Telos

Telos is Greek for "purpose," "end," or "goal". It may refer to one of the following:

Companies

• Telos (company), a defense contractor and software business in Ashburn, Virginia
• The Telos Alliance, a manufacturer of equipment for broadcasting stations
• Telos Publishing, a publishing company that deals primarily in horror/fantasy and unofficial program guides

Literature

• Telos (journal), a journal of politics, philosophy, and critical theory, and its accompanying publishing company, Telos Press
• Telos (journal), a review of communication and innovation, published by the Telefónica Foundation
• Telos (fanzine), a defunct fanzine

Computer science

• Telos (computer science), a logic-based knowledge representation language
• TELOS, acronym for The EuLisp Object System

In fiction

• Telos (Star Wars), a planet in the Star Wars universe
• Telos (Doctor Who), a planet in the television series Doctor Who
• T-elos, an antagonist in the video game series Xenosaga

Other

• Telos (philosophy), the philosophical concept of purpose; it is related to teleology, the study of design, purpose, and intent
• Telos Lake, in the Maine north woods
• Tilos (Ancient Greek: Telos), a Greek island in the Dodecanese
• TELOS (project management), an acronym used in Project Management regarding feasibility studies
• "Telos", a song from the album The Parallax II: Future Sequence by American progressive metal band Between The Buried and Me.
• Lornoxicam, an anti-inflammatory drug; one of its trade names