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Arts and entertainment

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Amos Records Amos Records was an independent record label established in Los Angeles, California by Jimmy Bowen, in 1968. The label was located on 6565 Sunset Boulevard, and had an additional office branch in New York City. With Bowen producing most of Amos Rec ...
, an independent record label established in Los Angeles, California, in 1968 * Amos (band), an American Christian rock band * ''Amos'' (album), an album by Michael Ray * ''Amos'' (film), a 1985 American made-for-television drama film


People and religious figures

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Amos (name) Amos ( he, עָמוֹס) is both a given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name People * Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888), American educator, father of American novelist Louisa May Alcott * Amos Dolbear (1837–1910), American inventor * ...
, a given name, nickname and surname


Technology

* AMOS or Advanced Mortar System, a 120 mm automatic twin barreled, breech loaded mortar turret *
AMOS (programming language) AMOS BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language for the Amiga computer. Following on from the successful STOS BASIC for the Atari ST, AMOS BASIC was written for the Amiga by François Lionet with Constantin Sotiropoulos and publis ...
, a dialect of BASIC on the Amiga computer *
Alpha Micro Operating System Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ''álpha'', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , whic ...
, a proprietary operating system used in
Alpha Microsystems Alpha Microsystems, Inc., often shortened to Alpha Micro, was an American computer company founded in California in 1977. The company was founded in 1977 in Costa Mesa, California, by John French, Dick Wilcox and Bob Hitchcock. During the dot-com ...
minicomputers * AMOS (statistical software package), a statistical software package used in
structural equation modeling Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a label for a diverse set of methods used by scientists in both experimental and observational research across the sciences, business, and other fields. It is used most in the social and behavioral scienc ...
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Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory The Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory is an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) operating location at Haleakala Observatory on Maui, Hawaii, with a twofold mission (). First, it conducts the research and development mission ...
, an Air Force Research Laboratory operating on Maui, Hawaii * Amos (satellite), series of Israeli IAI-built civilian communications satellites **
AMOS (satellite bus) The AMOS (Hebrew: ), an acronym for Affordable Modular Optimized Satellite, is a family of light weight satellite bus for geostationary orbit communications satellite designed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) of Israel. F ...
, a satellite bus that is the foundation of all but one of the Amos satellites


Places


United States

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Amos, Kentucky Amos is an unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinoi ...
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Amos, Missouri Amos is an unincorporated community in northwest Vernon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is approximately 1.5 miles east of the Missouri-Kansas border, northwest of Stotesbury, and about 16 miles northwest of Nevada. It is on ...
, an unincorporated community *
Amos, Nevada Amos was an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. History A post office called Amos was in operation between 1889 and 1926. According to the Federal Writers' Project The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a ...
, an unincorporated community *
Amos Lake (Minnesota) Amos Lake is a lake in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 mi ...
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Amos Lake (Connecticut) Amos Lake may refer to: *Amos Lake (Antarctica), a lake on Signy Island *Amos Lake (Minnesota), a lake in Douglas County *Amos Lake (Connecticut) Amos Lake may refer to: *Amos Lake (Antarctica) Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in t ...
, New London County, Connecticut


Elsewhere

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Amos, Quebec Amos is a town in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality. Amos is the main town on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary towns — after Rouyn-Noranda and ...
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Amos (ancient city) Amos (Ancient Greek: Ἄμος, possibly from ἄμμος "sandy") was a settlement ('' dēmē'') of ancient Caria, located near the modern town of Turunç, Turkey. History Amos was located in the Rhodian Peraia in Caria on the Mediterranean coas ...
, an ancient town close to Marmaris, Turkey *
Amos Lake (Antarctica) Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the Norwegian whaler Petter Sørlle (1884–1933) after his wife, Signy Therese. The island is about long and wide and rises to above sea ...
, a lake on Signy Island


Other uses

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Book of Amos The Book of Amos is the third of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Old Testament (Tanakh) and the second in the Greek Septuagint tradition. Amos, an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, Harris, Stephen L., ''Understanding the Bible''. Palo Alto ...
, a book in the Bible * Amos, the NATO reporting name of the R-33 air-to-air missile *
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) is an independent learned society that supports and fosters interest in Meteorology, Oceanography and other related sciences. AMOS was founded in April 1987 as a successor to the Austra ...
* Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans, a fraternal appendant body to the Odd Fellows


See also

* Famous Amos, a cookie company founded by Wally Amos {{disambiguation, geo