ace An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip. In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the c ...

is a playing card. Ace(s), ACE(S) and variants may also refer to:

Places

* Ace, ancient name of Acre, Israel *

Ace, Texas Ace is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 40 in 2000. Ace is located along FM 2610 in southern Polk County, approximately 75 miles n ...

, United States, an unincorporated community *

ACE Basin The Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto Basin (abbreviated as ACE Basin, spoken as ''ace basin'') is one of the largest undeveloped estuaries along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Located primarily in Colleton, Charleston, and Beaufort count ...

, the estuaries of the Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto Rivers in South Carolina, United States *

Aces (parish) Aces is one of eleven parishes (administrative divisions) in Candamo, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Es ...

, Candamo, Spain * Aces (river), a river of Asia

People and fictional characters

* Ace (name), includes people and fictional characters with the given name, nickname, surname, ring name or stage name *

Ace (musician) Skunk Anansie are a British rock band whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums and percussion). Skunk Anansie formed in 1994, disbanded in 2 ...

, guitarist with Skunk Anansie *

Warren Furman Warren Adam Furman (born 3 July 1972) is a British actor and television presenter who is best known for his role of Ace on the British TV show ''Gladiators'' from 1996 to 2000. He is open about steroid abuse on the show. He dated Katie Price ...

, Ace from ''Gladiators''

Arts, entertainment, and media

Awards

* ACE Awards (Award for Cable Excellence) * New York Latin ACE Awards, an award for Latino achievement in entertainment

Comics

* '' Ace Comics'', a 1937-1959 comic book series * Ace Magazines (comics), a 1940-1956 a comic-book and pulp-magazine publishing company

Music

Groups

Ace (band) Ace were a British rock band who enjoyed moderate success in the 1970s. Their membership included Paul Carrack, who later became famous as a vocalist for Mike + The Mechanics and as a solo artist. Ace are perhaps best known for their hit sin ...

, a 1970s British rock group * A.C.E (South Korean band), a South Korean boy group *

The Aces (blues band) The Aces was one of the earliest and most influential of the electric Chicago blues bands in the 1950s, led by the guitarist brothers Louis and Dave Myers, natives of Byhalia, Mississippi. Career The Myers brothers originally performed as the ...

, a 1950s–1970s American group *

The Aces (indie pop band) The Aces (formerly The Blue Aces) are an American alternative pop band from Provo, Utah. The band has four members: guitarist Katie Henderson, bassist McKenna Petty, and sisters Alisa Ramirez (drums) and Cristal Ramirez (lead vocals and guitars). ...

, a 2010s American group *

The Aces (Jamaican group) The Aces, originally known as The Four Aces, were a Jamaican vocal group who are best known for their work with Desmond Dekker. History The initial line-up of The Aces consisted of Clive Campbell, Barry Howard, Carl Howard, and Patrick Howard. T ...

, a 1965–1980s group, associated with Desmond Dekker * The Aces (rock and roll band), a British group formed in the 1950s

Labels

* Ace Records (United Kingdom) * Ace Records (United States)

Albums and songs

* ''Ace'' (Scooter album) * ''Ace'' (Taemin EP) * ''Ace'' (Ian Van Dahl album) * ''Ace'' (Bob Weir album) * ''Aces'' (album), by Suzy Bogguss ** "Aces" (song), by Suzy Bogguss

Video games

* ''Ace'' (video game), stylized as ''ACE'', a 1985 flight simulator video game by Cascade Games * ''A.C.E.

Another Century's Episode is a 2005 third-person shooter video game published by Banpresto in Japan for the PlayStation 2. The player controls a mech from one of nine different anime robot franchises to destroy opposing forces before they steal a prized energy source fo ...

'', a 2005 video game for the PlayStation 2 * ''

Ace Online ''Ace Online'' or ''AirRivals'' is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) 3D shooter developed by MasangSoft Inc. and owned by YD Online Corp. History In North America, the game was previously released as ''Space Cowboy Online'' ...

