Event may refer to:
Gatherings of people
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Ceremony
A ceremony (, ) is a unified ritualistic event with a purpose, usually consisting of a number of artistic components, performed on a special occasion.
The word may be of Etruscan origin, via the Latin '' caerimonia''.
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, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion
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Convention (meeting)
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom. ...
, a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest
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Event management, the organization of events
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Festival, an event that celebrates some unique aspect of a community
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Happening
A happening is a performance, event, or situation art, usually as performance art. The term was first used by Allan Kaprow during the 1950s to describe a range of art-related events.
History
Origins
Allan Kaprow first coined the term "happen ...
, a type of artistic performance
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Media event, an event created for publicity
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Party, a social, recreational or corporate events held
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Sporting event
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can ...
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Virtual event, a gathering of individuals within a virtual environment
Science, technology, and mathematics
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Event (computing), a software message indicating that something has happened, such as a keystroke or mouse click
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Event (philosophy), an object in time, or an instantiation of a property in an object
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Event (probability theory), a set of outcomes to which a probability is assigned
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Event (relativity), a point in space at an instant in time, i.e. a location in spacetime
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Event (synchronization primitive) In computer science, an event (also called event semaphore) is a type of synchronization mechanism that is used to indicate to waiting processes when a particular condition has become true.
An event is an abstract data type with a boolean state and ...
, a type of synchronization mechanism
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Event (UML), in Unified Modeling Language, a notable occurrence at a particular point in time
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Event (particle physics), refers to the results just after a fundamental interaction took place between subatomic particles
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Event horizon, a boundary in spacetime, typically surrounding a black hole, beyond which events cannot affect an exterior observer
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Extinction event
An extinction event (also known as a mass extinction or biotic crisis) is a widespread and rapid decrease in the biodiversity on Earth. Such an event is identified by a sharp change in the diversity and abundance of multicellular organisms. I ...
, a sharp decrease in the number of extant species in a short period of time
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Impact event
An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have physical consequences and have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or me ...
, in which an extraterrestrial object impacts planet
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Mental event, something that happens in the mind, such as a thought
Arts and entertainment
* ''
The Event'', an American conspiracy thriller television series for NBC
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''The Event'' (2003 film), directed by Thom Fitzgerald
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''The Event'' (2015 film), directed by Sergei Loznitsa
* ''
Derren Brown: The Events'', a Channel 4 television series featuring the illusionist Derren Brown
* ''Event'', a literary magazine published by
Douglas College
Business
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Event Communications, a London-based museum design consultancy
See also
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Competition, a contest between organisms, animals, individuals, groups, etc.
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Disaster, an event causing significant damage or destruction, loss of life, or change to the environment
* Event chain methodology, in project management
* Eventing, an equestrian event comprising dressage, cross-country and show-jumping
* Eventive (disambiguation)
* Grouped Events, in philosophy, the experience of two or more events that occur in sequence or concurrently that can be subsequently categorized
* Event (yacht), ''Event'' (yacht), a yacht built by Amels Holland B.V.
* News, new information or information on current events
* Phenomenon, any observable occurrence
* Portal:Current events, (Wikipedia portal)
* Sequence of events
* Sustainable event management or Event Greening
* The Event (disambiguation)
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