title: Advent (disambiguation)
text: # Advent (disambiguation)
  
  Advent is a season in the Christian calendar preceding Christmas. It is synonymous with the secularized Christmas season.
  
  Advent may also refer to:
  
  ## Religion
  
  * Second Coming, the return of Jesus to Earth in Christian belief
  * Nativity Fast, Advent in the Eastern Orthodox Church
  * The Advent (magazine), a magazine published by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram
  
  ## Places
  
  * Advent, Cornwall, United Kingdom, a civil parish
  * Advent, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community
  
  ## Technology
  
  * Advent Computers, a computer brand produced by British company DSG International
  * Advent Corporation, a company founded by Henry Kloss that made speakers and home audio equipment
  * Advent Software, a financial software company based in San Francisco
  * Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology, ADVENT, an aircraft engine development program run by the US Air Force
  * Advent (Voxx International), a brand of speakers, hi-fi equipment and computer peripherals
  
  ## Computer games
  
  * Colossal Cave Adventure or ADVENT, a 1970s computer game
  * Mega Man ZX Advent, a 2007 video game
  * Advent Rising, a 2005 video game
  * A faction in the game Sins of a Solar Empire
  * ADVENT, the faction opposing the player in XCOM 2
  
  ## Companies
  
  * Advent International, a global buyout firm
  * Advent (publisher), a publisher of science fiction books
  
  ## Music
  
  * The Advent, a British electronic music band
  * Advent (band), an American hardcore punk band
  * "Advent", a song by Opeth from the album Morningrise
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Advent (film), a 2016 film by Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi
  * Advent Trilogy, a series of fantasy novels by James Treadwell
  * "Advent", a Series A episode of the television series QI (2003)
  