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Companies

* Orbis Business Intelligence, a British private intelligence firm * Orbis Technology, a British bookmaker software company now called OpenBet *
Orbis (Polish travel agency) Orbis is the oldest travel agency in Poland, founded in 1920 in Lwów (now: Lviv, Ukraine). Currently, it is the largest hotel group in Poland and Central Europe, and parent company of Orbis S.A. Capital Group, which has nine subsidiaries. Its na ...
, a Polish travel agency, established in 1920


Entertainment

* ''Orbis'' (audio drama), a Doctor Who audio play * ''Orbis Pictus'' (film), a 1997 Slovak film


Historical

* The "Orbis Terrarum", a map of the world created by
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (; BC – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law, and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus. He was responsible for the construction of some of the most notable build ...
in 20 A.D. *
Orbis, Rhineland-Palatinate Orbis is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. References Donnersbergkreis Palatinate (region) {{Donnersbergkreis-geo-stub ...
, a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * ''
Orbis Pictus ''Orbis Pictus'', or ''Orbis Sensualium Pictus'' (''Visible World in Pictures''), is a textbook for children written by Czech educator John Amos Comenius and published in 1658. It was the first widely used children's textbook with pictures, ...
'', a 1658 children's book by Czech educator Jan Ámos Komenský


Publishing

* Orbis Books, a U.S. publishing imprint of the Maryknoll order * Orbis Publishing, a British publisher of partworks and books * Orbis Pictus Award, awarded by the National Council of Teachers of English for outstanding children's nonfiction literature * ''Orbis'', a 2002 alternative history novel by
Scott Mackay Scott Mackay is a Canadian mystery and science fiction author from Toronto, Ontario, where he still lives with his wife and two children. He is the author of eleven novels and over forty short stories. His short story, ''Last Inning'', won the 19 ...


Periodicals

* ''Orbis'' (journal), a quarterly journal of international affairs published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute * '' Orbis Litterarum'', a bimonthly literary journal published by Wiley-Blackwell * '' Vanderbilt Orbis'', a progressive student newspaper at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee


Other uses

* Orbis Cascade Alliance, an academic library consortia in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho * Orbis International (the "Flying Eye Hospital"), a charitable organization devoted to treating and preventing blindness * a development kit for
PlayStation 4 The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013 in ...
** Orbis OS, the proprietary operating system used by PlayStation 4 * Orbiting Binary Black Hole Investigation Satellite (ORBIS), a space telescope in development by Japan * ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World, an interactive site co-developed by Walter Scheidel * a company database provided by Bureau van Dijk


See also

* * Orb (disambiguation) *
Orbiso Orbiso is a village situated the region of the Montaña Alavesa which allows for traversing from the valley of Campezo/Kanpezu to the valley of Arana, both in Álava, and at last to the Cordillera de Santiago Lózquiz in Navarra. This small tow ...
, a village in Montaña Alavesa, Spain *
Orbit (disambiguation) In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of one object around a point or another body. Orbit may also refer to: Computing * ORBit, an object request broker (ORB) for CORBA * Orbit Downloader, a download manager and malware applic ...
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