Chaos

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Chaos may refer to:

Mythology, philosophy, and religion

Chaos (cosmogony), the concept in classical creation myths
- a chasm or abyss, especially in biblical usage, see Abyss
Chaos magic, a branch of occultism

any state of confusion or disorder, see disorder
Randomness, a lack of intelligible pattern or combination
Chaos theory, a branch of mathematics and physics that deals with the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems
Chaos (genus), a type of giant amoeba
Polynomial chaos, an expansion in probability theory, invented by Norbert Wiener
19521 Chaos, a Trans-Neptunian Kuiper belt object
Chaosnet, an early set of network communication protocols
CHAOS (operating system), designed for creating ad hoc computer clusters

short title of an alchemical treatise by Heinrich Khunrath
Liber Chaos, an alchemical treatise by Raimundus Lullus
Chaos: Making a New Science, a 1987 book by James Gleick that was nominated for a Pulitzer prize
"The Chaos", poem by Gerard Nolst Trenité which illustrates English spelling and pronunciation

Chaos (2000 film), a Japanese film directed by Hideo Nakata
Chaos (2001 film), a French film directed by Coline Serreau
Chaos (2005 Dominion film), directed by David DeFalco
Chaos (2006 film), starring Jason Statham and Wesley Snipes, directed by Tony Giglio
Chaos, a 2006 Polish-language film directed by Xawery Zulawski
Le Chaos, a 2007 Arabic-language film by Egyptian directors Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef
CHAOS (TV series), a 2011 American television series airing on CBS
Kaos (film), titled Chaos in American release, a 1984 Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Chaos, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog), a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise
Chaos (Final Fantasy), an enemy in Final Fantasy
Chaos (Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy), matter from the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythos that comes from Valhalla
Chaos (Loom), a villain in the LucasArts adventure game Loom
Chaos (video game), a 1985 computer game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
chaos (Xenosaga), a fictional character from the Xenosaga video game series
Nrvnqsr Chaos, a villain in the visual novel Tsukihime
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, the third game in the Splinter Cell series

Chaos (Sesame Park character), a fictional character from the TV show Sesame Park
Chaos (Sailor Moon), a major enemy in the Sailor Moon manga, and the final enemy in the Sailor Moon anime
Chaos! Comics, a cult comic book producer and publisher
Chaos (Dragonlance), a supreme god in the fantasy world of Dragonlance
Chaos, a fictional tenth planet of the solar system Exosquad
Chaos, a series of cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
Choas, the trading card game from the King of Cards
Chaos (Warhammer), in the Warhammer fantasy games, a force representing the antithesis of civilization
Chaos (Kinnikuman), a major character in the manga series Kinnikuman Nisei: Ultimate Choujin Tag Arc
Chaos (performer), performer in Pin Up Girls burlesque-cabaret company, certified yoga instructor
Chaos, a creature of liquid energy appearing in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
Chaos (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling alliance
Chaos 2, a combat robot from the British TV series Robot Wars
Courts of Chaos, one of the two, true worlds in The Chronicles of Amber
Chaos, the king of the old ones in Anthony Horowitz's The Power of Five