echo In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound. The delay is directly proportional to the distance of the reflecting surface from the source and the lis ...

is a reflection of sound. Echo may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Echo (DC Comics) Earthworm Earthworm is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Herbert Hynde is a criminal who ran a baby-selling ring while operating as Earthworm until it attracted the attention of Huntress. Though the ...

, various different characters * Echo (''Dollhouse''), the protagonist of the TV series ''Dollhouse'' *

Echo (Marvel Comics) Echo (Maya Lopez) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada, the character first appeared in '' Daredevil'' #9 (December 1999). Lopez is a Cheyenne woman, and this backgro ...

, a superheroine in the Marvel Comics **

Maya Lopez (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Echo (Maya Lopez) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada, the character first appeared in '' Daredevil'' #9 (December 1999). Lopez is a Cheyenne woman, and this backgro ...

, the Marvel Cinematic Universe counterpart * Echo, a race of aliens from the TV series '' Invasion: Earth'' *

Echo DiSavoy Echo DiSavoy is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live''. She was portrayed by Kim Zimmer from March to October 1983. After a twenty-seven-year absence, during which Zimmer went on to play the long-running characte ...

, a character in the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Echo Nightray, a character in ''

Pandora Hearts ''Pandora Hearts'' (stylized as ''PandoraHearts'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. It was serialized in Square Enix's manga magazine '' Monthly GFantasy'' from May 2006 to March 2015, with its chapters ...

'', a manga series * Echo, an ARC

clone trooper Clone troopers are fictional characters from the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. First introduced in the live-action film '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' (2002), they have since appeared in various other ...

from the ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' TV series and ''Star Wars: The Bad Batch'' TV series * Echo (''Overwatch''), from 2016 game ''Overwatch''

Films

* ''The Echo'' (1915 film), an American silent short romantic drama directed by Tom Ricketts * ''Echo'' (1997 film), a TV film * ''Echo'' (2001 film), an Iranian drama by Hossein Shahabi * ''Echo'' (2003 film), a short film by Tom Oesch *''

Sigaw ''Sigaw'' (), internationally known as ''The Echo'', is a 2004 Filipino supernatural horror film directed by Yam Laranas. It stars Richard Gutierrez and Angel Locsin (both from '' Mulawin''). It was one of the entries in the 2004 Metro Manila ...

'', a 2004 Filipino horror film, released internationally as ''The Echo'' ** ''The Echo'' (2008 film), a horror film based on the Filipino film * ''Echo'' (2007 film), a Danish film * ''Echo'' (2019 film), an Icelandic film * ''Echo'' (2023 film), an Indian film

Television

* ''Echo'' (miniseries), a 2024 Disney+ series based on the Marvel Comics character * "Echo" (''Dollhouse'' episode), an unaired pilot episode * "Echo" (''The Americans''), a 2014 episode *

Echo TV Echo TV was a Christian democracy, Christian-conservative Hungary, Hungarian television channel owned and operated by Echo Hungária TV Zrt, and founded in 2005 to cover business news.

, a conservative Hungarian TV channel * "Echo", an episode of the TV series ''

Pocoyo ''Pocoyo'' ( in Spanish and stylised as ''POCOYO'') is an animated interactive preschool comedy television series created by David Cantolla, Luis Gallego, and Guillermo García Carsí, that premiered on 7 January 2005 on La 2. The series was ...

Radio

Echo (radio station) FCOT FM and previously as FCT-FM, Echo FM and Passion is a community radio station broadcast for four weeks each year from two studios at Farnborough College of Technology. The station's management, presentation and production teams are entirely ...

, a community radio station in Farnborough, Hampshire *

Echo of Moscow Echo of Moscow () was a 24/7 commercial Russian radio station based in Moscow. It broadcast in many Russian cities, some of the former Soviet republics (through partnerships with local radio stations), and via the Internet. From 1996 its editor- ...

, a Russian radio station

Literature

* ''Echo'' (comic book), a comic book title by Terry Moore, launched in 2008 * ''Echo'' (Block novel), a 2000 fantasy novel by Francesca Lia Block * ''Echo'' (Muñoz Ryan novel), a 2015 novel by Pam Muñoz Ryan * "Echo", a poem by

Christina Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romanticism, romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well k ...

