AV, Av or A.V. may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* The abbreviation of

audiovisual Audiovisual (AV) is electronic media possessing both a sound and a visual component, such as slide-tape presentations, films, television programs, corporate conferencing, church services, and live theater productions. Audiovisual service provide ...

, possessing both a sound and a visual component * ''A.V.'' (film), a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Pang Ho-Cheung * Adult video, an alternative name/synonym of a pornographic film * '' AV The Hunt'', a 2020 Turkish thriller film directed by Emre Akay

Businesses and organizations

* America Votes, an American 501(c)4 organization that promotes progressive causes * Ambulance Victoria, an ambulance service operated in the Australian state of Victoria * Anonymous for the Voiceless, a grassroots animal rights organization specializing in street activism * Aston Villa F.C., an English professional football club * AV Akademikerverlag GmbH & Co. KG an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing (''now'' OmniScriptum) * Avaya, a technology company formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange with symbol "AV" * Avianca (IATA airline code AV) * Aviva, British insurance company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange as "AV" * AeroVironment, manufacturer of unmanned military aircraft and systems * Amusement Vision, the former name of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

People

* Av or Avrum Gross (1936–2018), American lawyer and Attorney General of Alaska * Av or Avrom Isaacs (1926–2016), Canadian art dealer * Av Westin (1929–2022), American television producer * Arun Vijay (born 1977), Indian actor * AV Prafullachandra, Indian music composer

Places

Anguilla Anguilla is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Sa ...

(FIPS country code and obsolete NATO diagram AV) * Antelope Valley, a valley in Southern California * Province of Avellino, a province of Italy

Science and technology

Anatomy and medicine

* Aerobic vaginitis, vaginal infection associated with overgrowth of aerobic bacteria * Arteriovenous (disambiguation) * Atrioventricular (disambiguation)

Electronics and computing

* Access violation, a computer software error * Age verification, system for checking a user's age * Antivirus software, used to prevent, detect and remove malicious software * Audio and video connector, a cable between two devices * Analog video * AV Linux, a Linux-based operating system

Fluid dynamics

* Annular velocity, speed of the drilling fluid's movement in a column called an annulus in oil wells * Apparent viscosity, shear stress divided by shear rate

Vehicles

* AV (cyclecar), a British cyclecar manufactured between 1919 and 1924 * Bavarian A V, an 1853 steam locomotive model * A US Navy hull classification symbol: Seaplane tender (AV) * Autonomous vehicles

Other uses in science and technology

* A-type main-sequence star, in astronomy, abbreviated A V * Aperture value mode, setting on photo cameras that allows to choose a specific aperture value

Other uses

* Alternative vote, an electoral system used to elect a single winner from a field of more than two candidates * Approval voting, a non-ranking vote system * Authorised Version of the Bible (also known as King James Version) * Av (month), a month in the Hebrew calendar * av, the Avar language's ISO 639-1 code * Av. or Ave, an abbreviation for Avenue (landscape) * or AV from Latin ''aurum'' (''avrvm''), a numismatic abbreviation for "gold" * A.V., the putative mark of ''ébéniste'' Adam Weisweiler *

Aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air aircraft such as h ...

, abbreviated Av in military use * Andhra Vidyalaya College, aka A. V. College, a school in Hyderabad, India