Call or Calls may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Games
* Call, a type of
betting in poker
* Call, in the game of
contract bridge, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage
Music and dance
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Call (band)
Call () is a Pakistani rock band from Lahore, Pakistan. The current line-up was formed in 2002, the group consists of Junaid Khan (singer), Junaid Khan (lead vocalist), Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan, Zulfiqar J. Khan (lead guitar, producer) and Muhammad ...
, from Lahore, Pakistan
* Call, a command in square dancing, delivered by a
caller
* "
Call / I4U
"Call" / "I4U" s the 29th single by Japanese pop group AAA. It is included in the group's second best of album '' AAA Best''. The song was written by Kenn Kato and Mitsuhiro Hidaka. The single was released in Japan on August 31, 2011, under A ...
", a 2011 single by Japanese music group AAA
* "Call", a 2002 song by Ashanti from her album ''
Ashanti''
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"Call" (Stray Kids song), 2021
Film
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''Call'' (film), or ''The Call'', 2020 South Korean film
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''Calls'' (film), 2021 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film
Television
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''Calls'' (TV series), a mystery thriller TV series on Apple TV+
Finance
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Call on shares A partly paid share is a share in a company which has only partial been paid compared to the par value, with the understanding that as the company requires more funds, calls will be made from time to time to request more money until the shares are ...
, a request for a further payment on partly paid share capital
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Call option
In finance, a call option, often simply labeled a "call", is a contract between the buyer and the seller of the call option to exchange a security at a set price. The buyer of the call option has the right, but not the obligation, to buy an ...
, a term in stock trading
Science and technology
Computing
* Call, a shell
command in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows command-line interpreters
* Call, a method of starting a
subroutine
In computer programming, a function or subroutine is a sequence of program instructions that performs a specific task, packaged as a unit. This unit can then be used in programs wherever that particular task should be performed.
Functions may ...
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Computer-assisted language learning, a concept in language education
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System call, in computer science, the mechanism used by an application program to request service from the operating system or another application program
Nature
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Animal communication
Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) that affects the current or future behavior of the receivers. Information may be sent int ...
, a song or noise made by an animal such as:
**
Bird call, a type of bird vocalization
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Mating call, animal communication to attract a sexual partner
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Game call
A game call is a device that is used to mimic animal noises to attract or drive animals to a hunter. Animal species attracted to game calls include deer, turkey, ducks, geese, moose, elk, raccoons, wild pigs, coyotes, bears, wolves, cougars, foxes ...
, a device that is used to animal communication noises to attract or drive animals to a hunter
Telecommunications
* Call, an attempt to set up a
telecommunication circuit
* Call, in
teletraffic engineering, a unit of traffic measurement
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Call origination, in telephony
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Call sign, in broadcasting and radio communications, a unique designation for a transmitting station
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Telephone call
Other uses
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Call (surname)
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Religious calling
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Call, Texas, a community in the south-central United States
* CALL,
U.S. Army Center for Army Lessons Learned The Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) continuously leads the Army Lessons Learned Program and identifies, collects, analyzes, disseminates, and archives lessons and best practices while maintaining global situational awareness in order to share ...
* CALL, Center for Anglican Learning & Leadership at the
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
See also
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Caller (disambiguation)
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Calling (disambiguation)
Calling may refer to:
* Religious calling, a religious vocation
* Effectual calling, a theological term
* Vocation, or occupation
* Audible animal communication, including mate calling and territorial threat sounds
* Game call, a device that is ...
*
The Call (disambiguation) The Call may refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Call'', a 1936 French film better known as ''The Call of Silence'' or ''L'Appel du Silence''
* ''The Call'', a 2002 short film by Matthew Scott Krentz
* ''The Call'' (2013 film), an American ...
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