Go - Definition and Overview

Go is a commonly used verb that means to move from one place to another. This word has a rich and complex etymology.

Games

• Go (board game), an ancient board game originated from China gaining popularity worldwide. It is also a topic related to Computer Science due to its complexity.
• Go is the starting square in a game of Monopoly (game)

Companies and Organizations

• GO is the Government of Ontario, Canada's provincial bus and train service
• Go Fly was a British airline that was purchased by EasyJet
• GO Corporation was a software company founded in 1987 that pioneered the idea of pen-based handheld computers
• GO.com is the name used by the Walt Disney Internet Group for their public portal. see http://www.go.com/

Motion Pictures, Radio and Music

• Go (2001), a Japanese motion picture about a Korean teen in Japan.
• Go (1999), an American motion picture about three views of one drug deal.
• Go (Vertical Horizon album), a 2003 album by the rock music group Vertical Horizon.
• Go (Moby album), an album by Moby.
• Go!, an album by the rock band Letters To Cleo.
• Go is a mini-album by Sarah Bettens (of K's Choice)
• Go (radio), a Canadian radio program hosted by Brent Bambury.

People

• Go Nagai, a manga-ka
• Go Mifune, the Japanese name of Speed Racer, a character in Speed Racer
• Go Seigen, a go player
• "Go", the Japanese term for an artist's pen name.

Science

• Gene ontology, abbreviated as GO, a controlled vocabulary for information in biology, especially genomics

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