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- AltbierAltbierAltbier is a German top-fermenting beer brewed in Düsseldorf and other parts of North Rhine-Westphalia.The name Altbier, which means old beer, refers to the pre-lager brewing method of using a warm top-fermenting yeast...
, German beer - Alternate routeAlternate routeAn official alternate route is a special route in the United States that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. They are loop roads and found in many road systems in the United States including the U.S. Route system and various state route systems...
, a type of highway designation - Alternate characterAlternate characterAn alternate character, often referred to in slang as alt, alt char, or less commonly multi, is a character in addition to one's "primary" or "Main" player character...
, in online gaming - Alternative rockAlternative rockAlternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
- AltitudeAltitudeAltitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...
- AltimeterAltimeterAn altimeter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. The measurement of altitude is called altimetry, which is related to the term bathymetry, the measurement of depth underwater.-Pressure altimeter:...
Acronyms
- Alanine transaminaseAlanine transaminaseAlanine transaminase or ALT is a transaminase enzyme . It is also called serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase or alanine aminotransferase ....
, a liver enzyme - Alternative lengthening of telomeres, in cellular biology
- André Leon TalleyAndré Leon TalleyAndré Leon Talley is the former American editor-at-large for Vogue magazine, listed as Contributing Editor in the April 2010 masthead. Talley has been a front-row regular at fashion shows in New York, Paris, London and Milan for more than 25 years...
, an American fashion journalist - Approach and Landing TestsApproach and Landing Tests-Crew 2:This crew later flew on STS-2.-Shuttle Carrier Aircraft:In addition to the two assigned shuttle crews, who would alternate crewing the orbiter, a single flight crew was attached to the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the entire program:...
, in space transportation - Argon laser trabeculoplasty, a type of glaucoma surgery
- Assistant Language TeacherAssistant Language TeacherAssistant Language Teacher is a term that was created by the Japanese Ministry of Education at the time of the creation of the JET Programme as a translation of the term 外国語指導助手 or literally "foreign language instruction assistant." The terms AET , ELT and NESA Assistant Language Teacher (ALT)...
, in Japan - Association for Learning TechnologyAssociation for Learning TechnologyThe Association for Learning Technology is a United Kingdom professional body and scholarly association. ALT brings together people and organizations with an interest in the use of learning technology...
, in Oxford, England - Association for Linguistic Typology, professional society for linguistic typologyLinguistic typologyLinguistic typology is a subfield of linguistics that studies and classifies languages according to their structural features. Its aim is to describe and explain the common properties and the structural diversity of the world's languages...
Places and geographical features
- Alt, Greater Manchester, formerly a constituent parish of Limehurst Rural DistrictLimehurst Rural DistrictLimehurst was, from 1894 to 1954, a rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.-History:Ashton-under-Lyne Rural Sanitary District was created in 1872 and included parishes in both Cheshire and Lancashire. The Local Government Act 1894 redesignated rural sanitary districts as...
, near Oldham, England - River AltRiver AltThe River Alt is in Merseyside, England.The Alt runs from Hag Plantation in Huyton at , through Croxteth Park, roughly follows the M57 motorway south of Kirkby, then flows north of Aintree and south of Maghull...
, in Merseyside, England - Amtrak code for Altoona Transportation CenterAltoona Transportation CenterThe Altoona Transportation Center is an intermodal passenger facility built in 1986 providing local bus, intercity bus, and rail services. It is located at 1231 11th Avenue in downtown Altoona, Pennsylvania....
, Pennsylvania, U.S. - National Rail station code for Altrincham station, in Altrincham, England
People
- A.L.T.A.L.T.A.L.T. is a Mexican-American rapper known for the 1992 hit song "Tequila" . He is of Mexican and French descent. A.L.T. joined the rap supergroup, Latin Alliance in 1991. After their first and only album, A.L.T. went solo and released his debut album, Another Latin Timebomb in 1992...
, Mexican-American rapper - Albrecht AltAlbrecht AltAlbrecht Alt , was a leading German Protestant theologian.Eldest son of a Lutheran minister, he completed high school in Ansbach and studied theology at the Friedrich-Alexander-University in Erlangen and the University of Leipzig...
(1883–1956), German bible scholar and Protestant theologian - Carol AltCarol AltCarol Ann Alt is an American model and actress.- Early life:Alt was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, the daughter of Muriel, an airline employee and model, and Anthony Alt, a fire chief. She was noticed waiting tables in her hometown of East Williston, New York. When she was 18, she decided to...
(born 1960), American model and actress - Ernst Alt, German Roman Catholic priest and exorcist
- Franz AltFranz AltFranz Leopold Alt was an Austrian-born American mathematician who made major contributions to computer science in its early days...
(1910–2011), Austrian-born American mathematician - Rudolf von Alt (1812–1905), Austrian painter
- Salome Alt (1568–1633), Austrian wife of Wolf Dietrich (von) RaitenauWolf Dietrich RaitenauWolf Dietrich von Raitenau was Prince-Bishop of Salzburg from 1587 to 1612.-Biography:Raitenau was born at Hofen Castle in Lochau near Bregenz in Further Austria, the son of the Habsburg colonel Hans Werner von Raitenau and Helene von Hohenems, a niece of Pope Pius IV, sister of Markus Sitticus...
- Susanne AltSusanne AltSusanne Alt is a jazz saxophone player and composer based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.-Biography:Susanne Alt was born in Würzburg, Germany, in 1978, to Hans-Joachim and Maria Alt. Hans-Joachim is a composer, poet and piano teacher, and Maria is a guitar teacher...
(born 1978), German female saxophonist
Miscellanea
- ALT (band)ALT (band)ALT was a one-off band, featuring former New Zealand band Split Enz frontman Tim Finn, Northern Irish singer/songwriter Andy White and the frontman of the Irish band Hothouse Flowers, Liam Ó Maonlaí, that recorded and played together in 1995....
- ALT LinuxALT LinuxALT Linux is a set of RPM-based operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel and Sisyphus packages repository. ALT Linux is developed jointly by ALT Linux Team developers community and ALT Linux Ltd.- History :...
, computer software - Alt attributeAlt attributeThe alt attribute is used in HTML and XHTML documents to specify alternative text that is to be rendered when the element to which it is applied cannot be rendered. In HTML 4.01, the attribute is required for the img and area tags...
, in computer language - Alt keyAlt keyThe Alt key on a computer keyboard is used to change the function of other pressed keys. Thus, the Alt key is a modifier key, used in a similar fashion to the Shift key. For example, simply pressing "A" will type the letter a, but if you hold down either Alt key while pressing A, the computer...
, on a computer keyboard - Alt.* hierarchy, in USENET newsgroups
- Alanine transaminaseAlanine transaminaseAlanine transaminase or ALT is a transaminase enzyme . It is also called serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase or alanine aminotransferase ....
, abbreviated ALT, liver enzyme of the transaminase family