Volta may refer to:

Persons

Alessandro Volta Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (, ; 18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist and lay Catholic who was a pioneer of electricity and power who is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the ...

(1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt * Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop *

Giovanni Serafino Volta Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1842) was an Italian priest, naturalist, and palaeontologist, best known for his studies of fossil fish from Monte Bolca. Volta was an ''Abate'' (or abbot) and theologian. He was a Canon of the Imperial Basilica ...

(1764–1842) Italian priest, naturalist and paleontologist *

Massimo Volta Massimo Volta (born 14 May 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eccellenza amateurs Carpenedolo. Club career Volta started his career with minor league club Carpenedolo. Sampdoria In January 2007 Volta was s ...

(born 1987), Italian footballer *

Leopoldo Camillo Volta Leopoldo Camillo Volta (1751-1823) was an Italian historian, mainly of the stories of his native Mantua. He studied initially under the Jesuits , image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = Chris ...

(1751–1823) Italian librarian and historian of Mantua

Places

* Volta, California, a census-designated place in Merced County, California, US *

Volta Mantovana Volta Mantovana ( Upper Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about northwest of Mantua. Volta Mantovana borders the following municipalities: Cav ...

, an Italian municipality in the Lombardy region *

Porta Volta Porta Volta is a former city gate of Milan, Italy, part of the Spanish walls (16th century). Nowadays, the name "Porta Volta" is most commonly used to refer to the surrounding district ("quartiere"), part of the Zone 8 administrative division of ...

, a former city gate of Milan, Italy *

Volta Grande Volta Grande is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 its population was estimated to be 5,261. Geography Volta Grande is located in the Zona da Mata mesoregion of Minas Gerais near the border with the state of Rio de ...

, a Brazilian municipality in the Minas Gerais state *

Volta Redonda Volta Redonda () is the name of a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) an ...

, a Brazilian municipality in the Rio de Janeiro state *

Upper Volta (disambiguation) Upper Volta (now named Burkina Faso) may refer to: *French Upper Volta (1919–1932, 1947–1958) **a territory in French West Africa (1919–1932) **a territory of the French Union (1947–1958) *Republic of Upper Volta (1958&ndas ...

Lake Volta Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world based on surface area, is contained behind the Akosombo Dam which generates a substantial amount of Ghana's electricity. It is completely within the country of Ghana and has a surface area ...

, in Ghana *

Volta Region Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-et ...

, in Ghana *

Volta River The Volta River is the main river system in the West African country of Ghana. It flows south into Ghana from the Bobo-Dioulasso highlands of Burkina Faso. The main parts of the river are the Black Volta, the White Volta, and the Red Volta. In ...

, primarily flowing in Ghana, with its headstreams: **

White Volta The White Volta or Nakambé is the headstream of the Volta River, Ghana's main waterway. The White Volta emerges in northern Burkina Faso, flows through North Ghana and empties into Lake Volta in Ghana. The White Volta's main tributaries are the ...

Red Volta The Red Volta or Nazinon is a waterway flowing located in West Africa. It emerges near Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and has a length of about 320 km which it joins the White Volta in Ghana. The river is primarily located in Burkina Faso and ...

Black Volta The Black Volta or Mouhoun is a river that flows through Burkina Faso for approximately 1,352 km (840 mi) to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana, the upper end of Lake Volta. The source of the Black Volta is in the Cascades Region of Burki ...

Volta (crater) Volta is a lunar impact crater near the northwest limb of the Moon. It is located south-southeast of the crater Xenophanes, and due north of the smaller Galvani. The crater Regnault lies across the western rim of Volta. Attached to the southwest r ...

, a crater on the moon * 8208 Volta, a main belt asteroid

Technology and products

Volta (microarchitecture) Volta is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, succeeding Pascal. It was first announced on a roadmap in March 2013, although the first product was not announced until May 2017. The architecture is named after 18th– ...

, the initial codename for the microarchitecture to succeed the

Pascal (microarchitecture) Pascal is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, as the successor to the Maxwell architecture. The architecture was first introduced in April 2016 with the release of the Tesla P100 (GP100) on April 5, 2016, and is primari ...

developed by Nvidia *

Volta Charging Volta Charging is an American electric vehicle infrastructure company. Volta charging stations are compatible with all major plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicle types in the United States and have a digital screen featuring advertisements. ...

, American electric vehicle infrastructure company *

Microsoft Live Labs Volta Volta is an experimental developer toolset for building multi-tier web applications, developed at Microsoft Live Labs. It allows developers to split their application easily into different client and server parts throughout the development lifecycl ...

, a web development toolset by Microsoft *

Toyota Alessandro Volta is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...

, a hybrid concept vehicle * Volta, a brand of vacuum cleaners by

Electrolux Electrolux AB () is a Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Stockholm. It is consistently ranked the world's second largest appliance maker by units sold, after Whirlpool. Electrolux products sell under a variety ...

Organisations

Volta Laboratory and Bureau The Volta Laboratory (also known as the Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory, the Bell Carriage House and the Bell Laboratory) and the Volta Bureau were created in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. by Alexander Graham Bell.(19/20th-century scientist and ...

