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Halo may refer to:

• Halo (religious iconography), a glow or ring of light around a head or person in art

Game franchise and spin-offs

• Halo (series), a video game franchise by Bungie and Microsoft Game Studios
  • Halo (megastructure), the megastructure that is the center of the game's canon.
  • Halo: Combat Evolved, the first game in the series, released in 2001
    • Halo Original Soundtrack, the soundtrack for the first game in the series
  • Halo 2, the second game in the series, released in 2004
    • Halo 2 Original Soundtrack, the soundtrack for the second game in the series split into two volumes; Volume one and two released at different dates
  • Halo 3, the third game in the series, released in 2007.
    • Halo 3 Original Soundtrack, the soundtrack for the third game in the series
  • Halo Wars, a real-time strategy spin-off created by Ensemble Studios, released in 2009.
  • Halo 3: ODST, a game set during the events of Halo 2 and Halo 3, released in 2009
  • Halo: Reach, a prequel to the first game, released in 2010
    • Halo: Reach Original Soundtrack, the soundtrack for the above game in the series
  • Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, the remake of the first game, released in November, 2011
  • Halo 4, the recently announced first installment to the second trilogy, to be released in November 2012
  • Halo 5, recently announced at E3 2011 (Part of the Reclaimer Trilogy), release date is unknown.
  • Halo 6, recently announced at E3 2011 (Part of the Reclaimer Trilogy), release date is unknown.
  • Halo Legends, a series of short animated films set in the Halo franchise's universe

Print

• Halo (comics), a fictional superheroine
• "Halo" (story), by Charles Stross
• Halo, a novel by Tom Maddox
• Halo, a novel by Alexandra Adornetto
• a series of novels based on the Halo video game:
  • Halo: The Fall of Reach, a novel by Eric Nylund
  • Halo: The Flood, a novel by William C. Dietz
  • Halo: First Strike, a novel by Eric Nylund
  • Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, a novel by Eric Nylund
  • Halo: Contact Harvest, a novel by Joseph Staten
  • Halo: The Cole Protocol, a novel by Tobias S. Buckell
  • Halo: Cryptum, a novel by Greg Bear
  • Halo: Glasslands, a novel by Karen Traviss
  • Halo: Primordium, a novel by Greg Bear

Aviation

• High Altitude Low Opening, a parachute technique
• BAE HALO, a planned military aircraft
• Mil Mi-26, a heavy transport helicopter, NATO reporting name Halo

Natural science

• Halo (optical phenomenon), an atmospheric illusion produced by ice crystals
• Galactic halo
• Halo nucleus
• Halo orbit
• Halo- (disambiguation), a chemical prefix

Music

Performers

• Halo (metal band), an Australian drone/sludge metal band
• Halo (Christian rock band), an American group
• Halo (UK band), a rock group

Songs

• "Halo" (Beyoncé Knowles song)
• "Halo" (Machine Head song)
• "Halo" (Red Flag song)
• "Halo" (Soil song)
• "Halo" (Texas song)
• "Halo", a song by Bloc Party on the album Intimacy
• "Halo", a song by Depeche Mode on the album Violator
• "Halo", a song by Foo Fighters on the album One by One
• "Halo", a song by Bethany Joy Galeotti on the album Friends with Benefits: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 2
• "Halo", a song by Porcupine Tree on the album Deadwing
• "Halo", a song by the Pussycat Dolls on the album Doll Domination
• "Halo", a song by Tinchy Stryder on the album Catch 22
• "Halo", a song by Takida on the album Bury the Lies
• "Haloes", a song by The Tubes on the album The Tubes
• "Halo", a song by Endless Shame on the album Generation Blind

Other uses in music

• Halo (album), by Current 93
• Halo numbers, a numbering system used by industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails to organize official releases
• Halo Records, a record label

Films

• Halo (1996 film), a 1996 Indian film
• Halo (2007 cancelled film), a cancelled film version of the Halo video game series

Other uses

• Halo (bar)
• Halo (horse)
• Halo (medicine), a cervical brace
• Halo, West Virginia, United States
• Halo effect, a type of cognitive bias
• Halo Project (Project Halo), computer science "digital Aristotle"
• HALO Trust, an organization to remove war debris
• Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a baseball team, nicknamed "the Halos"
• Halo, a move used in the dance b-boying
• Halo antenna, a common omni-directional antenna.
• Halo, a certain type of automobile headlamp