Wiz may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Wizard (MUD) This is a glossary of terms common in multi-user dungeon (MUD) multiplayer virtual worlds. A–Z See also * Glossary of video game terms ...

, or wiz, a developer or administrator of Multi-User Dungeon game *"Wiz" Zumwalt, the hero of a series of novels by Rick Cook * Wiz (''KonoSuba''), a character in the light novel series ''KonoSuba'' *Wiz, a character in the '' Wiz 'n' Liz'' video game *Wiz, a character in the '' Eternally Confused and Eager for Love'' Netflix series *Wiz, a character in the ''D.N.Angel'' manga series

People

W.I.Z. Andrew John "W.I.Z." Whiston (born 4 January 1964) is an English director of films and music videos. Career W.I.Z. has directed a number of high-concept videos for major music artists from the United Kingdom and the United States, including Mas ...

, Andrew Whiston (born 1964), an English director of films and music videos *

Marko Wiz Marko Wiz was a politician of the 17th century in Slovenia when the country was under the Holy Roman Empire. He became mayor of Ljubljana {{Infobox settlement , name = Ljubljana , official_name = , settlement_type = Ca ...

, a 17th century politician in Slovenia *Wiz, stage name of Darren Brown (musician) (1962–2006) *Wiz, American rapper, member of

Bravehearts Bravehearts were an American hip hop group from New York City. The group's roster originally included Jungle (born Jabari Jones, son of jazz trumpeter Olu Dara, and younger brother of hip hop star Nas), Wiz (born Mike Epps), and Horse (born E. ...

Wiz Khalifa Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by his stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he signed with the local independent label Rostrum Records to re ...

, Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born 1987), American rapper *

Jarkko Oikarinen Jarkko Oikarinen (born 16 August 1967) is a Finnish IT professional and the inventor of the first Internet chat network, called Internet Relay Chat (IRC), where he is known as WiZ. Biography and career Oikarinen was born in Kuusamo. While worki ...

, creator of

IRC IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called '' channels'', but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat ...

, known online as WiZ

Technology

WiZ Wiz may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Wizard (MUD), or wiz, a developer or administrator of Multi-User Dungeon game *"Wiz" Zumwalt, the hero of a series of novels by Rick Cook * Wiz (''KonoSuba''), a character in the light novel series ''Kon ...

, a compression program for Windows *

GP2X Wiz The GP2X Wiz is a handheld game console and portable media player developed by South Korean company GamePark Holdings running a Linux kernel-based embedded operating system. GP2X Wiz was released in May 2009, and was the first console from both ...

, an open-source handheld video game console

Companies and organizations

Wiz (company) Wiz, Inc. is an Israeli-American cloud security company, headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in January 2020 by Assaf Rappaport, Yinon Costica, Roy Reznik, and Ami Luttwak, all of whom previously founded Adallom. The compan ...

, an Israeli cybersecurity company *

Washington Wizards The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays i ...

, a professional American basketball team *Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ, co-creator of

Tamagotchi is a brand of handheld digital pets that was created in Japan by Akihiro Yokoi of WiZ and Aki Maita of Bandai. It was released by Bandai on November 23, 1996 in Japan and in the United States on May 1, 1997, quickly becoming one of the bigge ...