, the drum machines used by The Sisters of Mercy
*"Avalanche" (song), a song by Leonard Cohen
*"Avalanche", a song by Ryan Adams on the album "Love Is Hell".
*"Avalanche" (SVS album), a 1992 album by Some Velvet Sidewalk
*Avalanche (band), a 1980s Norwegian musical group.
*"Avalanche" (Echo & the Bunnymen EP), a 2000 EP by Echo & the Bunnymen

Games:
*"Avalanche", an ecoterrorist group in "Final Fantasy VII"
*Avalanche (drinking game), a drinking game played with a die
*Avalanche joseki, a joseki (corner opening) in the game of Go
*"Avalanche" (arcade game), a 1978 arcade game by Atari
*"1080° Avalanche", a snowboarding game for the Nintendo GameCube
*Avalanche chess, a chess variant

Sports:
*Adelaide Avalanche, a semi-professional ice hockey team in Adelaide, Australia
*Alaska Avalanche, a Junior A hockey team in the North American Hockey League based in Wasilla, Alaska
*Colorado Avalanche, a National Hockey League team based in Denver, Colorado
*Denver Avalanche, a soccer team based out of Denver, Colorado
*Hamilton Avalanche, a W-League club based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
*Salem Avalanche, a Minor League Baseball team based in Salem, Virginia
*Quebec Avalanche, a National Women's Hockey League team located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
*John Tenta, a professional wrestler who used the name Avalanche for WCW

Other:
*"Avalanche", a Great Western Railway 0-6-0ST steam locomotive.
*"Avalanche" ("Captain Scarlet" episode), the fifth episode of "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons"
*Avalanche (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
*Avalanche (P2P), a proposed peer-to-peer network developed by Microsoft
*Avalanche diode, a silicon diode that is designed to break down and conduct at a specified reverse bias voltage
*Chevrolet Avalanche, a four-door, six-seat pickup truck
*HSV Avalanche SUV, an AWD dual-cab utility vehicle
*Avalanche (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby husky produced by Ty, Inc.
*"Avalanche (film)", a 1923 film directed by Michael Curtiz
*"Avalanche (1952 film)", a 1952 film directed by Kaneto Shindō
*"Avalanche (film 1999)", aka "Escape from Alaska (film 2002)" a 1999 action/thriller film directed by Steve Kroschel.
*"Avalanche", a children's novel by Anna Rutgers van der Loeff
*Avalanche (Blackpool), a steel roller coaster at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool

ee also

* Operation Avalanche (disambiguation)