Oz
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Oz can refer to:
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a children's story written by L. Frank Baum
- The Wizard of Oz, the title of various works derived from the books
- Land of Oz, the fictional empire in the Oz books
- Wizard (Oz), the title character
- Oz (TV series), (from "Oswald") the title of a TV show on HBO set in a prison called "The Oswald state correctional facility"
- Oz (magazine), a satirical magazine published in Australia and Britain in the late 1960s and early 1970s
- Asiana Airlines, an abbreviation for the airline from the IATA standards body
- Australia, Oz (from "Australia") a colloquial term for the nation
- Gundam Wing, an organiazation in the anime series was named "Organization of Zodiac", abbreviated O.Z.
- Kevin Nash, a Professional wrestler
- OpenZaurus, a Linux distribution
- ounce, "oz." is an abbreviation for the unit of measure
- Oz, Isère is a commune in the Isère département in France
- Oz (Judge Dredd story), a Judge Dredd storyline in the UK comic, 2000 AD
- Oz programming language, a multi-paradigm computer programming language
- Wizard Of Oz (experiment), a technique for doing user-centered design or usability evaluations of software applications
- OZ - Over Zenith , a PS2 game from Konami, released in Europe as "The Sword of Etheria"
- OZ World, A Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game(MMORPG), based around fishing. Unlike many MMORPGs there is no combat in this game and it can be better described as a social (Chatting & dating) game using 3D avatars.
The Oz surname may refer to:
- Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne, a fictional character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Amos Oz, an Israeli author
- Frank Oz, (Richard Frank Oznowicz) a film director, actor and puppeteer noted for his work on the Muppets and Yoda
- Mehmet Oz, a Turkish American cardiothoracic surgeon
- Rock star, television personality, and pop culture icon Ozzy Osbourne