'', a flight-based online role-playing game

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Ace'' (musical) 2006 * ''ACE'' (games magazine) * Ace (''Wild Cards''), a class of characters in the ''Wild Cards'' science fiction universe * Ace Cinema, cinema in the London Borough of Harrow

Brands and enterprises

* Ace (brand), Latin American brand name for Tide detergent * Ace Books, 1952–present, an American publisher of science fiction and fantasy *

Ace Cinemas Grand Cinemas and Ace Cinemas are independent Western Australian chains of cinema multiplexes. The chains formerly co-operated under The Movie Masters banner, but as of 2022 they no longer operate under this arrangement. History The Movie Mas ...

, an Australian cinema chain * Ace Hardware, an American retailers' cooperative * ACE Limited, a Swiss insurance company *

Ace Radio Ace Radio Broadcasters is an Australian media company. Formed in 1984, it operates 21 commercial radio stations in Victoria and southern New South Wales, as well as the digital marketing agency Ace Digital and ''The Weekly Advertiser'', a free ...

, an Australian company * ACE Team, a Chilean video game company *

Ace Tone Ace Electronic Industries Inc., or Ace Tone was a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, including electronic organs, analogue drum machines, and electronic drums, as well as amplifiers and effects pedals. Founded in 1960 by Ikutaro Kake ...

, a musical instrument company * ACeS, a regional satellite-telecommunications company based in Jakarta, Indonesia * Aces Studio, a former video game company * Rockman Ace, a guitar amplifier in the Rockman series *

Accelerated Christian Education Accelerated Christian Education is an American company which produces the Accelerated Christian Education (ACE, styled by the company as A.C.E.) school curriculum structured around a literal interpretation of the Bible and which teaches other ac ...

, an educational products company * Action Construction Equipment, an Indian company

Government

ACE Electoral Knowledge Network The ACE Electoral Knowledge Network is a web portal with information on elections designed to meet the needs of people working in the electoral field. Goals The goal of the ACE network is to provide knowledge to people working in the field el ...

, a web portal *

Agriculture in Concert with the Environment Agriculture in Concert with the Environment (ACE) is a program of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), administered cooperatively with United States Department of Agriculture's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SA ...

, a US Environmental Protection Agency program * American Clean Energy and Security Act (2009) * Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax (ACES), an alternative name for India's

Central Excise Mission Mode Project The Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax (ACES) is a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Plan being implemented by the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) in India. It is targeted at the 20,000 users of the CBEC ...

Military

* Ace (military) **

Flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...

, a military aviator credited with shooting down a set number of enemy aircraft ** Panzer ace, an ahistorical, popular culture term to describe successful German tank commanders * Allied Command Europe, central command of NATO forces in Europe * Aviation combat element, the air arm of the US Marines Air-Ground Task Force * Galil ACE, an assault rifle * HMS ''Ace'' (P414), a British submarine * M9 Armored Combat Earthmover, a tracked vehicle *

United States Army Corps of Engineers , colors = , anniversaries = 16 June (Organization Day) , battles = , battles_label = Wars , website = , commander1 = ...

Organisations

Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is a coalition of over 30 major global entertainment companies and film studios aimed at protecting profits from copyrighted material. It was launched on June 13, 2017. The stated mission of ACE ...

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is an organization of Christian individuals that believes evangelicals have largely forgotten the foundations of the Christian Gospel and is dedicated to calling on the Protestant churches, especially those ...

* Alternatives for Community and Environment, a Boston environmental justice organization * American Cinema Editors * American Coaster Enthusiasts * American College of Epidemiology *

American Copy Editors Society ACES: The Society for Editing is a professional association of international scope for editors who work on every kind of content (media), content, including newspapers, magazines, websites, books, academic journal, scholarly journals, and corpora ...

American Council on Education The American Council on Education (ACE) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) U.S. higher education association established in 1918. ACE's members are the leaders of approximately 1,700 accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities and higher educatio ...

Animal Charity Evaluators Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE), formerly known as Effective Animal Activism (EAA), is a US-based charity evaluator and effective altruism-focused nonprofit founded in 2012. ACE evaluates animal charities and compares the effectiveness of their d ...

* Anime Contents Expo, a trade fair * Arts Council England * Association for Comparative Economic Studies * Association for Consciousness Exploration * Association for Consultancy and Engineering *

Association of European Film Archives and Cinematheques The Association of European Cinematheques (French: Association des Cinémathèques Européennes - ACE) is an affiliation of 49 European national and regional film archives founded in 1991. Its role is to safeguard the European film heritage and make ...