* ''The Echo'' (novel), a 1997 crime novel by Minette Walters * ''The Echo'', a novel by Giles A. Lutz * "The Echo" (short story), a 1946 short story by Paul Bowles

Newspapers and magazines

* ''Echo'' (newspaper), a list of newspapers called ''Echo'' or ''The Echo'' * ''The Echo'' (Cork newspaper), founded in 1892 in Cork, Ireland * ''The Echo'' (Dublin newspaper), based in Dublin, Ireland * ''The Echo'' (Essex), a daily newspaper in England * ''The Echo'' (London) (1868–1905), an evening newspaper in England

Online media

* Echo (blog comment hosting service), a blog comment hosting service *

EchoNYC Stacy Horn (born June 3, 1956 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American author, businesswoman and occasional journalist. She grew up on Long Island, New York and received a B.F.A. from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She re ...

, an online community * Early Cinema History Online, silent films database

Music

Classical compositions

* ''Echo'', by Iván Madarász * ''Echo'', by Lord Henry Somerset, 1900 * ''The Echo'', a 1925 opera by Frank Patterson, featuring soprano

Marie Rappold Marie Rappold, née Winterrath (17 August 1872 – 12 May 1957) was a German-born American operatic dramatic soprano. She sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1905 to 1920. Early life She was born in Barmen, Germany on 17 August 1872. She a ...

* ''Echo'' (ballet), a 1989 ballet by Peter Martins

Albums

* ''Echo'' (Dave Burrell album) or the title track, 1969 * ''Echo'' (Leona Lewis album), 2009 * ''Echo'' (Nothing's Carved in Stone album), 2011 * ''Echo'' (Of Mice & Men album) or the title song, 2021 * ''Echo'' (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album) or the title song, 1999 * ''

Echo Echo Echo Echo is Carbon Leaf's fourth album. It was released in 2001 by the band's own label, Constant Ivy Records. Track listing #"The Boxer" - 3:26 #"Wandrin' Around" - 4:00 #"On Any Given Day" - 5:04 #"Torn to Tattered" - 5:29 #"Mellow Tone" - 4 ...

'', by Carbon Leaf, 2001 * ''Echo'' (EP), a 2025 EP by Jin

Songs

* "Echo" (Elevation Worship song), 2018 * "Echo" (Girls Can't Catch song), 2010 * "Echo" (Gorilla Zoe song), 2009 * "Echo" (Hardwell song) 2015 * "Echo" (Iru song), 2023 * "Echo" (R. Kelly song), 2009 * "Echo" (Trapt song), 2004 * "Echo" (You and I), by Anggun, 2012 * "Echo", by Andrew Bayer from '' If It Were You, We'd Never Leave'', 2013 * "Echo", by Bad Meets Evil from '' Hell: The Sequel'', 2011 * "Echo", by Christina Grimmie from '' All Is Vanity'', 2017 * "Echo", by Ciara from ''

Fantasy Ride ''Fantasy Ride'' is the third studio album by American singer Ciara, first released on May 3, 2009, by Jive Records, LaFace Records and Sony Music Entertainment. The album was recorded between 2007 and 2009. Ciara was executive producer on the ...

'', 2009 * "Echo", by Clairo from ''

Charm Charm or Charms may refer to: Arts and entertainment * The Charms, an American garage rock band * Otis Williams and the Charms, an American doo-wop group * The Charm (Bubba Sparxxx album), ''The Charm'' (Bubba Sparxxx album), 2006 * Charm (Danny! ...

'', 2024 * "Echo", by Cyndi Lauper from '' Bring Ya to the Brink'', 2008 * "Echo", by Eskimo Joe from '' Ghosts of the Past'', 2011 * "Echo", by Foxes from '' Glorious'', 2014 * "Echo", by Hot Chip from ''

A Bath Full of Ecstasy ''A Bath Full of Ecstasy'' is the seventh studio album by English synth-pop group Hot Chip. It was released on 21 June 2019 and was co-produced by Hot Chip, Philippe Zdar, and Rodaidh McDonald, marking the first time the group worked with out ...

