Star (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Science 2 Technology 3 Symbol 3.1 Medal or decoration 4 Geography 4.1 United Kingdom 4.2 United States 5 Transport 6 The arts 6.1 Music 6.2 Film 6.3 Television 6.4 Literature 6.5 Video games 7 Media 7.1 Broadcast media 7.2 Print media 8 Various 9 See also

For other uses, see also The Star and STAR

Star may refer to:

[edit] Science

• Star, in astronomy and cosmology
• Star-algebra, an associative algebra
• Star (game), in combinatorial game theory
• Star domain, in Set theory

[edit] Technology

• STAR 21 Networks, a telecom company
• Xerox Star, an office automation workstation introduced in 1981 by Xerox
• Star Micronics, a computer printer company
• Star network, a computer network topology

[edit] Symbol

• Star (symbol)
• Star polygon, a star drawn with a number of lines equal to the number of points
  • Pentagram, a five-pointed star polygon, that sometimes has magical or occult associations
  • Hexagram, a six-pointed star polygon, often known as the Star of David or Jewish Star, can symbolise Israel and/or Jews
  • Heptagram, a seven-pointed star polygon that has magical or Australian associations
  • Magic star
• Nautical star
• Asterisk, a typographical symbol (*)
• Arabic star, a typographical symbol
• Mullet (heraldry), unconventional shapes of stars on coats-of-arms
• Star (glyph), any of a number of star-shaped glyphs in typography
• Red star, a star with five points can represent communism
• Star and crescent, symbol of Islam or of the Ottoman Empire
• Star (classification), a scoring system for hotels, restaurants and movies
• Star (football crest), representing trophies won by a soccer team
• The Star (Tarot card), one of the Major Arcana
• Druze Star

[edit] Medal or decoration

• Africa Star
• Award star
• Barnstar
• Bronze Star Medal
• Gold star
• Silver Star
• Order of the White Star
• One-star general through Five-star general, U.S. Army officer rank insignia
• Star Scout rank in the Boy Scouts of America

[edit] Geography

• Star Mountains, mountain range in Papua New Guinea
• Star (urban-type settlement), an urban-type settlement in Bryansk Oblast, Russia

[edit] United Kingdom

• Star, Anglesey, Wales
• Star, Fife, Scotland
• Star, Pembrokeshire, Wales
• Star, Somerset, England

[edit] United States

• Star, Idaho
• Star, Michigan
• Star, Mississippi
• Star, North Carolina
• Star, Texas

[edit] Transport

• M/S Star, a RoPax ferry for the Estonian ferry company Tallink
• Star (automobile), a Durant automobile from the 1920s
• Star Motor Company, a British car maker from 1898 to 1932
• Star (sailboat), a class of small racing sailboat
• Star class locomotive
• Star routes, a US postal service term
• Star Airlines, a French airline
• Star Air, an Indonesian airline
• Star Alliance, an airline alliance
• Star Cruises, one of the largest cruise lines in the world
• Star Ferry, a Hong Kong ferryboat service
• Black Star
• White Star Line, famous operators of the RMS Titanic
• le Service de Transports de l'Agglomération Rennaise (STAR), the public transit (bus and métro) organization in Rennes, France
• FCS Star, polish truck manufacturer
• White Star, a class of starship in the TV series Babylon 5
• STARS, an air ambulance service

[edit] The arts

[edit] Music

• Pop star, a celebrity in the music industry
• Rock star
• Star, the singing group 702's 2003 album and title track
• Star (album), a 1993 album by Belly
• "Star" (Bryan Adams song), a song by Bryan Adams from the 1996 soundtrack for the movie Jack
• "Star" (David Bowie song), a song by David Bowie from his 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
• "Star", a song by the band Silverbullit on their 2001 album, Citizen Bird
• "Star", a song by the band Stealers Wheel from their album Ferguslie Park (1973)
• "Star" (Erasure song), a single by the band Erasure (1990)
• "Star" (Stellar* song), a song by the band Stellar* from their album Magic Line (2001)
• Stars (band), a Canadian indie rock band
• Stars (UK band), a British band
• Starz (band), American heavy metal band
• Stars (album), British soulsters Simply Red's 1991 album
• Stars - The Best of 1992 - 2002, a compilation album by the Irish band The Cranberries, released in 2002
• "Stars", a song by Filipino band Callalily
• "Stars" (Chloe song), a song by Chloe, released in 2004
• "Stars", a song by the band Hum, from their 1995 album, You'd Prefer an Astronaut
• "Stars" (Roxette song), a song by music group Roxette
• "Stars" (Switchfoot song), a song by the alt-rock band Switchfoot, from their 2005 album Nothing Is Sound
• "Stars", a song by the Russian duo t.A.T.u., from their 2002 album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane
• "Stars", a song in the musical Les Misérables, sung as a solo by the character, Javert
• Star Turtle, a funk album by Harry Connick Jr with music inspired by New Orleans
• "Dead Star", a song by Muse, from their 2002 album Hullabaloo
• Star Records, a record label

