Halo

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Contents 1 Music 2 Science and technology 3 Video games 3.1 Books based on the video games 4 Military 5 Other

Halo may refer to:

• Halo (optical phenomenon), a ring of light that surrounds an object
• Halo (religious iconography), a ring of light that surrounds an object in religious iconography
• Halo (comics), a DC Comics superhero
• Halos, a variation of the Windmill breakdance move
• Halo, West Virginia

[edit] Music

• Halo (band), a heavy metal band
• Halo numbers, a term for official releases of the band Nine Inch Nails
• Halo, the 1994 album on Rainmaker Records by the Nixons
• Halo, a 2004 album by Current 93
• "Halo", a 1990 song on Depeche Mode's Violator album
• "Halo", a 1997 song on Texas' White on Blonde album
• "Halo", a 2000 song on Collide's Chasing the Ghost album
• "Halo", a 2001 song on Soil's Scars album
• "Halo", a 2001 song on Oleander's Unwind album
• "Halo", a 2002 song on the Foo Fighters' One by One album
• "Halo", a 2005 song on Porcupine Tree's Deadwing album
• "Halo", a 2007 song on Machine Head's The Blackening album
• "Y Halo Thar", a song on Halo Sucks' Blow Up To Bits album

[edit] Science and technology

• Halo (medicine), a device to immobilize head and neck after a spine fusion
• Halo effect, a cognitive bias whereby the perception of a particular trait is influenced by the perception of the former traits
• Galactic halo, a region of space surrounding spiral galaxies
• Nuclear halo, a shape exhibited by some exotic atomic nuclei
• Halo vehicle, an automobile marketing strategy
• Halo (visualization technique), a computer interface technique that uses arcs to point users to off-screen locations

[edit] Video games

• Halo (series), by Bungie Studios
  • Halo: Combat Evolved: The first game in the series
  • Halo 2: The second game in the series
  • Halo 3: The third, unreleased game
• Halo Wars Spin off, RTS game by Ensemble Studios
• Halo (film), A film based on the series, currently halted in production
• Halo (megastructure), an eponymous ring-shaped space station

[edit] Books based on the video games

• Halo: The Fall of Reach, First book in the series
• Halo: The Flood, Second book in the series
• Halo: First Strike, Third book in the series
• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Fourth book in the series
• Halo Graphic Novel, several compiled short stories based on the video games in the graphic novel format

[edit] Military

• HALO/HAHO (High Alititde, Low Opening/High Altitude High Opening), a form of parachute jump
• BAE HALO (High Altitude Low Observability), a military aircraft under development
• HALO Trust (Hazardous Areas Life-Support Organization), a charity for removing war debris
• Mil Mi-26 a heavy transport helicopter codenamed Halo

[edit] Other

• HALO: Hidden Alias List Operation, a witness protection program in the movie Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle.