AV, Av or A.V. may refer to:

Arts and entertainment The abbreviation of audiovisual, possessing both a sound and a visual component Av or Avrom Isaacs (1926–2016), Canadian art dealer Av Westin (1929–2022), American television producer AV Prafullachandra, Indian music composer Amusement Vision, the former name of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

Movies

A.V. (film), a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Pang Ho-Cheung Adult video, an alternative name/synonym of a pornographic film AV The Hunt, a 2020 Turkish thriller film directed by Emre Akay Arun Vijay (born 1977), Indian actor

Places Anguilla (FIPS country code and obsolete NATO diagram AV) Antelope Valley, a valley in Southern California Province of Avellino, a province of Italy

Politics

Av or Avrum Gross (1936–2018), American lawyer and Attorney General of Alaska America Votes, an American 501(c)4 organization that promotes progressive causes Anonymous for the Voiceless, a grassroots animal rights organization specializing in street activism Alternative vote, an electoral system used to elect a single winner from a field of more than two candidates Approval voting, a non-ranking vote system

Science and technology Anatomy and medicine Aerobic vaginitis, vaginal infection associated with overgrowth of aerobic bacteria Arteriovenous (disambiguation) Atrioventricular (disambiguation)

Electronics and computing Access violation, a computer software error Age verification, system for checking a user's age Antivirus software, used to prevent, detect and remove malicious software Audio and video connector, a cable between two devices Analog video AV Linux, a Linux-based operating system Avaya, a technology company formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange with symbol "AV"

Fluid dynamics Annular velocity, speed of the drilling fluid's movement in a column called an annulus in oil wells Apparent viscosity, shear stress divided by shear rate

Other uses in science and technology A-type main-sequence star, in astronomy, abbreviated A V Aperture value mode, setting on photo cameras that allows to choose a specific aperture value

Transportation

Av. or Ave, an abbreviation for Avenue (landscape) Ambulance Victoria, an ambulance service operated in the Australian state of Victoria AV (cyclecar), a British cyclecar manufactured between 1919 and 1924 Autonomous vehicles Bavarian A V, an 1853 steam locomotive model Avianca (IATA airline code AV) Aviation, abbreviated Av in military use A US Navy hull classification symbol: Seaplane tender (AV) AeroVironment, manufacturer of unmanned military aircraft and systems

Other uses Authorised Version of the Bible (also known as King James Version) Av (month), a month in the Hebrew calendar av, the Avar language's ISO 639-1 code or AV from Latin aurum (avrvm), a numismatic abbreviation for "gold" A.V., the putative mark of ébéniste Adam Weisweiler AV Akademikerverlag GmbH & Co. KG an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing (now OmniScriptum) Andhra Vidyalaya College, aka A. V. College, a school in Hyderabad, India Aston Villa F.C., an English professional football club Aviva, British insurance company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange as "AV"

See also 2023 AV, an asteroid that passed closed to the Earth in 2023 A5 (disambiguation) α5 (disambiguation) AV idol, a type of Japanese porn star