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Atanua Mons
Atanua Mons is a 1,000 km diameter shield volcano on Venus at 9.5N, 308.9E, IAU-named in 1997 for a Marquesas dawn goddess; it rises 1.6 km, with flows over 350 km long, in Laufey Regio.
Atapu Oil and Gas Field
Atapu is a pre-salt oil field in the Santos Basin off Brazil, producing since 2020 through the FPSO P-70 in water depths of about 2,000 meters.
Atar
Atar is fire in the Zoroastrian religion, venerated as a divine presence addressed as the Son of Ahura Mazda and as the instrument of God's last judgment.
Ātar Patera
Ātar Patera (Atar Patera) is an 86.41-km-diameter volcanic patera on Jupiter's moon Io, centered at 31.10°N, 278.58°W, named for the Iranian personification of fire and IAU-approved in 1979.
ATARASHII GAKKO!
ATARASHII GAKKO! (新しい学校のリーダーズ) is a four-member Japanese dance-vocal girl group formed in 2015, with members Mizyu, Rin, Suzuka, and Kanon performing self-choreographed dances in sailor uniforms.
Atarashiki-mura
Atarashiki-mura (新しき村, "New Village") is an agricultural community founded in Japan in 1918 by the Shirakaba school writer Mushakoji Saneatsu as a practical realization of his humanist ideals.
Ataraxia (ταραξία)
Ataraxia (ἀταραξία), ancient Greek ideal of freedom from mental disturbance, pursued by Pyrrhonism (via epochē), Epicureanism (with aponia), and linked to Stoic apatheia; central concept of Hellenistic eudaimonia.
Atargatis Corona
Atargatis Corona is a 360 km diameter corona, a ring-shaped volcano-tectonic feature, on Venus at 8°S, 8.6°E in the Alpha Regio (V-32) quadrangle; IAU-named in 1994 for a Hittite fertility goddess and associated with radiating graben-fissure systems.
Atari
Atari: video game company founded 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney; Pong (1972) and the Atari 2600 defined the industry; after the 1983 crash the brand passed to Hasbro and Infogrames, now Atari SA (ALATA).
Atari 2600
Atari 2600 (originally Atari Video Computer System, VCS): 1977 cartridge-based second-generation home console by Atari Inc., Stella chip, 6502 CPU, over 30 million sold; Space Invaders was its killer app; reissued as the Atari 2600+ in 2023.
Atari 5200
Atari 5200 SuperSystem: Atari's 1982 second-generation home console, a keyboardless Atari 400 derivative with analog joysticks, 16 kB RAM, ANTIC/GTIA/POKEY chips; about 1 million sold, discontinued 1984, incompatible with the 2600.
Atari 7800
The Atari 7800 ProSystem is a home video game console released by Atari Corporation in 1986, successor to the Atari 2600 and backward compatible with nearly its entire game library.
Atari Flashback series
Atari Flashback series: plug-and-play Atari retro consoles launched 2004 (Flashback, Flashback 2), later made by AtGames (Flashback 3 through 12 Gold, 50th Anniversary Edition), plus the separate Atari Flashback Classics digital compilations for PlayStation and Xbox.
Atari Games
Atari Games, also known as Time Warner Interactive, was an American arcade game company formed in 1984 from Atari's coin-op division, later renamed Midway Games West in 1999.
Atari Go
Atari Go, also called Capture Go or first-capture Go (アタリ碁), is a Go variant where the first player to capture enemy stones wins, dropping territory, scoring, komi, and passing; used to teach beginners and in AI research.
Atari Jaguar
The Atari Jaguar is a home video game console released by Atari in November 1993, marketed as the first 64-bit console; it sold only about 125,000 units.
Atari Lynx
Atari Lynx, Epyx's "Handy" handheld game console, released by Atari in 1989; first backlit color handheld with hardware sprite scaling, 160×102 LCD, 64 KB RAM, ComLynx multiplayer, about 2–3 million sold.
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a 16-bit home and small-business computer line built on the Motorola 68000, introduced by Atari in 1985, known for its low price and built-in MIDI ports favored by musicians.
Atari Teenage Riot
Atari Teenage Riot is a German digital hardcore group formed in Berlin in 1992 by Alec Empire, Hanin Elias, and Carl Crack, fusing breakbeats, punk, and anarchist politics.
Atari video game burial
Atari video game burial: September 1983 disposal of unsold Atari cartridges, consoles, and computers from El Paso, Texas at the Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill; long an urban legend about millions of buried E.T. games, confirmed by the April 26, 2014 excavation for the documentary Atari: Game Over.
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc., founded June 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Sunnyvale, created Pong and the Atari 2600, was sold to Warner in 1976, collapsed in the 1983 crash, and buried cartridges in Alamogordo.
Atarneus (Turkey)
Atarneus (Ἀταρνεύς), ancient Greek city in Aeolis, Asia Minor, opposite Lesbos, on the hill Kale Ağılı near Izmir; seat of tyrant Hermias, friend and father-in-law of Aristotle; declined under Pergamon, abandoned 1st century AD.
Ataroth
Ataroth was an Iron Age town in central Transjordan east of the Dead Sea, built by the king of Israel and captured by Mesha of Moab around 850 BCE.
Atarshumki I
Atarshumki I, also written Attar-šumki or Attarsumki, was a king of the Aramean kingdom of Bit Agusi in northern Syria, defeated by the Assyrian king Adad-nirari III.
Atasamale
Atasamale, also rendered Tshis-ma-nufe, Tesmalo, or Atasamalo, was a queen mother of the Napatan kingdom of Kush, known as the mother of King Harsiotef from his stela at Jebel Barkal, active around 400 BC.
Ataşehir, Istanbul
Ataşehir (Ataşehir İlçesi), a district of Istanbul on the Anatolian side, established 2008 by Law No. 5747 from Kadıköy, Üsküdar, Kartal, and Ümraniye neighborhoods; 17 neighborhoods, about 422,000 residents, adjacent to the Istanbul International Financial Center.
Atasha Muhlach
Atasha Muhlach (Atasha Aaron Bonnin Muhlach, born 2001), Filipino actress, singer, and TV host; daughter of Aga Muhlach and Charlene Gonzales, twin of Andres; Eat Bulaga! co-host, Bad Genius lead, and 2026 Annie Batungbakal musical star.
Atashkada
Atashkada (آتشکده) is a Persian tazkira, a biographical anthology of poets compiled by Lutf Ali Beg Azar and completed in 1760, covering about 842 Persian-speaking poets.
Atashkadeh
Atashkadeh (آتشکده), Persian for "house of fire," is a Zoroastrian fire temple where an ever-burning sacred fire is maintained; the cult dates to the 4th century BCE.
Atasözü
Atasözü, plural atasözleri, is the Turkish term for a proverb: a short anonymous saying conveying the judgments and advice of earlier generations, passed down through oral tradition.