Protos means "first," derived from the ancient Greek . Protos may also refer to: *

Protos (monastic office) The ''protos'' ( el, πρώτος, "first, premier") is a monastic office at the Eastern Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece. The office headquarters are located in Karyes, Mount Athos. Authority The office is assumed by a monk wh ...

, a monastic office at the Eastern Orthodox monastic state of Mount Athos *

Protos (constructor) The Protos was a wingless Formula 2 racing car that appeared in 1967. Powered by the then-standard Ford-Cosworth 1600cc FVA-engine, it was noticeable for its slippery aerodynamic Frank Costin design, with an almost-enclosed 'bubble' canopy over ...

, a former racing car constructor *

Protos of Nonnendamm Protos of Nonnendamm was a German car manufacturing company founded in 1898 in Berlin by engineers Alfred Sternberg and Oscar Heymann. Sternberg initially manufactured a series of small motors, 2.5 hp single-cylinder air-cooled, and others ...

, a defunct German motor vehicle manufacturer * PROTOS (train), a German train * Protos (album), the 2014 eleventh album by Norwegian electronic dance music producer Aleksander "Savant" Vinter * PROTOS, a project by

OUSPG The Oulu University Secure Programming Group (OUSPG) is a research group at the University of Oulu that studies, evaluates and develops methods of implementing and testing application and system software in order to prevent, discover and eliminate ...

* Protos, a marketing name for

Strontium ranelate Strontium ranelate, a strontium(II) salt of ranelic acid, is a medication for osteoporosis marketed as Protelos or Protos by Servier. Studies indicate it can also slow the course of osteoarthritis of the knee. The drug is unusual in that it bo ...

* Protos, one of the winemakers in the

Ribera del Duero Ribera del Duero is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) located in the country's northern plateau and is one of eleven 'quality wine' regions within the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also one of several recogni ...

region * Protos, a name given to the

bishop of Rome A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

in the

declaration of Ravenna The Declaration of Ravenna is a Roman Catholic–Eastern Orthodox document issued on 13 October 2007, re-asserting that the bishop of Rome is indeed the first ( el, link=no, πρώτος, translit=''protos'') among the patriarchs, although fu ...

* Protos, a model helicopter developed by MSH * Ioannis Protos, a Greek athlete * Protos o Hlios, a song by Mikis Theodorakis * Protos – PROgram for TOp Simulations,

Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (; ; french: Monte-Carlo , or colloquially ''Monte-Carl'' ; lij, Munte Carlu ; ) is officially an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is ...

generator for

Top quark The top quark, sometimes also referred to as the truth quark, (symbol: t) is the most massive of all observed elementary particles. It derives its mass from its coupling to the Higgs Boson. This coupling y_ is very close to unity; in the Standard ...

s and new heavy particles

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