avatar means body manifestation on one be super powerful, in the Hindu religion. Avatar is a supreme, immortal being. The deity Vishnu, who is worshiped by Hindus, has many avatars, and has suffered according to them many incarnations. In other religions this term is also used to remember the incarnations of other deities.
Avatar is any spirit that occupies an earthly body, which represents a divine manifestation in the earth, for the Hindu people, is the incarnation of divinity, who descends from the divine realm, and uses the matter of another body.
This word has also been used a lot by the media and in information technology, because figures similar to the user are created, for example, in social networks, allowing customization inside the computer, thus gaining a body virtual. This creation is similar to an avatar for being a transcendence of the person's image. The name was used from the 1980s onwards in a computer game.
Avatar is also the name of a science fiction movie, released in 2009, and directed by James Cameron.
