In Greek mythology, Talos (; , Talos) or Talon (; , Talon) was a giant automaton made of bronze to protect Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders. He circled the island's shores three times daily.

Taligent (a portmanteau of Talent and Intelligent) was the name of an object-oriented operating system, and the company dedicated to producing it. Initially started as a project within Apple to provide a replacement for the Mac OS, it was later spun off into a joint venture with IBM as part of the AIM alliance, with the purpose of building a competing platform to Microsoft Cairo and NeXTSTEP.