Ajax

Ajax

Ajax may refer to:

Mythology

* Ajax (mythology), son of Telamon and a hero in the Trojan war, also known as "Ajax the Great"
* Ajax the Lesser, son of Oileus and also a hero in the Trojan war

People

*Ajax (missionary), Arian missionary who converted the pagan Suevi c. 466

Information technology

* Ajax (programming) (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), a technique used in web application development
* Ajax framework, a framework for the Ajax technique
* Ajax (floppy disk controller), a floppy disk controller fitted to the Atari STE

Sports

* AFC Ajax, a football club from Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* Ajax America, also known as Ajax Orlando, an American soccer team from Orlando, Florida
* Ajax Cape Town FC, a South African football club
* Ajax Kenitra, a Moroccan futsal (indoor football) club
* FC Ajax Lasnamäe, an Estonian football club
* Rabat Ajax, a Maltese football club
* Ajax Sportman Combinatie (ASC), a cricket and football club in Leiden, The Netherlands
* Aias Salaminas F.C., a football club based in Salamina, Greece birthplace of Ajax the Telamonian
* Unión Ájax, a football club in Trujillo, Honduras
* Ajax Heroes, a danish handball team

Horse racing

* Ajax (horse), a champion Australian racehorse of the 1930s

Vehicles

* Ajax (1906 automobile), Aigner, Switzerland
* Ajax (1913 automobile), Briscoe, France
* Ajax (1914 automobile), Seattle, Washington, U.S.
* Ajax (1921 automobile), prototype, U.S.
* Ajax (American automobile), Nash Motors, 1925–1926, U.S.
* Ajax Electric (automobile), electric, U.S., introduced 1901 in New York
* HMS "Ajax", several ships of the Royal Navy
* USS "Ajax", several ships of the United States
* Ajax (1860 locomotive), one of the eight South Devon Railway Dido class steam locomotives, in service 1860-1884
* Ajax (1927 locomotive), a LMS Royal Scot Class express locomotive, in service 1927-1962
* Ayaks, a Soviet top secret aerospacecraft project

Fiction

* Ajax (Sophocles), one of the seven surviving plays by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles
* Ajax (Disney), a fictional company (the Disney equivalent of Looney Tunes' Acme Corporation)
* Ajax Duckman, a character in the animated television series "Duckman"
* Martian Manhunter, a comic superhero called Ajax in Brazil and Portugal
* Ajax (comics), the name of two fictional characters from the Marvel Universe
* Ajax Calkins, a character in "Destiny's Orbit" and "Destination Saturn" by Donald Wollheim
* Ajax (Dune), one of the 20 cyborg titans who ruled mankind in the "Legends of Dune" novels by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson before Omnius the Evermind gained control.
* War rocket Ajax - From the film Flash Gordon
* Ajak, another Marvel Comics character, a member of the Eternals, sometimes known as "Ajax the Greater"

Music

* Ajax (band), an electronic band from New York City
* Ajax (DJ), an Australian Electro mashup DJ
* Ajax Widowmaker, a horrorcore rap artist
* Ajax Records (Chicago), a Chicago based independent record label active in the later 20th century
* Ajax Records (Quebec) (1921 - 1926), a North American record company
* AjaX, The Pop Culture Suicides keyboardist
* Ajax Starglider, an American hip-hop artist from the group Future Shock

Places

* Ajax, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish
* Ajax, Ontario, a town in Canada
** Ajax GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the town
* Aspen Mountain (Colorado), also known as Ajax Mountain

Other

* Ajax (arcade game), a 1987 shoot 'em up arcade game released by Konami
* Ajax (cleanser), a household cleaner
* Operation Ajax, a 1953 Anglo-American covert operation to overthrow the government of Iran
* "Apatosaurus ajax", the type species of the "Apatosaurus" genus of sauropod dinosaurs
* Nike Ajax, an American anti-aircraft missile system
* 1404 Ajax, an asteroid
* Ajax (toilet), an early flush toilet invented in England in 1596
* Ajax (The Warriors), a member of The Warriors gang


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