[edit] Film

• Movie star or Film star, a celebrity in the film industry
• The Star (film), a 1952 Bette Davis movie
• Zvezda (film), (The Star), a 2002 Russian movie
• Star 80, a 1983 movie about Dorothy Stratten
• Star! (film), a 1968 Julia Andrews film
• Star Wars trilogy

[edit] Television

• Television star, a TV celebrity
• Star Academy, one of several reality TV shows worldwide
• Star Académie, a Canadian reality TV show
• Star Factory, a Russian reality TV show
• Star Search, a US talent show
• Sailor Stars, the fifth series of the Sailor Moon anime

[edit] Literature

• "The Star", a short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• Star, a novel by Danielle Steel
• Star, a novel by Pamela Anderson
• Star, the Empress of Twenty Universes in Glory Road, a novel by Robert A. Heinlein

[edit] Video games

• S.T.A.R.S., a fictional task force in the Resident Evil video game franchise
• Stars!, a strategy computer game for Windows first released in 1995
• Stars series, a short run of soccer video games from EA Sports
• Stars (game), a BASIC game from the 1970s
• Starman (Nintendo), a power-up from the Mario series of video games that makes the player invincible

[edit] Media

[edit] Broadcast media

Television stations

• Star TV a Turkish nation wide channel
• Star!, a Canadian cable channel
• STAR TV, Satellite Television Asian Region
• Star Channel, Greek terrestrial television channel
• StarChoice, a Canadian satellite television distributor
• Starz!, a US cable channel

North American radio stations

• WSTR (FM), Star 94, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• WMSR-FM, Star 94, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA
• KMYI, Star 94.1, in San Diego, California, USA
• CKSR, Star 98.3, in Chilliwack, British Columbia, USA
• KYSR, Star 98.7, in Los Angeles, California, USA
• WAHR, Star 99.1, in Huntsville, Alabama, USA
• WAWZ, Star 99.1, in Zarephath, NJ, USA
• KIOI (FM), Star 101.3, in San Francisco, California, USA
• KPLZ, Star 101.5, in Seattle, Washington, USA
• WTSS, Star 102.5, in Buffalo, New York, USA (Also can be heard in Toronto, Canada at the same channel)
• WIOZ-FM, Star 102.5, in Southern Pines, North Carolina, USA
• WMRV, Star 105.7, in Binghamton, New York, USA
• WOOD-FM, Star 105.7, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA
• WRTS, Star 104, in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

UK radio stations

• Star 106.6 in Berkshire
• Star Radio in Cambridge and Ely
• Star 107.2 in Bristol
• Star 107.5 in Cheltenham
• Star 107.7 in Weston-Super-Mare
• Star 107.9 in Stroud

[edit] Print media

• The Daily Star, a British national tabloid newspaper
• The Daily Star (Bangladesh), a Bangladeshi newspaper
• The Daily Star (Lebanon), an English-language newspaper based in Lebanon
• The Star (Ireland), an Irish tabloid newspaper
• The Star (London), a long-running but now defunct London evening newspaper
• The Star (Malaysia), a Malaysian newspaper
• The Star (South Africa), a South African newspaper
• The Star (Tinley Park), a suburban Chicago newspaper group
• The Indianapolis Star, a newspaper serving the Indianapolis area
• The Toronto Star, a major Canadian newspaper
• Hollywood Star, a gossip magazine from the 1970s
• Star Magazine, a US celebrity magazine
• The Star-News, a Wilmington, North Carolina newspaper
• The Omaha Star, a historic African American newspaper in North Omaha, Nebraska

[edit] Various

• Pyrotechnic star, a solid piece of pyrotechnic mixture which is loaded into a shell
• The Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League.
• The Minnesota North Stars, an earlier club of the National Hockey League.

[edit] See also

• The Star
• STAR
• Morning star
• Evening star
• Shooting star
• Falling star
• Double star (disambiguation)
• North Star (disambiguation)
• List of people by name: Star
• Stars and planetary systems in fiction
• Stars in astrology