Pax
Encyclopedia
Pax may refer to:
- Pax (mythology)Pax (mythology)In Roman mythology, Pax [paqs] was recognized as a goddess during the rule of Augustus. On the Campus Martius, she had a temple called the Ara Pacis, and another temple on the Forum Pacis. She was depicted in art with olive branches, a cornucopia and a scepter...
, the Roman goddess of peace
Organizations
- PAX AssociationPAX AssociationThe PAX Association was a pro-communist secular Catholic organization created in 1947 in the People's Republic of Poland. In 1953, PAX gave its support to the Stalinist show trial of the Kraków Curia, and took over the publication of the Catholic weekly magazine Tygodnik Powszechny – until the...
in Poland - Pax ForlagPax ForlagPax Forlag is a Norwegian publishing house, established in 1964.Pax Forlag has issued a selected reprint of the "working class" encyclopaedia Arbeidernes Leksikon in 1974, and the political encyclopaedia Pax Leksikon ....
, a Norwegian publishing house - PAX Network, a U.S. television network now known as ION Television
- Pax SoftnicaPax Softnicais a Japanese video game developer founded in 1983 under the name Image Soft and based in Kanagawa, Japan. Pax Softnica developed strong ties with Nintendo, and was hired often as a subcontracted programmer to work with Nintendo EAD and Nintendo R&D1 on several games published on Nintendo consoles....
, a Japanese video game company now known as Softnica - Pax World FundsPax World FundsPax World Funds is a socially responsible mutual fund founded in 1971.Pax World was founded by two Methodists, Rev. Dr. Luther Tyson and Rev. Dr. Jack Corbett, who did not want to financially support the Vietnam War.-External links:**...
, a U.S. mutual fund company
Locations
- Pax, West VirginiaPax, West VirginiaPax is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 174 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pax is located at ....
- Pax HillPax HillPax Hill, near Bentley, Hampshire, England, was the family home of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout movement, and his wife, Olave, for over twenty years during the 20th century. It is located at the end of a half-mile drive, off the main A31 road....
, a place in England - 679 Pax679 Pax679 Pax is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is named after Pax, a Roman goddess.-External links:*...
, a minor planet orbiting the Sun
Software
- pax (Unix), a Unix command line program to read and write file archives
- PaXPaXPaX is a patch for the Linux kernel that implements least privilege protections for memory pages. The least-privilege approach allows computer programs to do only what they have to do in order to be able to execute properly, and nothing more. PaX was first released in 2000.PaX flags data memory as...
, a Linux kernel security patch introduced in 2000
Popular culture
- PAX, a side project of the German band X Marks the PedwalkX Marks the PedwalkX Marks the Pedwalk ) is a German band whose styles range from post-industrial dance to electronic body music...
- Penny Arcade ExpoPenny Arcade ExpoThe Penny Arcade Expo is a semi-annual gamer festival held in Seattle and Boston. PAX was created by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the authors of the Penny Arcade webcomic, because they wanted to attend a show that gave equal attention to console gamers, computer gamers, and tabletop...
, a gamer festival - Pax, a fictional tranquilizer in the TV series FireflyFirefly (TV series)Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear....
Other uses
- Pax, the standard author abbreviation for botanist and entomologist Ferdinand Albin PaxFerdinand Albin PaxFerdinand Albin Pax was a German botanist and entomologist. He specialised in Lepidoptera, Diptera, as well as in spermatophytes, describing several species....
- Pax genesPax genesPaired box genes are a family of tissue specific transcription factors containing a paired domain and usually a partial or complete homeodomain. An octapeptide may also be present...
, a group of genes and their proteins - Pax, a generic brand of diazepamDiazepamDiazepam , first marketed as Valium by Hoffmann-La Roche is a benzodiazepine drug. Diazepam is also marketed in Australia as Antenex. It is commonly used for treating anxiety, insomnia, seizures including status epilepticus, muscle spasms , restless legs syndrome, alcohol withdrawal,...
available in South Africa - The Michelin PAX System, an automotive "run-flat" tire system
- A term used in the travel industry for a seat onboard an aircraft occupied by one or more passengerPassengerA passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination....
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