# Tao (disambiguation)

Tao is a metaphysical concept found in Taoism, Confucianism, and more generally in ancient Chinese philosophy.
Tao may also refer to:

## Comics and video games

* Tao, a fictional character from the comic book Wildcats
* Tao Jun, the fictional female character from the manga and anime Shaman King
* Tao Pai Pai, the fictional character in Dragon Ball media
* Tao Ren, the fictional male character from the manga and anime Shaman King
* Tao (video game), a post-industrial video game for the Famicom

## Geography

* Tao (historical region), part of the Georgian Tao-Klarjeti principalities
* Tao, Mali, a commune in the Cercle of Koutiala, Mali
* Tao River, a tributary of the Yellow River in Gansu Province, China
* Ko Tao, an island in the Gulf of Thailand
* Tao, Senegal, a village in Senegal
* TAO, Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, by IATA airport code

### People and language

* Tao people, also known as the Yami, a Taiwanese aboriginal peoples, native to outlying Orchid Island
* Tao, Yami language, by ISO 639-3 code

## Medicine

* Thromboangiitis obliterans, Buerger's disease, a type of vasculitis
* Thyroid-associated orbitopathy, an autoimmune inflammatory disorder of the orbit and periorbital tissues
* Troleandomycin, an antibiotic

## Music

* Taos, country rock band of the 1970s
* Tao (album), an album by Rick Springfield
* T.A.O (EP), by Z.Tao
* Tao (musical troupe), a Japanese drum and dance ensemble
* TAO (song), a single by Do As Infinity
* TAO, Together as One (festival), a large rave held New Year's Eve in Los Angeles

## Organisations

* TAO, Tailored Access Operations, a cyber espionage unit within the United States National Security Agency
* Tao Group, a software company headquartered in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
* TAO (collective), a radical tech organization based in Canada

## People

* Tao (surname), Chinese surname (陶, Táo)
* Tào (surname), the Vietnamese surname based on the Chinese surname Cáo (曹)
* Terence Tao (born 1975), Australian-American mathematician, co-recipient of the 2006 Fields Medal
* Seqenenre Tao (reigned from 1560 or 1558–1555 BC), Egyptian ruler of Thebes who started the process of ousting the Hyksos kings from Egypt
* Tao Geoghegan Hart (born 1995), British cyclist
* Tao Okamoto (born 1985), Japanese model and actress
* Tao Tsuchiya (born 1995), Japanese actress
* Huang Zitao (黄子韬, born 1993), Chinese rapper, actor and martial artist
* Antwuan "Tao" Simpson, American singer of Dru Hill band

## Science and technology

* Tao, Motorola Droid, an Android smartphone, by codename
* Tao Framework, a library giving .NET and mono developers access to popular graphics and gaming libraries like OpenGL and SDL
* TAO, University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory, a 6.5m observatory in Chile, operated by the University of Tokyo (2024)
* TAO, Tamke-Allan Observatory, in Tennessee, United States (1998)
* TAO (e-Testing platform), Testing Assisté par Ordinateur (Computer Based Testing), open source software
* TAO (software), The ACE ORB, open source software
* TAO, Ten Acre Observatory, in Oklahoma, United States
* TAO, Tropical Atmosphere Ocean project, a project to map the tropical Pacific Ocean
* TAO, Track At Once, an optical disc recording mode
* TAO, tactical action officer, in the U.S. Navy, see Operations specialist (United States Navy)