Alt or ALT may refer to:
Abbreviations for words
* Alt account, an alternative online identity also known as a
sock puppet account
A sock puppet is defined as a person whose actions are controlled by another. It is a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock, and is often used to refer to alternative online identities or user accounts used fo ...
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Alternate character, in online gaming
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Alternate route, type of highway designation
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Alternating group, mathematical group of even permutations
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Alternative lifestyle
An alternative lifestyle is a lifestyle perceived to be outside the norm for a given culture. The phrase "alternative lifestyle" is often used pejoratively. Description of a related set of activities as alternative is a defining aspect of certain ...
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Alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
* Alternative subculture or
youth subculture
Youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles, behaviors, and interests. Youth subcultures offer participants an identity outside of that ascribed by social institutions such as family, work, home and school. Youth subcultures ...
, particularly with regard to fashion or aesthetics ("alt fashion," "alt aesthetics")
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Altimeter
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Altitude
Altitude or height (also sometimes known as depth) is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The exact definition and reference datum varies according to the context ...
Acronyms and initialisms
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Aboriginal Land Trust
In Australia, an Aboriginal land trust (ALT) is a type of non-profit organisation that holds the freehold title to an area of land on behalf of a community of Aboriginal Australians. The land has been legally granted to a community by the governme ...
, a type of organisation in Australia
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Alanine transaminase, a liver enzyme of the transaminase family
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Alternative lengthening of telomeres, in cellular biology
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Approach and Landing Tests, in space transportation
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Argon laser trabeculoplasty, a type of glaucoma surgery
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Assistant Language Teacher An Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) is a foreign national serving as an assistant teacher (paraprofessional educator) in a Japanese classroom, particularly for English.
The term was created by the Japanese Ministry of Education at the time of the ...
, in Japan
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Association for Learning Technology The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) is a United Kingdom professional body and learned society. Founded in 1993 as a Registered Charity, ALT brings together people and organisations with an interest in the use of learning technology.
Membe ...
, in Oxford, England
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Accelerated life testing, testing a product in excess of its normal service parameters
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International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, a conference in theoretical computer science
Places and geographical features
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Alt, Greater Manchester
Alt is a semi-rural and suburban area lying on the borders of the towns of Oldham and Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester.
Alt was formerly a civil parish within the Limehurst Rural District until its abolition in 1954 when its territory was ...
, formerly a constituent parish of Limehurst Rural District, near Oldham, England
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River Alt, in Merseyside, England
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Olt (river) (german: Alt, links=no), river in Romania
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Altoona Transportation Center, Pennsylvania, U.S. (Amtrak code ALT)
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Altrincham station, in Altrincham, England (National Rail station code ALT)
People
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Alt (surname)
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A.L.T.
Alvin Lowell Trivette (born May 17, 1970), known as A.L.T., is an American rapper. known for the 1991 hit "Lowrider (On the Boulevard)" (as a member of Latin Alliance) and the 1992 hit "Tequila" (No. 48 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100).
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(born 1970), Mexican-American rapper
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André Leon Talley, fashion magazine editor
Music
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ALT (band), Andy White, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Tim Finn
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''ALT'' (album), a 2012 music album by Van der Graaf Generator
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''ALT'' (EP), a 2015 EP by Vanna
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Alt-J
Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ) are an English indie rock band formed in 2007 in Leeds. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), and formerly Gwilym Sainsbur ...
, band
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in alt, singing in the octave above the treble staff (G
5 to F
6)
* ALT, a robotic singer with songs in the
Bemani game series including Pop'n Music, Reflec Beat and Jubeat
Technology
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Southern Altai language (ISO-639-3 code "alt")
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Alt attribute, in HTML computer language
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Alt key, on a computer keyboard
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ALT Linux, computer software
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''alt.*'' hierarchy, in USENET newsgroups
Other
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Altbier, German beer
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''Alt'' (film), a 2013 Venezuelan short film
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Alt-right
The alt-right, an abbreviation of alternative right, is a far-right, white nationalist movement. A largely online phenomenon, the alt-right originated in the United States during the late 2000s before increasing in popularity during the mid-2 ...
, an abbreviation of alternative right, a loosely connected far-right, white nationalist movement based largely in the United States
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