Advent
Advent is a Christian season of preparation for the Nativity of Christ at Christmas. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity.
The name was adopted from Latin "coming; arrival", translating Greek ''parousia''.
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is a season in the Christian calendar preceding Christmas. It is synonymous with the secularized Christmas season.
Advent may also refer to:
Advent, Cornwall
Advent ( kw, Sen Adhwynn; cy, Santes Dwynwen) is a civil parish on the north-western edge of Bodmin Moor in north Cornwall, England.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The English name St Adwenna derives from the Co ...
, United Kingdom, a civil parish
* Advent, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
Technology
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Advent Computers
Dixons Retail plc was one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in Europe. In the United Kingdom, the company operated Currys, Currys Digital, PC World (with stores increasingly dual branded 'Currys PC World'), Dixons Travel and its se ...
, a computer brand produced by British company DSG International
* Advent Corporation, a company founded by Henry Kloss that made speakers and home audio equipment
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Advent Software
SS&C Advent (formerly Advent Software) is a business unit of SS&C Technologies.
Advent Software was founded in 1983 by Steve Strand and Stephanie DiMarco. DiMarco served as president and CEO until June 2012, at which point she stepped down and w ...
, a financial software company based in San Francisco
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Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology
The ADaptive Versatile ENgine Technology (or ADVENT) program is an aircraft engine development program run by the United States Air Force with the goal of developing an efficient adaptive cycle, or variable cycle engine for next generation mili ...
, or ADVENT, an aircraft engine development program run by the US Air Force
* Advent (Voxx International), a brand of speakers, hi-fi equipment and computer peripherals
Mega Man ZX Advent
''Mega Man ZX Advent'', known in Japan as , is an action-platform video game developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. The game was first released in Japan on July 12, 2007; in North America on ...
'', a 2007 video game
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Advent Rising
''Advent Rising'' is an action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed by GlyphX Games and published by Majesco Entertainment. The game was released on May 31, 2005, for Xbox and on August 9, 2005, for Microsoft Windows. Its story wa ...
'', a 2005 video game
* A faction in the game '' Sins of a Solar Empire''
* ADVENT, the faction opposing the player in '' XCOM 2''
Advent (publisher)
Advent:Publishers is an American publishing house. It was founded by Earl Kemp and other members of the University of Chicago Science Fiction Club, including Sidney Coleman, in 1955, to publish criticism, history, and bibliography of the science ...
, a publisher of science fiction books
Music
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The Advent
The Advent is a British electronic music act. It was founded in 1993 by Cisco Ferreira and Colin McBean. Soon after leaving school, Ferreira began working as an engineer at Jack Trax Records, a job which enabled him to glimpse first-hand the wor ...
, a British electronic music band
* Advent (band), an American hardcore punk band
* "Advent", a song by Opeth from the album '' Morningrise''
Other uses
* ''Advent'' (film), a 2016 film by Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi
* ''Advent'' Trilogy, a series of fantasy novels by James Treadwell
Advent Bangun
Advent Bangun (born Advani Rangua; October 12, 1952 – February 10, 2018) was a 12-time Indonesian karateka champion. He gave up his career in karate pursue a career in cinema. He died on February 10, 2018, due to diabetes.