(French: ''Association des Cinémathèques Européennes'') *

Association of Latin Entertainment Critics The Association of Latin Entertainment Critics (Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos de Nueva York, in Spanish) is a nonprofit cultural organization founded on December 12, 1967. The organization has bestowed the Latin ACE Awards (Premios ACE ...

(Spanish: ''Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos de Nueva York'') * Assyria Council of Europe, a lobbying organization based in Brussels * Astronaute Club Européen, a French space tourism association *

Australian College of Educators The Australian College of Educators (ACE) is an Australian national professional association for educators. Membership is open to all professional educators working in the early childhood, school, and tertiary education sectors, as well as to edu ...

* Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services, an organization at Alfred College, US

Education

Alternative Center for Excellence The Joseph W. Pepin Memorial Building formally known as Alternative Center for Excellence (ACE) and the Alternative Center for Education, is located in the former Locust Avenue School at 26 Locust Avenue in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. It ...

, a school in Danbury, Connecticut, US * Aviation Centre of Excellence, a department of Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Science and technology

Aerospace

Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage The Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES) was a proposed liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen upper-stage from 2005 to 2020 for use on a number of different launch vehicles produced by Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and after a late-2006 merger, United La ...

, a proposed rocket 2nd stage for ULA *

Advanced Composition Explorer Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE or Explorer 71) is a NASA Explorer program satellite and space exploration mission to study matter comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources. Real-tim ...

, a NASA satellite *

Advanced Crew Escape Suit The Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES), or "pumpkin suit", is a full pressure suit that Space Shuttle crews began wearing after STS-65, for the ascent and entry portions of flight. The suit is a direct descendant of the U.S. Air Force high-altitu ...

, an astronaut suit * Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space, a European Space Agency project * Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment, a project of the Canadian satellite SCISAT-1 * Asia Cellular Satellite system, a precursor of the Indonesian satellite company PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara

Biology, chemistry, and healthcare

* A.C.E. mixture, an historical anesthetic * Angiotensin-converting enzyme, a central component of the renin–angiotensin system (RAS), which controls blood pressure * ACE inhibitor, a drug that lowers blood pressure * Ace K, acesulfame potassium, an artificial sweetener * ACE unit (Acute Care of Elderly), a type of hospital facility *

Acepromazine Acepromazine, acetopromazine, or acetylpromazine (commonly known as ACP, Ace, or by the trade names Atravet or Acezine 2, number depending on mg/ml dose) is a phenothiazine derivative antipsychotic drug. It was used in humans during the 1950s a ...

, an antipsychotic drug used primarily in animals * ACES (buffer), one of Good's buffers * ACES (nutritional supplement), containing vitamins A, C, E and selenium *

Adverse childhood experiences Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) encompass various forms of physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction experienced in childhood. The harms of ACEs can be long-lasting, affecting people even in their adulthood. ACEs have be ...

* Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination

Computing

ACE (compressed file format) In computing, ACE is a proprietary data compression archive file format developed by Marcel Lemke, and later bought by e-merge GmbH. The peak of its popularity was 1999–2001, when it provided slightly better compression rates than RAR, whic ...

Ace (editor) Ace (from Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor) is a standalone code editor written in JavaScript. The goal is to create a web-based code editor that matches and extends the features, usability, and performance of existing native editors such as TextMate, V ...

, a code editor written in JavaScript *

ACE (editor) Ace (from Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor) is a standalone code editor written in JavaScript. The goal is to create a web-based code editor that matches and extends the features, usability, and performance of existing native editors such as TextMate, V ...

, a desktop-based collaborative editor * ACE (genomic file format) *

ACES (computational chemistry) Aces II (Advanced Concepts in Electronic Structure Theory) is an ab initio computational chemistry package for performing high-level quantum chemical ab initio calculations. Its major strength is the accurate calculation of atomic and molecular ener ...

, a software package * Access Control Entry, part of an access control list * Acehnese language (ISO 639 code) *

Adaptive Communication Environment The Adaptive Communication Environment (ACE) is an open source software framework used for network programming. It provides a set of object-oriented C++ classes designed to help address the inherent complexities and challenges in network programmi ...