, research and philanthropic institutions created by Alexander Graham Bell in the US *

Volta Aluminum Company Volta Aluminum Company, known as VALCO, is an aluminium company based in Tema, Greater Accra Region founded by Kaiser Aluminum and now wholly owned by the government of Ghana. History VALCO was a joint venture with Kaiser Aluminum and ALCOA, maj ...

, a company based in Ghana *

Volta River Authority The Volta River Authority (VRA) is the main generator and supplier of electricity in Ghana. They are also the responsible for the maintenance of the hydro power supply plant. Establishment The VRA was established by the Volta River Development ...

, the main electricity supplier in Ghana *

Volta Regional Museum The Volta Regional Museum is a museum in Ho, Ghana. The museum is dedicated to the history and traditions of the Volta Region. The museum is administered by the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. History Before it was used as a museum, the build ...

, an ethnographic history museum in Ho, Ghana *

Volta Cinematograph The Volta Electric Theatre (later renamed the Lyceum Picture Theatre) was a film theatre in Dublin and was Ireland's first dedicated cinema. The site at 45 Mary Street was later demolished and is occupied today by a department store. In the ear ...

, first cinema of Dublin. started by, among others, James Joyce *

Volta Trucks Founded in 2019, Volta Trucks is a company that manufactures and provides services for zero tail-pipe -emission electric trucks. The company, focused primarily on operations across all major cities in Europe and the UK, aims to accelerate the t ...

, an electric truck manufacturer

Sports

Volta a Portugal The Volta a Portugal ( en, Tour of Portugal), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta ( en, Tour of Portugal on Bicycle), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week s ...

, an annual professional road bicycle race in Portugal *

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI P ...

, an annual road bicycle racing stage race in the Algarve, Portugal *

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

, an annual professional road bicycle race in Catalonia, Spain *

Volta a Lleida The Volta a Lleida was a road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held in the Lleida (province), Lleida region of Spain. It was a 2.2 category race on the UCI Europe Tour between 2005 and 2008. List of overall winners {, class="wikitable" , ...

, a road cycling stage race held in the Lleida region of Spain *

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...

, a former road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community, Spain *

Volta Feminina da República The Volta Feminina da República is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin Americ ...

, a Brazil women's staged cycle race *

Volta ao Distrito de Santarém The Volta ao Distrito de Santarém (Tour of Santarém District) was a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the District of Santárem, Portugal. From 2006 to 2008, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental ...

, an annual Portuguese road bicycle racing stage race in the Santárem district

Other uses

* ''Volta'' (album), a 2007 album by Björk *

Volta (dance) The volta (plural: voltas) (Italian: "the turn" or "turning") is an anglicised name for a dance for couples that was popular during the later Renaissance period. This dance was associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music. Its ...

, a Renaissance dance for couples *

Volta (literature) In poetry, the volta, or turn, is a rhetorical shift or dramatic change in thought and/or emotion. Turns are seen in all types of written poetry. Terminology The turn in poetry has gone by many names. In "The Poem in Countermotion", the final cha ...

, a point of dramatic change in a poem * ''

Una Volta ''Una Volta'' (Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance ...

'', the 3rd album from the band DeVotchKa * ''Volta'' (film), a 2004 Philippine movie * ''Volta'' (TV series), a 2008 Philippine TV series based on its namesake 2004 movie * Volta (Brescia Metro), a railway station in Brescia, Italy * ''Volta Review'', the journal of the

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, also known as AG Bell, is an organization that aims to promote listening and spoken language among people who are deaf and hard of hearing. It is headquartered in Washington, ...

Volta bracket In music, a repeat sign is a sign that indicates a section should be repeated. If the piece has one repeat sign alone, then that means to repeat from the beginning, and then continue on (or stop, if the sign appears at the end of the piece). A co ...

, a musical repeat sign *

Volta Prize The Volta Prize (French: ''prix Volta'') was originally established by Napoleon III during the Second French Empire in 1852 to honor Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist noted for developing the electric battery.John L. Davis. Artisans and savants ...

, an award by the French government for scientific achievement in electricity *

Edison Volta Prize The Edison Volta Prize is awarded biennially by the European Physical Society (EPS) to individuals or groups of up to three people in recognition of outstanding achievements in physics. The award consists of a diploma, a medal, and 10,000 euros in ...

, a biannual award by the European Physical Society (EPS) *

Volta Conference The Volta Conference was the name given to each of the international conferences held in Italy by the Royal Academy of Science in Rome, and funded by the Alessandro Volta Foundation. In the interwar period, they covered a number of topics in sci ...

, an interwar cycle of cultural meetings *

Villa Volta Villa Volta is an attraction in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands. It is a rare type of ride known as a madhouse, a variation of a haunted house, where the visitors get the illusion that either the building, the visitors themselves ...

, an attraction in the amusement park ''Efteling'' in the Netherlands *

VOLTA (Cirque du Soleil) ''Volta'' was a touring circus show by the Cirque du Soleil and was based on extreme sports; the principal character is a game-show host named Waz. It is the company's 41st production since 1984, and its 18th show presented under the Big Top. Th ...