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

Contents

• Arts and entertainment
• Games and comics
• Music
• Companies and organisations
• Medicine
• Places
• Science and technology
• People
• Other uses
• See also

Tao may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Companies and organisations

• Tailored Access Operations, a cyber espionage unit within the US National Security Agency
• Tao Group Hospitality, an American multinational restaurant and nightclub operator
  • Tao Asian Bistro, a chain of high-end Asian fusion restaurants and nightclubs
• Tao Group (software), a defunct British software company
• TAO (collective), a radical tech organization based in Canada

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

Places

• 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
• Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport (IATA airport code)

Science and technology

• Motorola Droid (codename: Tao), an Android smartphone
• Tao Framework, a software library
• University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory, a 6.5m observatory in Chile, operated by the University of Tokyo (2024)
• Tamke-Allan Observatory, in Tennessee, United States (1998)
• TAO (e-Testing platform) (Testing Assisté par Ordinateur), software
• TAO (software), The ACE ORB, open source software
• Ten Acre Observatory, in Oklahoma, United States
• Tropical Atmosphere Ocean project, a project to map the tropical Pacific Ocean
• Track At Once, an optical disc recording mode
• Tactical Action Officer, in the U.S. Navy

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
• Seqenenre Tao (reigned from 1560 or 1558–1555 BC), Egyptian ruler of Thebes
• 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
• Somchai Kemglad (born 1974), Thai actor and singer

Other uses

• Tao people, also known as the Yami, a Taiwanese aboriginal peoples, native to outlying Orchid Island
• Yami language (ISO 639-3 code: tao)

See also

• Taos (disambiguation)

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