, an open-source network-programming framework *

Advanced Computerized Execution System The Advanced Computerized Execution System (ACES) is a NASDAQ subscription service paid for by market makers that allows order-entry firms trading in Nasdaq Capital Market and Nasdaq global market stocks access to a market maker's internal trading ...

, a stock-trading system * Advanced Computing Environment, an early 1990s initiative for commodity computing hardware * Adverse Childhood Experiences Study *

Agent-based computational economics Agent-based computational economics (ACE) is the area of computational economics that studies economic processes, including whole economies, as dynamic systems of interacting agents. As such, it falls in the paradigm of complex adaptive systems. ...

Arbitrary code execution In computer security, arbitrary code execution (ACE) is an attacker's ability to run any commands or code of the attacker's choice on a target machine or in a target process. An arbitrary code execution vulnerability is a security flaw in softw ...

* ASCII Compatible Encoding, a prefix related to

internationalized domain name An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet domain name that contains at least one label displayed in software applications, in whole or in part, in non-latin script or alphabet, such as Arabic, Bengali, Chinese ( Mandarin, simplif ...

s * Asynchronous Compute Engine, a component defined in AMD's Graphics Core Next for ATI-type products *

Automatic Computing Engine The Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) was a British early Electronic storage, electronic Serial computer, serial stored-program computer designed by Alan Turing. It was based on the earlier Pilot ACE. It led to the MOSAIC computer, the Bendi ...

, a 1952 British computer * Automatic Content Extraction, an information-extraction technology-development program *

Jupiter Ace The Jupiter Ace by Jupiter Cantab was a British home computer of the early 1980s. The Ace differed from other microcomputers of the time in that its programming environment used Forth instead of the more popular BASIC. After Jupiter Cantab c ...

, a 1980s British computer

Other uses in science and technology

* Ace (quark model), an obsolete term for quark * ACE (cable system), a submarine communications cable *

Academy Color Encoding System The Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) is a color image encoding system created under the auspices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ACES allows for a fully encompassing color accurate workflow, with "seamless interchange of ...

(ACES), a proposed color image encoding * ACE experiment, the Antiproton Cell Experiment hosted at CERN * Accumulated cyclone energy *

Aggregative Contingent Estimation Aggregative Contingent Estimation (ACE) was a program of the Office of Incisive Analysis (OIA) at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). The program ran from June 2010 until June 2015. History The broad program announcement ...

, a program of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency * Alternating conditional expectations, an algorithm in nonparametric regression. * Alternative Chassis Engineering, a UK bus manufacturer, builder of the ACE Cougar *

Attempto Controlled English Attempto Controlled English (ACE) is a controlled natural language, i.e. a subset of standard English with a restricted syntax and restricted semantics described by a small set of construction and interpretation rules. It has been under developmen ...

, a controlled natural language from the University of Zurich

Sports

Terminology

Ace (baseball) In baseball, an ace is a starting pitcher considered the best pitcher on a team and nearly always the first pitcher in the team's starting rotation. Barring injury or exceptional circumstances, an ace typically starts on Opening Day. In additio ...

, a team's best starting pitcher * Ace (golf), a hole in one * Ace (pickleball), a serve that is not returned by the receiver *

Ace (tennis) In tennis, an ace is a legal serve that is not touched by the receiver, winning the point for the server. In professional tennis, aces are generally seen on a player's first serve, where the server can strike the ball with maximum force and take ...

, a point won by the server without contest * Ace formation, in American football

Teams

* Alaska Aces (ECHL), an American ice hockey team *

Alaska Aces (PBA) The Alaska Aces were a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC) and the owner of 14 PBA championships, tied with the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and ...

, a Philippine basketball team * Alexandria Aces, a defunct American baseball team in Louisiana * Asheville Aces, a defunct American ice hockey team *

Belle Vue Aces The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier League championship 13 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership, racing at The National Speedway Stadium, wi ...

, an English motorcycle speedway team *

Cornwall Aces The Cornwall Aces were the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the National Hockey League's Quebec Nordiques from 1993 to 1995 and the relocated Colorado Avalanche in 1995–96. They were based in the eastern Ontario city of Cornwall and pla ...