'', 2019 * "Echo", by Joe Satriani from ''

Surfing with the Alien ''Surfing with the Alien'' is the second studio album by American rock guitarist Joe Satriani. It was released on October 15, 1987, by Relativity Records. The album is one of Satriani's most successful to date and helped establish his reputation ...

'', 1987 * "Echo", by

Little Glee Monster Little Glee Monster (リトルグリーモンスター, Ritoru Gurī Monsutā) is a J-pop, Japanese girl vocal group, formed in 2013. The group currently consists of Asahi Kobayashi, Mayu Yoshida, Karen Koga, Mika Fujihira, Yumi Nagai, and Kamal ...

, 2019 * "Echo", by Maroon 5 from '' Jordi'', 2021 * "Echo", by the Mekons from '' The Mekons Rock 'n Roll'', 1989 * "Echo", by Swizz Beatz from ''

Poison A poison is any chemical substance that is harmful or lethal to living organisms. The term is used in a wide range of scientific fields and industries, where it is often specifically defined. It may also be applied colloquially or figurati ...

'', 2018

Other uses in music

* Echo (producer) (born 1982), Puerto Rican reggaeton producer *

Echo Music Prize Echo Music Prize (stylised as ECHO, ) was an accolade by the , an association of recording companies of Germany to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The first ECHO Awards ceremony was held in 1992, and was set up to honor ...

, a German music award 1992–2018 *

The Echo Label The Echo Label was a British record label started by Chrysalis Group in 1994, and linked with Pony Canyon in Japan. The Chrysalis Group were the original owners of Chrysalis Records, which they sold to EMI. In 2005, The Echo Label recorded ...

, a defunct British record label *

Way Out West (duo) Way Out West are an English electronic music duo comprising Jody Wisternoff and Nick Warren. Originating in Bristol, England, they rose to fame in the 1990s with their UK-charting singles " The Gift" and "Ajare", and their debut studio album ' ...

, also known as Echo, an English electronic music group

Video games

* '' Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern'', a 2005 video game * ''Echo'' (2017 video game), a stealth and action-adventure video game

Brands and enterprises

Amazon Echo Amazon Echo, often shortened to Echo, is a brand of smart speakers developed by Amazon (company), Amazon. Echo devices connect to the voice-controlled Virtual assistant, intelligent personal assistant service. ''Amazon Alexa, Alexa'', which resp ...

, a line of smart speakers by Amazon.com *

Echo Arena Liverpool Liverpool Arena, known for sponsorship reasons as the M&S Bank Arena and previously the Echo Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the city centre of Liverpool, England. The venue hosts live music, comedy performances and sporting events, ...

, a music venue * ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, in Burlington, Vermont * Echo smartpen, a ballpoint pen, computer and audio recorder manufactured by Livescribe *

Echo tools The is a Japanese manufacturer of power tools formed with the September 2008 merger of the Kioritz and Shindaiwa corporations. The brands owned and distributed by Yamabiko are Kioritz, Shindaiwa and Echo. The Yamabiko Corporation is based in ...

, a series of power tools manufactured by the Yamabiko Corporation *

Kyocera Echo The Kyocera Echo (sometimes referred to as Sprint Echo) is a smartphone manufactured by Kyocera is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational ceramics and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as in ...

, a dual screen smart phone *

The Echo (venue) The Echo is an American music venue and nightclub, located in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. For 14 years, it hosted Funky Sole, an all-vinyl 1960s funk-and-soul dance party. The venue is also known for their punk rock s ...

, an American music venue and nightclub, Los Angeles, California *

Toyota Yaris The is a supermini/subcompact car sold by Toyota since 1999, replacing the Starlet and Tercel. Up to 2019, Toyota had used the Yaris nameplate on export versions of various Japanese-market models, with some markets receiving the same vehicl ...

, previously known as the Toyota Echo, a sub-compact car

Computing

echo (command) echo is shell command that writes input text to standard output. It is available in many operating system and shells. It is often used in a shell script to log status, provide feedback to the user and for debugging. For an interactive sessi ...

