Alt
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Alt or ALT may refer to:
Culture and sociology
Alt account, an alternative online identity; when used deceptively, it is known as a sock puppet account
Alternate character, in role-playing games
Alternative lifestyle, behavior outside the cultural norm
Alternative or youth subculture, including "alt fashion" and "alt aesthetics"
alt.* hierarchy, the main set of USENET newsgroups that were not distributed by default
Alt-right, an abbreviation of alternative right, a loosely connected far-right, white nationalist movement based largely in the United States
Arts and media
André Leon Talley (1948–2022), fashion journalist, stylist, and creative director
Alt (film), a 2013 Venezuelan 6-minute science-fiction movie
Music
Alternative rock, a music genre
A.L.T. (born 1970), American Chicano rapper
ALT (band) (c. 1995), consisting of Andy White, Liam Ó Maonlaí, and Tim Finn
ALT (album), 2012, by Van der Graaf Generator
ALT (EP), 2015, by Vanna
Alt-J (formed 2007), English indie rock band
Alt, alt dom, or altered dominant — see Glossary of music terminology § A
In alt, singing in the octave above the treble staff (G5 to F6)
ALT, a robotic singer with songs in the Bemani game series including Pop'n Music, Reflec Beat and Jubeat — see Dance Dance Revolution X3 vs.
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