, a Canadian ice hockey team playing 1993-1996 * Dallas Aces, the world's first professional bridge team *

Evansville Purple Aces The Evansville Purple Aces are the intercollegiate sports teams and players of the University of Evansville, located in Evansville, Indiana. The Aces athletic program is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and competes at the NCAA's Divis ...

, a college team of the University of Evansville *

Las Vegas Aces The Las Vegas Aces are an American professional basketball team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Aces compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team play ...

, an American basketball team * Lower Merion High School Aces, the athletic teams at the school in suburban Philadelphia *

Melbourne Aces The Melbourne Aces are a professional baseball team in the Australian Baseball League based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Their home field is the Melbourne Ballpark in Altona. History On Friday, 20 August 2010 it was announced that ex ...

, an Australian baseball team founded 2009 * Northeast League Aces, a Canadian-American baseball team * Quebec Aces, a Canadian ice hockey team playing 1928-1971 *

Reno Aces The Reno Aces are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. They are located in Reno, Nevada, and play their home games at Greater Nevada Field, which opened in 2009. ...

, an American baseball team in Nevada *

Victoria Aces The Victoria Aces are an Australian baseball team who compete in the Claxton Shield Baseball Championship. One of the founding teams of the Claxton Shield in 1934, they competed until 1988. Thereafter the Claxton Shield was awarded to the winn ...

, an Australian baseball team founded 1934

Transportation

Automotive

* Ace (1913 automobile), a 1912-1916 British car * Ace (1920 automobile), a 1920-1922 American car *

AC Ace AC Ace is a car which was produced by AC Cars of Thames Ditton, England, from 1953 until 1963. History AC came back to the market after the Second World War with the 2-Litre range of cars in 1947, but it was with the Ace sports car of 1953 th ...

, a 1953-1963 English car *

Atlantic City Expressway The Atlantic City Expressway, officially numbered, but unsigned, as Route 446 and abbreviated A.C. Expressway, ACE, or ACX, and known locally as the Expressway, is a long toll road in the U.S. state of New Jersey, managed and operated by ...

, a New Jersey toll road which is the main route between Atlantic City and Philadelphia *

Tata Ace Tata Ace are models of mini trucks manufactured by Tata Motors. It was launched in 2005. History In December 2000, Girish Wagh was given a brief by Ravi Kant (Indian executive), Ravi Kant to create a novel lightweight truck line that would add ...

, an Indian mini-truck introduced 2005 *

Ace Motor Corporation Ace Motor Corporation was a motorcycle manufacturer in continuous operation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1919 and 1924, and intermittently afterward until 1927. Essentially only one model of the large luxury four-cylinder motorcycle, with ...

, a 1919–1927 American motorcycle company

Aviation

Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company The Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company was established in Wichita, Kansas in 1929 by Orland Corben to market the world's first homebuilt aircraft, a machine of his own design called the Baby Ace. The enterprise did not last long before US regul ...

ACE Aviation Holdings ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. is a Canadian holding company that is the former parent company of Air Canada. It is headquartered in Montreal. In 2012, the company signified its intent to dissolve, but is still undergoing liquidation as of 2020. Hi ...

, former parent company of Air Canada * ACES Colombia, Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia, a defunct airline * Aircraft Engineering Corporation, now defunct * Edel Ace, a South Korean paraglider design * ACE, IATA code of

Lanzarote Airport César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de César Manrique-Lanzarote), commonly known as Lanzarote Airport and also known as ''Arrecife Airport'', is the airport serving the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. The airport is l ...

, Canary Islands, Spain

Rail

Altamont Corridor Express The Altamont Corridor Express (also known as ACE, formerly Altamont Commuter Express) is a commuter rail service in California, connecting Stockton and San Jose during peak hours only. ACE is named for the Altamont Pass, through which it runs ...

, a California train service * Atlantic City Express Service, a New York-New Jersey train service * Atlantic Coast Express, an England train service *

Kintetsu 22600 series The is a limited express electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Kintetsu Railway since 1 April 2009. Based on the earlier 22000 series design, each set features AC power outlets for passenger use, and a smoking compartment at on ...

"Ace", a Japanese train type

Other uses

* Action for Climate Empowerment, a United Nations term * ''Ace'', a slang term for an asexual person * ''Ace'', a slang term for a close friend