, a Unix, DOS and Microsoft Windows command to display a line of text * Echo (computing), a feature of telecommunications protocols *

Echo (framework) Echo is a web application framework created by the company NextApp. The latest iteration, Echo3, allows writing applications in either server-side Java (programming language), Java or client-side JavaScript. Server-side applications do not require ...

, a web framework for Java programming * Echo, a command in

programming language A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Programming languages are described in terms of their Syntax (programming languages), syntax (form) and semantics (computer science), semantics (meaning), usually def ...

s to output one or more strings * Echo, a discussion forum on

FidoNet __ / \ /, oo \ (_, /_) _`@/_ \ _ , , \ \\ , (*) , \ )) ______ , __U__, / \// / FI ...

ECHO IV ECHO IV, or ECHO 4 (Electronic Computing Home Operator, or Electronic Computer for Home Operation) is a prototype of a home computer developed by Westinghouse Electric engineer James (Jim) Sutherland in the mid-1960s (1965-1966). History James S ...

, "Electronic Computer for Home Operation", an experimental home computer from 1966 * Echo Protocol, an Internet protocol largely superseded by ICMP * Echo (communications protocol), a group communications protocol for authenticated and encrypted information

People

Aimee Echo Aimee Echo ( né Rodrigues; born March 27, 1970) is an American singer. She rose to prominence as the singer of Human Waste Project, who she fronted between 1994 until the band's dissolution in 1998. Afterwards, she became the frontwoman of th ...

, American vocalist with TheStart and Normandie * Echo Eggebrecht (born 1977), American painter * Echo Heron, American author and activist * Echo Johnson, model and actress * Echo Kellum (born 1982), American actor and comedian

Places

* Echo Bay (disambiguation), several places in the United States and Canada * Echo Canyon (disambiguation), several places with this name * Echo Lake (disambiguation), several places in the United States and Canada

United States

* Echo, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Echo, Inyo County, California, a former settlement * Echo Mountain, in the San Gabriel Mountains, California * Echo Peak, in the Sierra Nevada range, California * Echo Peaks * Echo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Echo, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Echo, Minnesota, a city *

Echo, Oregon Echo is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The population was 699 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is part of the Pendleton, Oregon, Pendleton–Hermiston, Oregon, Hermiston Pendleton-He ...

, a city * Echo, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Echo, Utah, a census-designated place * Echo, Texas * Echo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Echo Peak (Wyoming), a mountain peak in the Gallatin Range in Yellowstone National Park *

Echo Summit Echo Summit is a mountain pass over the Sierra Nevada in the western United States, located in eastern El Dorado County, California. At above sea level, it is the highest point on U.S. Route 50 in California, which traverses it at postmile 6 ...

, a mountain pass in California *

Echo Tower Echo Tower is a Pillar (landform), pillar in Grand County, Utah, Grand County, Utah, United States. Description Echo Tower is located northeast of Moab, Utah, in the Fisher Towers, on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Echo ra ...

, a natural pillar in Utah * Echo Township, Michigan * Echo Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota * Lake Echo (Polk County, Florida)

Elsewhere

* Echo, Aragón, Spain, a village * Echo, Ontario, a neighbourhood in West Lincoln, Canada *

60 Echo 60 Echo is a quite large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by James Ferguson of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington D.C., on September 14, 1860. It was his third and final asteroid discovery. It is named after Echo, a nymph in ...

, an asteroid * Echo Bank, a submarine mountain in the Atlantic Ocean

Science

* ''Echo'' (damselfly), a genus of damselfly *

Echocardiography Echocardiography, also known as cardiac ultrasound, is the use of ultrasound to examine the heart. It is a type of medical imaging, using standard ultrasound or Doppler ultrasound. The visual image formed using this technique is called an ec ...

, an imaging technique used to assess heart function in medicine *

Echovirus Echovirus is a polyphyletic group of viruses associated with enteric disease in humans. The name is derived from "enteric cytopathic human orphan virus". These viruses were originally not associated with disease, but many have since been identifi ...

, short for "enteric cytopathic human orphan" virus *

EChO In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound. The delay is directly proportional to the distance of the reflecting surface from the source and the lis ...

