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Xavier University of Louisiana
Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), founded 1925 by Saint Katharine Drexel in New Orleans, is the only historically Black Catholic university, known for its College of Pharmacy, premedical pipeline, and planned Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine.
Xavier Villaurrutia
Xavier Villaurrutia (1903–1950) was a Mexican poet, playwright, essayist, and critic, a leading figure of the Contemporáneos group best known for his nocturnos and the poetry collection Nostalgia de la muerte (1938).
Xavier Villaurrutia Award
The Xavier Villaurrutia Award (Premio Xavier Villaurrutia de Escritores para Escritores) is an annual Mexican literary prize founded in 1955, rewarding a single published book in poetry, essay, narrative, crónica, or drama.
Xavier Vives
Xavier Vives is a Spanish economist, born in Barcelona, who works on industrial organization, information economics, and banking, and has advised European competition and financial regulators.
Xavier Woods
Xavier Woods (Austin Watson, born 1986) is an American pro wrestler, formerly Consequences Creed in TNA and a New Day member in WWE with Big E and Kofi Kingston; 2021 King of the Ring winner, UpUpDownDown host, and AEW signee in 2026.
Xavier Worthy
Xavier Worthy, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver (No. 1), drafted 28th overall in 2024 from Texas; holds the NFL Combine 40-yard dash record at 4.21 seconds and led Chiefs receivers with 638 yards as a rookie.
Xavier: Renegade Angel
Xavier: Renegade Angel (XRA) is a 2007-2009 Adult Swim CGI surrealist dark comedy by Vernon Chatman and John Lee (PFFR, Wonder Showzen): 20 episodes about a deluded half-beast spiritual seeker whose help always backfires; a cult classic.
Xaviera Hollander
Xaviera Hollander, born Xaviera de Vries in 1943, is a Dutch former call girl and brothel owner known for her 1971 bestselling memoir The Happy Hooker.
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Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx (Xavleg, ZAV-leg), South African slam/brutal death metal band formed in Durban in 2016 by Vulvodynia members; known for its 52-letter name, Meme-Grind label, Gore EP (2016), Gore 2.0 (2018), and the 2025 EP Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
Xawery Dunikowski
Xawery Dunikowski, also spelled Ksawery, was a Polish sculptor and painter (1875–1964), a prisoner of Auschwitz from 1940 to 1945, known for the Wawel Heads and the Monument of the Silesian Uprisings Act.
Xayaburi Dam (ເຂື່ອນໄຊຍະບູລີ)
Xayaburi Dam (ເຂື່ອນໄຊຍະບູລີ), first dam on the lower Mekong mainstream in Xayaburi province, Laos; 1,285 MW run-of-river barrage commissioned 29 October 2019, exporting 1,220 MW to Thailand under a 29-year PPA at 2.16 baht/kWh.
Xayaburi Dam dispute
The Xayaburi Dam dispute was a dispute over a hydroelectric dam on the Lower Mekong River in Laos, the first mainstream dam reviewed by the Mekong River Commission.
Xayn
Xayn, renamed Noxtua SE in April 2025, is a Berlin-based German legal AI startup founded in 2017 by Leif-Nissen Lundbæk and Michael Huth, building sovereign Europe-hosted legal language models.
Xb&Nin trial
Xb&Nin (NCT06551870), Xbox Kinect Sports versus Nintendo Switch Sports: Chilean three-arm RCT in 45 inactive women aged 60-75 comparing 12 weeks of exergames against a control; Xbox Kinect Sports won on most outcomes.
XBC
XBC is an umbrella term for back-contact silicon solar cell technologies that place both electrodes on the rear in an interdigitated pattern, eliminating front grid shading.
Xbloc
Xbloc is a single-layer, interlocking concrete armor unit for breakwaters and shore protections, developed by Delta Marine Consultants in the Netherlands and introduced in 2003.
XBOW
XBOW, legally XBow Holding Inc., is a Seattle cybersecurity startup founded in January 2024 by Oege de Moor that uses AI agents for automated penetration testing.
Xbox
Xbox is Microsoft's video gaming brand: home consoles launched November 15, 2001 with Halo, plus Xbox Game Pass (400+ games on Ultimate) and Xbox Cloud Gaming, reaching over 1 billion players yearly.
Xbox (console)
Xbox (console): Microsoft's video game console line, launched November 15, 2001 at $299 with a 733 MHz Intel CPU and 8GB hard drive. Generations include Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Series X|S; services include Xbox Live and Game Pass; next console is Project Helix.
Xbox (division)
Xbox, also known as Microsoft Gaming, is Microsoft's video game division, launched as a console in 2001, which develops games, builds consoles, and owns nearly 40 studios including Bethesda and Activision Blizzard.
Xbox 360
Xbox 360: Microsoft's second home console (2005–2016), first of the seventh generation, with Xenon tri-core PowerPC CPU, Xenos GPU, 512 MB GDDR3, Xbox Live, Kinect, over 84 million sold, and the Red Ring of Death repair crisis costing $1.15 billion.
Xbox 360 controller
Xbox 360 controller: Microsoft's 2005 gamepad for the Xbox 360 console and Windows PCs, in wired (9-foot USB) and 2.4 GHz wireless (30 ft, 30 hr on AA) versions; first cross-platform Xbox/Windows controller, with 2010 transforming D-pad revision.
Xbox 360 technical problems
Xbox 360 technical problems cover the console's hardware failures, chiefly the Red Ring of Death (RROD) general hardware failure caused by overheating and warped GPU solder, with failure rates of 16-23.7% in SquareTrade studies and over $1.15 billion in Microsoft repairs.
Xbox 360 technical specifications
Xbox 360 technical specifications: Microsoft's 2005 seventh-generation console with a 3.2 GHz triple-core IBM PowerPC CPU (6 threads), ATI Xenos GPU with unified shaders and eDRAM, 512 MB GDDR3, $299.99/$399.99 launch prices, and eight motherboard revisions.
Xbox controller
The Xbox controller, also called the Xbox Gamepad, is Microsoft's gamepad line for Xbox consoles and PCs, made since 2001 and the most used controller on Steam.
Xbox Developer Direct
Xbox Developer Direct is an annual January livestreamed presentation by Microsoft's Xbox brand, where developers showcase gameplay of titles launching on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass that year.
Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft's video game subscription service (launched 2017) with Essential, Premium, Ultimate, and PC tiers, day-one first-party releases, cloud gaming, 34 million subscribers in 2024, and nearly $5 billion annual revenue.
Xbox Game Studios
Xbox Game Studios is Microsoft's first-party game publishing label, renamed from Microsoft Studios in 2019. Once 13 studios, after the 2026 Xbox reset under CEO Asha Sharma it retains only The Coalition, inXile, and Playground Games.
Xbox network
Xbox network, known as Xbox Live until 2021, is Microsoft's online gaming and digital delivery service for Xbox consoles and Windows PC, launched in November 2002.
Xbox One
Xbox One: Microsoft's third-generation home game console, successor to Xbox 360, revealed May 21, 2013 and launched November 22, 2013 in 13 markets; sold over one million units in under 24 hours, bundled Kinect, priced $499 against PS4's $399.