Vista Explained

Vista usually refers to a distant view. It may also refer to:

Software

• Windows Vista, a version of the Microsoft Windows operating system released in 2006/2007.
• Vista Transformation Pack, software created by Windows X to transform Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 into Windows Vista-based graphical interface
• VistA (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture), is an electronic medical records (EMR / EHR) system used by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare facilities, as well as by other healthcare facilities worldwide.
• WebCT Vista, Enterpise Learning Management System from the company "Blackboard". It is used in the Higher Education domain as an application for teaching and learning.
• Vista and VistaPro, Amiga 3D landscape generation software.
• ViSta, visualization software for statistical data, developed since 1991, Website
• AltaVista, the search engine
• Vista Entertainment Solutions, International Cinema Management Software, Website
• LankaVista, Sri Lankan web portal and search engine, Website

Organizations and institutions

• BadVista, an FSF-initiated campaign against Windows Vista
• Vista Community College, now Berkeley City College, a community college in Berkeley, California, USA
• Vista University, a university located in South Africa
• Volunteers in Service to America
• Ventura Intercity Service Transit Authority, a public transportation agency in Ventura County, California, USA

Places

• Vista, South Australia, Australia
• Vista, California, USA
• Vista, Missouri, USA
• Vista, New Mexico, USA
• Vista, New York, USA
• Vista, North Carolina, USA
• Vista, Texas, USA
• Vista, Utah, USA
• Vista, Washington, USA
• Vista Center, New Jersey, USA
• Vista Hundred, Sweden
• Vista West, Wyoming, USA
• Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
• Buona Vista, Singapore
• Chula Vista, California, USA
• La Vista, Nebraska, USA
• Mount Vista, Washington, USA
• Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA
• Lake Buena Vista, Florida, home to Walt Disney World Resort
• Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Persons

• Natalia Boa Vista, one of fictional characters in .

Vehicles

• Thomas Vista, a school bus produced by Thomas Built Buses until 1998
• Toyota Vista, a passenger car produced by Toyota until 2003
• Vista Cruiser, a station wagon produced by Oldsmobile until 1977
• Dodge / Plymouth Colt Vista, a compact MPV licensed from Mitsubishi.
• Eagle Vista, a rebadged Mitsubishi Mirage sold under the Eagle brand from 1988-1992.
• F-16 VISTA, a variant of the Lockheed-Martin F-16 fighter aircraft range with thrust vector control (TVC).

Miscellaneous

• Vista Federal Credit Union, a credit union that serves employees of The Walt Disney Company
• Vista (Middle-earth), from the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, is a part of the atmosphere that surrounds the world of Arda
• VISTA (telescope), Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
• VistaVision, a 35mm motion picture film format.
• VISTA (economics), Vietnam, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey, Argentina. Considered to be the next group of emerging markets after BRICs.
• Vista(IIMB Fest), the annual Management festival of IIM Bangalore.
• Vista - a linear avenue cut through an ornamental woodland or policy, often part of a series of such vistas radiating out from a central hub.
• Vista - otherwise horizon