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Janus may refer to:*Janus (mythology), the two-faced Roman god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings.
  • Janus (moon), a moon of Saturn.
  • Janus Patera, a shallow volcanic crater on Io, a moon of Jupiter.
  • Janus (simulation), a military combat simulation first developed in the late 1970s by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Combat Simulation Laboratory.
  • Society of Janus, a San Francisco based BDSM education and support group.
  • Janus Capital Group, an investment company based in Denver, Colorado.
  • Zündapp Janus, a bubble car model by Zündapp.
  • a Janus word, or auto-antonym: a word with two opposite meanings.
  • Janus (TV series), A television series created by the Australian Broadcasting Commission with two story lines: the criminal family being prosecuted and the police/judicial process.
  • Schempp-Hirth Janus, a two-seater glider.
  • HMS Janus, a name used by British naval ships.
People
  • Janus of Cyprus, king of Cyprus from 1398 to 1432.
  • Janusz I, Archbishop of Gniezno
  • Janus I, Duke of Masovia
  • Janus II, Duke of Masovia
  • Janus Junius Toland, a sobriquet of pantheist philosopher John Toland.
  • Janus Ulitius, the Latinized name of 17th century philologist Jan van Vliet.
  • Janus Friis, the Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application KaZaA and Skype, the peer-to-peer telephony application.
  • Janus (Paul Kelly), an English professional wrestler. Computing
  • Janus (programming language)
  • "Janus" was a codename used for Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows 2000 (DEC Alpha and Itanium 64-bit editions).
  • Janus (DRM), a Microsoft Digital Rights Management platform. Film and music
  • Janus Films, an American film distribution company.
  • Janus Records, a record label.
  • Janus (band), an orchestral darkwave group.
  • Janus, the criminal organization in the James Bond movie GoldenEye.
  • The Janus Project, a taboo cloning project in the movie Judge Dredd.
  • "Janus", a song from the album Out and About with the Gone Jackals by hard rock group The Gone Jackals.
  • "Janus" appears on the CD Inner Journeys: Myth + Legends by Cusco Literature and comics
  • , a book by Arthur Koestler.
  • Janus (comics), a superhero in the DC Comics universe.
  • Janus (Marvel Comics), a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe and an enemy of Marvel Comics' Dracula.
  • The Janus Directive, a DC Comics crossover.
  • Janus (Stargate), an "Ancient" scientist in the TV series Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1.
  • Janus (Angels and Demons), the antagonist in the novel Angels and Demons.
  • Janus, a French poetry magazine published in Paris by Elliott Stein from 1950 to 1961.
  • Janus Publishing, a British publishing company known for publishing the work of previously unpublished authors.
  • Janus, a short story by Ann Beattie. Magazines
  • Janus (science fiction magazine), a feminist science fiction magazine.
  • Janus (spanking magazine), a British spanking magazine edited by Harrison Marks. Games and gaming
  • Janus chess, a chess variant.
  • Janus Zeal, a character in the game Chrono Trigger.
  • In the rpg In Nomine, Janus is the Archangel of the Wind Geography
  • Janus Island, an island of the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
  • Janus Lake (Ontario), Canada.
  • Janus Lake (Washington), Snohomish County, Washington.
  • Mont Janus, France.
  • Mount Janus (Antarctica)
  • Mount Janus (Newfoundland), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  • Mount Janus (Svalbard), Norway.
  • Janus Peak, British Columbia, Canada. Science
  • Janus-faced molecule, used to describe a molecule whose effects on organisms can vary between beneficial and toxic.
  • Janus Experiments, a series of experiments on radio-sensitivity in mice and dogs.
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