, a proposed European Space Agency mission to study exoplanet atmospheres * ECHO Clearinghouse, NASA's registry of Earth Science data and services, an early SOA example *

Project Echo Project Echo was the first passive communications satellite experiment. Each of the two American spacecraft, launched in 1960 and 1964, were metalized balloon satellites acting as passive reflectors of microwave signals. Communication sign ...

, the first passive communications satellite experiment *

Signal reflection In telecommunications, signal reflection happens when a signal is transmitted along a transmission medium (such as a copper cable or an optical fiber) and part of it is reflected back toward the source instead of reaching the end. This reflection ...

, in electronics

Transport

Aircraft

* ''Echo'', the name of an

Armstrong Whitworth Ensign The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensign was a British four-engine monoplane airliner and the largest airliner built in Britain during the Interwar period.Tapper, 1988, p.237 The British airline Imperial Airways requested tenders for a large mono ...

aircraft * Cosmos Echo, an ultralight trike aircraft * Tecnam P92 Echo, an ultralight aircraft

Marine vessels

* Echo 12, a Canadian sailboat design. * was a ship launched at Hull in 1792 that made one voyage for the British East India Company and that was captured by a French privateer in 1799 * ''Echo'' (steam tug), a steam tug on Puget Sound * ''Echo'' (sternwheeler 1865), a sternwheel steamboat that operated on the Willamette River, in Oregon, U.S. * ''Echo'' (sternwheeler 1901), a sternwheel steamboat that operated on the Coquille River, in Oregon, U.S. *

Echo-class submarine The Echo class were nuclear cruise missile submarines of the Soviet Navy built during the 1960s. Their Soviet designation was Project 659 for the first five vessels, and Project 675 for the following twenty-nine. Their NATO reporting names were E ...

, a Soviet-era submarine class * ''Echo''-class survey ship (1957), a Royal Navy class * ''Echo''-class survey ship (2002), a Royal Navy class * , various Royal Navy ships * USS ''Echo'' (IX-95), a 1942 US Army World War II supply ship

Motor vehicles

* Toyota Echo, rebadged variant of the

, produced between 1999 through 2005

Other uses

ECHO (European Commission) An echo is a reflection of sound. Echo may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Echo (DC Comics), various different characters * Echo (''Dollhouse''), the protagonist of the TV series ''Dollhouse'' * Echo (Marve ...

(European Community Humanitarian aid Office), a department of the European Union *

Echo (mythology) In Greek mythology, Echo (; , ''Ēkhō'', "echo", from ἦχος (''ēchos''), "sound") was an Oread who resided on Cithaeron, Mount Cithaeron. Zeus loved consorting with beautiful nymphs and often visited them on Earth. Eventually, Zeus's wife, ...

, a nymph in Greek mythology *

Echo (elephant) Echo was an African bush elephant matriarch who was studied for over 30 years by ethologist Cynthia Moss, beginning in 1973, and was the subject of several books and films. She was the first subject of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, th ...

, a matriarch elephant in the Amboseli National Park * Echo, the letter E in the

ICAO spelling alphabet The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet or simply the Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used set of clear-code words for communicating the letters of the Latin/Roman ...

* ECHO, acronym for Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization, a non-profit agro-ecological organization * ECHO, acronym for Extended Care Health Option, a health coverage program * ECHO, acronym for

East Coast Homophile Organizations East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO) was established in January 1963 in Philadelphia, to facilitate cooperation between homophile organizations and outside administrations. Its formative membership included the Mattachine Society chapters in N ...

* Echo,

triple parentheses Triple parentheses or triple brackets, or an echo, often referred to in print as an (((echo))), are an antisemitic symbol that has been used to highlight the names of individuals thought to be Jews, and the names of organizations thought to b ...

around a name as a symbol of antisemitism *

Echo effect The Echoplex is a Magnetic tape, tape Delay (audio effect), delay effects unit, first made in 1959. Designed by engineer Mike Battle, the Echoplex set a standard for the effect in the 1960s; according to Michael Dregni, it is still regarded as ...

, electronic echo