Solo

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Solo (Italian for alone) is a descriptive term applied to any activity done alone. Examples include flying, driving, singing, playing a musical instrument, or anything normally or previously done as part of a group or team. For example, the members of The Beatles have subsequently had "solo careers" in various fields.

In addition, solo has other meanings:

1 Music
2 Fiction
3 Places
4 Products
5 Recreation
6 Other
7 See also

Music

Solo (music), part of a piece of music played predominantly by one performer, often with other performers providing less prominent "backing." Solo types include:
- Drum solo
- Guitar solo
Solo (album), an album by Hugh Cornwell.

Fiction

Solo, a 1977 New Zealand film.
Solo, a 1996 science-fiction film.
Han Solo, a character from the Star Wars films.
- Solo family, relatives and ancestors of Han in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
Napoleon Solo, a character from the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Solo One, an Australian television series.
Solo, a thriller novel by Jack Higgins.
Solo, a comic book series published by DC Comics.

Places

Coco Solo, a U.S. Navy submarine base in the Panama Canal Zone.
Solo (known formally as Surakarta), a city in Indonesia.
Bengawan Solo River, the longest river on the Indonesian island of Java (also known as the Solo River).

Products

Solo (debit card), a brand of debit card in the U.K.
Solo (soft drink), the name of two unrelated Norwegian and Australian soft drinks.
Panther Solo, a British sports car.
Optare Solo, a British-built midibus

Recreation

Solo climbing, or soloing, a style of climbing in which the climber climbs alone, without somebody belaying him.
Solo whist, also called solo, a trick-taking card game based on whist.
Dance Dance Revolution Solo, or DDR Solo, a music video game series.

Other

Solo exhibition, a display in a gallery, museum or other venue of the works of only one visual artist.
Solo, the nickname of British hacker Gary McKinnon.
EC-130 Commando Solo, a U.S. special-purpose aircraft used for broadcasting.
Going Solo, a nonfiction book by Roald Dahl.