Tao (disambiguation)

Tao is a metaphysical concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient Chinese philosophy.

Tao may also refer to:

Comics and video games

 * Tao, a fictional character from the comic book Wildcats
 * Tao Jun, the fictional female character from the manga and anime Shaman King
 * Tao Pai Pai, the fictional character in Dragon Ball media
 * Tao Ren, the fictional male character from the manga and anime Shaman King
 * Tao (video game), a post-industrial video game for the Famicom

Geography

 * Tao (historical region), part of the Georgian Tao-Klarjeti principalities
 * Tao, Mali, a commune in the Cercle of Koutiala, Mali
 * Tao River, a tributary of the Yellow River in Gansu Province, China
 * Ko Tao, an island in the Gulf of Thailand
 * Tao, Senegal, a village in Senegal
 * TAO, Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, by IATA airport code

People and language

 * Tao people, also known as the Yami, a Taiwanese aboriginal peoples, native to outlying Orchid Island
 * Tao, Yami language, by ISO 639-3 code

Medicine

 * Thromboangiitis obliterans, Buerger's disease, a type of vasculitis
 * Thyroid-associated orbitopathy, an autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the orbit and periorbital tissues
 * Troleandomycin, an antibiotic

Music

 * Taos, country rock band of the 1970s
 * Tao (album), an album by Rick Springfield
 * T.A.O (EP), by Z.Tao
 * Tao (musical troupe), a Japanese drum and dance ensemble
 * TAO (song), a single by Do As Infinity
 * TAO, Together as One (festival), a large rave held New Year's Eve in Los Angeles

Organisations

 * TAO, Tailored Access Operations, a cyber espionage unit within the United States National Security Agency
 * Tao Group, a software company headquartered in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
 * TAO (collective), a radical tech organization based in Canada

People

 * Tao (surname), Chinese surname (陶, Táo)
 * Tào (surname), the Vietnamese surname based on the Chinese surname Cáo (曹)
 * Terence Tao (born 1975), Australian-American mathematician, co-recipient of the 2006 Fields Medal
 * Seqenenre Tao (reigned from 1560 or 1558–1555 BC), Egyptian ruler of Thebes who started the process of ousting the Hyksos kings from Egypt
 * Tao Geoghegan Hart (born 1995), British cyclist
 * Tao Okamoto (born 1985), Japanese model and actress
 * Tao Tsuchiya (born 1995), Japanese actress
 * Huang Zitao (黄子韬, born 1993), Chinese rapper, actor and martial artist
 * Antwuan "Tao" Simpson, American singer of Dru Hill band

Science and technology

 * Tao, Motorola Droid, an Android smartphone, by codename
 * Tao Framework, a library giving .NET and mono developers access to popular graphics and gaming libraries like OpenGL and SDL
 * TAO, Tamke-Allan Observatory, in Tennessee, United States
 * TAO (e-Testing platform), Testing Assisté par Ordinateur (Computer Based Testing), open source software
 * TAO (software), The ACE ORB, open source software
 * TAO, Ten Acre Observatory, in Oklahoma, United States
 * TAO, Tropical Atmosphere Ocean project, a project to map the tropical Pacific Ocean
 * TAO, Track At Once, an optical disc recording mode
 * TAO, tactical action officer, in the U.S. Navy, see Operations specialist (United States Navy)