Difference between revisions of "Tor"

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Tor may refer to:

• In geography
  • tor (geography), a high craggy hill, particularly those found in South-West England and the Peak District
  • Abreviation for Toronto
  • El-Tor, a port on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt
  • Tor, a small village in the Catalan part of the Pyrenees, close to Andorra
• In biology
  • The genus name of the mahseers, large game fishes of India
  • TOR (gene), or Target Of Rapamycin, a protein kinase
• In technology
  • Tor (anonymity network), (computer software), an implementation of second-generation onion routing enabling its users to communicate anonymously on the Internet
  • A Russian surface-to-air missile system designated SA-15 Gauntlet by NATO
• In literature
  • Tor (comic book), by Joe Kubert, first published by St. John and later by DC Comics
  • Tor Books, a publishing company specialising in fantasy and science fiction
  • "Tor" is the name of a fictional robot featured in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
• In myths
  • Another name of the god Thor
  • Sir Tor, a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
• In other areas
  • A Pashtun tribe
  • Tor functor, a derived functor of the tensor product in mathematics
  • Tor Johnson (1903–1971), a Swedish-born professional wrestler and actor who gained cult fame by appearing in B-movies
  • Tornado or tornado warning (usually TOR)
  • Sometimes used as an abbreviation for the Toronto Stock Exchange

See also

• Toor
• Torr