X (disambiguation)

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X is the twenty-fourth letter of the Roman alphabet. It can also refer to:

In music:

• X (US band), a punk rock band featuring Exene Cervenka and John Doe
• X (Australian band), a punk rock band featuring Ian Rilen
• X Japan, originally named simply "X", a Japanese rock band
• The Ex, an experimental band, based in the Netherlands
• X (album), a common name among several musical albums
• X is a song from the 2001 album Toxicity by System of a Down

In television, film and theatre:

• X (aka X/1999), a Japanese manga which was later made into a movie and anime series
• The X-Files, an American science fiction TV series
  • X (The X-Files), a character on The X-Files
• X-rated, a label applied to movies implying strong adult content, typically pornography or violence
• Malcolm X (film), a film by Spike Lee
• X (1963 film)
• The X (CBC), a Canadian children's television program produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• The X's, an American animated television series
• Theatre X, an American theatre company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• X-gun, a weapon featured in the manga and anime series Gantz
• Kamen Rider X

In computing:

• X Window System, a windowing system for bitmap displays
• .x, the file extension for a DirectX 3D polygon mesh
• Mac OS X, a computer operating system developed and sold by Apple Computer, Inc.
• Mega Man X (character), the main character of the Mega Man X video game series
• X, a unit used to measure speed of storage devices like CD-ROMs, DVDs, and flash cards
• X (Game Boy game), a game for Nintendo's original Game Boy
• X: Beyond the Frontier, a space simulation computer game
• Radio X is a fictional radio station in the 2004 videogame Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas

In sports:

• X Division, a style of professional wrestling
• X, a pseudonym used by Carl Ouellet as a masked professional wrestler

In other areas:

• X (Dark Horse Comics), a comic book
• X (Marvel Comics), a character owned by Marvel Comics
• X (roller coaster), the roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain
• X chromosome, one of the two sex chromosomes in many animal species
• X-cancel, a philately term denoting a cancellation in pen or pencil in the form of an "X"
• X-ray, a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in the range of 10 to 0.1 nanometers
• George F. Kennan, used by him for the "X Article"
• Ecstasy (drug), sometimes known by the slang term "X"
• Generation X, the generation of people born in the Western world following the post-World War II baby boom generation
• The NYSE stock symbol for U.S. Steel
• The X (automobile), a French car produced in 1908 and 1909
• Negative X, a chemical mixture that ignites in the presence of water.
• X (Xbox show)
• The video game character Megaman X is simply known as "X" in the series.

[edit] See also

• The X, for multiple meanings of this phrase
• List of sets of unrelated songs with identical titles for several songs all entitled "X"
• Meanings for X section in the main "X" article for more uses not listed here
• Saint Andrew's Cross, which bears the shape of an "X"
• ×, the multiplication symbol.