Aegis (disambiguation)

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In Greek mythology, aegis is the shield used by the Greek god Zeus.

Aegis may also refer to:

Organisations

• AEGIS (research network), the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, a network of African studies centres in Europe
• Aegis the Union, UK finance industry trade union affiliated with Trades Union Congress
• Aegis Trust, founded in 2000, is the leading British NGO which campaigns to prevent genocide worldwide
• Association for the Education and Guardianship of International Students, UK
• Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS), British pressure group for older people active between 1965 and 1976

Corporations

• Aegis Group, a British company that performs media research, planning and buying
• Aegis Defence Services, a British-based security services company
• Aegis Limited (BPO), a business process outsourcing corporation founded in the US, now currently based in India
  • Aegis Global Academy, an MBA educational institution operated by Aegis Limited

Computing

• Aegis (management software), a change management system used for software development
• AEGIS SecureConnect, a network authentication system popular in IEEE 802.1X networks
• AEGIS (operating system), the original Apollo Computer operating system
• AEGIS (Ragnarok Online), the software used to run the official servers for the Ragnarok Online computer game

Geography

• Aizis or Aigis, a Dacian town and later Roman castrum in Dacia

Media

Comics and animation

• Aegis (comics), a superhero who first appeared in Marvel Comics' New Warriors series
• Aegis (Lady of All Sorrows), a female cosmic being in the Marvel universe who appears in The Fantastic Four and The Silver Surfer among other titles
• A.E.G.I.S., a fictional organisation in the anime Gate Keepers that combats threats from an invading species
• Entropy Aegis, armor worn by the DC character Steel (John Henry Irons)

Music

• Aégis, an album by the Norwegian band Theatre of Tragedy
• Aegis (band), a pop music group from the Philippines

Publications

• The Aegis (newspaper), a weekly newspaper based in Harford County, Maryland
• The Aegis, the annual yearbook for Dartmouth College

Video games

• Aegis Wing, a shooter game that can be downloaded from the Xbox Live Arcade store
• AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet, a 1994 DOS game simulating the command of a U.S. Navy Ticonderoga class cruiser
• Aigis (Persona), an android in the role-playing game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 and related series
• The shield wielded by Gallantmon in the Digimon series
• Aegis of the Immortal, a shield in Dota 2
• Aegis VII, a planet in Dead Space
• Aegis suit, a suit worn by Vanessa Z. Schneider, the main character of P.N.03
• Aegis, a positive status effect that negates the first ingoming damage on characters in Guild Wars 2
• Aegis, a shielding mechanic from the Kaidan adventure zone onwards in The Secret World
• AEGIS (Freedom City), a fictional government organisation in the role-playing game Mutants & Masterminds
• AEGIS, a fictional government organisation in the role-playing game Conspiracy X

Literature

• Aegis, the shield of Thalia Grace in Rick Riordan's 2007 novel The Titan's Curse

Medicine

• AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS), a database of AIDS information

Military technology

• Aegis Combat System, a missile guidance & combat system that was originally used by the United States Navy
  • Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, an American-made missile defense system based on Aegis Combat System
• Kimber Aegis, a model 1911 handgun made by the Kimber Manufacturing company

Products

• LG Aegis (MG320), a mobile phone from LG Electronics

Science

• AEGIS (astronomy), the All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey
• AEGIS (molecular biology), artificially expanded genetic information systems
• AEGIS (particle physics), the Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy