Via or VIA may refer to the following:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Via'' (Volumes album), 2011 * Via (Thalia Zedek album), 2013 *

VIA (music) VIA () is an abbreviation for Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble (). It is the general name used for popular music (pop, rock, folk, etc.) bands that were formally recognized by the Soviet government from the 1960s to the 1980s. In Soviet times ...

, Soviet and Russian term for a music collective

Businesses and organisations

* Via Foundation, a Czech charitable foundation *

VIA Programs VIA (formerly ''Volunteers in Asia'' and ''Trans-Pacific Exchange'') is a United States-based independent, non-sectarian, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes cross-cultural understanding and education between the United States and countr ...

(Volunteers In Asia), an American non-profit organization *

VIA Technologies VIA Technologies, Inc. () is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory. It was once the world's largest independent manufacturer of motherboard chipsets. As a fabless semiconductor company, ...

, a Taiwanese manufacturer of electronics *

VIA University College VIA University College is a university college () in Central Denmark.It was established in January 2008. It has a total of eight campuses. History The university colleges in Denmark were established as a result of a series of mergers of smalle ...

, a Danish university college *

VIA Vancouver Institute for the Americas VIA Vancouver Institute for the Americas (1998–2007) was a Canadian organization of higher education, that operated under the umbrella of the University of British Columbia Vancouver, UBC Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, dedic ...

, a Canadian education organization *

Volunteers in Africa Foundation Volunteering is an elective and freely chosen act of an individual or group giving their time and labor, often for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency ...

, an American non-profit organization *VIA, stock ticker for: **

Viacom (1952–2006) Viacom, an abbreviation of Video and Audio Communications, may refer to: * Viacom (1952–2005), a former American media conglomerate * Viacom (2005–2019), a former company spun off from the original Viacom * Viacom18, a joint venture between ...

Viacom (2005–2019) The second incarnation of Viacom Inc. ( or ; a portmanteau of Video & Audio Communications) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television. It was split from the origi ...

* Vià, a French television network

Transportation

VIA Metropolitan Transit VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority (referred to as VIA Metro or simply VIA) is the mass transit agency serving San Antonio, Texas, United States, and its surrounding municipalities. It began operation in 1978 as a successor to the San Antonio Tr ...

, in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. *

Via Rail Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via (stylized as VIA Rail), is a Canadian Crown corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada. As of December 2023, Via Rail operates 406 trains per week across eight ...

, rail operator in Canada *

Via Transportation Via Transportation, Inc. is a technology company that provides software as a service (SaaS) and operations to improve public transportation networks for cities, transit agencies, schools and universities, healthcare providers, and corporations a ...

, a global transportation technology company *

Air VIA Air VIA was a charter airline with its head office in Sofia, Bulgaria, that operated charter flights on behalf of European tour operators such as TUI and Thomas Cook. Most Air VIA flights operated from European destinations into Varna Airport an ...

, a former Bulgarian airline * VIA Airways, a Bulgarian airline, now Fly2Sky Airlines *

Via Airlines Charter Air Transport was a certified part 135 air taxi provider based in Cleveland, Ohio at Burke Lakefront Airport. The airline is licensed by the Department of Transportation to provide privately arranged flights and in addition scheduled publ ...

, a former American airline *

Viasa Venezolana Internacional de Aviación Sociedad Anónima (), or VIASA for short, was the Venezuelan flag carrier airline between 1960 and 1997. It was headquartered in the Torre Viasa in Caracas. Launched in , it was nationalised in 1975 due to ...

, a former Venezuelan airline, ICAO airline VIA *

VIA Motors VIA Motors is an American electric vehicle development and manufacturing company based in Orem, Utah. It was founded in 2010. History VIA Motors was spun off in November 2010 from Raser Technologies, the engineering company that, in 2009, showe ...

, an American commercial electric vehicle manufacturer

Science and technology

Via (electronics) A via (Latin, 'path' or 'way') is an electrical connection between two or more metal layers of a printed circuit boards (PCB) or integrated circuit. Essentially a via is a small drilled hole that goes through two or more adjacent layers; the ho ...

, an electrical connection between conductor layers in a printed circuit board or a microchip * ''Via'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae *

Virtual Interface Adapter A Virtual Interface Adapter (VIA) is a network protocol (such as TCP/IP ...). As of July 2006 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 supports it. The specific implementation of VIA will vary from vendor to vendor. In general, it is usually a network kind of in ...

, a network protocol *

Virtual Interface Architecture The Virtual Interface Architecture (VIA) is an abstract model of a user-level zero-copy network, and is the basis for InfiniBand, iWARP and RoCE. Created by Microsoft, Intel, and Compaq, the original VIA sought to standardize the interface for ...

, a networking standard used in high-performance computing

Other uses

* Octavia "Via" of the Ars Goetia, a character in the animated series ''

Helluva Boss ''Helluva Boss'' is an American adult animated musical black comedy web series created by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano. It revolves around the misadventures of the employees of I.M.P., a company in Hell that offers hitman services in the real ...

'', voiced by

Barrett Wilbert Weed Barrett Wilbert Weed (born November 6, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for originating the roles of Veronica Sawyer in the Off-Broadway production of '' Heathers: The Musical'' and Janis Sarkisian in the Broadway prod ...

and Juliana Sada *

Velana International Airport Velana International Airport (VIA), also known as Malé-Velana International Airport () is the main international airport in the Maldives. It is located on Hulhulé Island in the southern Malé Atoll (or Kaafu Atoll), nearby the capital island ...

serving Malé, Maldives *

Videira Airport Ângelo Ponzoni Municipal Airport is the airport serving Videira, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-lar ...

, Brazil (IATA code VIA) *

Via (geomancy) The 16 geomantic figures are primary symbols utilized in geomancy, an ancient divinatory practice. Each figure consists of four lines representing the classical elements and can be interpreted through various methods and questions. Originating f ...

, a geomantic figure *

Via (surname) Via is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Angela Via, American singer * Chris Via, American ten-pin bowler * Dennis L. Via (born c. 1958), US Army general * Elizabeth Jane Via (born 1947), American lawyer and womanpriest ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Values in Action Inventory The VIA Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS), formerly known as the Values in Action Inventory, is a proprietary psychological assessment measure designed to identify an individual's profile of "character strengths". It was created by Christopher Pete ...

, a proprietary psychological assessment measure * VIA, a brand of instant coffee by

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* Rokospol Via, a Czech aircraft design

Arts and entertainment

Businesses and organisations

Transportation

Science and technology

Other uses

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