Paper Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, rags, grasses or other vegetable sources in water, draining the water through fine mesh leaving the fibre evenly distributed ...

is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibres. Paper(s) or The Paper may also refer to:

Publishing and academia

Newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

, a periodical publication * ''Paper'' (magazine), an American monthly fashion and culture magazine * ''The Paper'' (newspaper), a digital newspaper from Shanghai * ''The Paper'' (American newspaper), a 1960s underground newspaper published in East Lansing, Michigan, United States *

Papers (software) Papers is a reference management software for Mac OS X and Windows, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. It is primarily used to organize references and maintain a library of PDF documents and also prov ...

, a reference management package *

Scholarly paper Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in academic journal articles, books or theses. The part of academic written output that is not formally pub ...

, in academic publishing, a work published in a peer-reviewed journal **

Scientific paper : ''For a broader class of literature, see Academic publishing.'' Scientific literature comprises scholarly publications that report original empirical and theoretical work in the natural and social sciences. Within an academic field, scienti ...

Term paper A term paper is a research paper written by students over an academic term, accounting for a large part of a grade. Merriam-Webster defines it as "a major written assignment in a school or college course representative of a student's achievement d ...

, a research paper written by a student as a school assignment

Society, government, and business

Banknote A banknote—also called a bill (North American English), paper money, or simply a note—is a type of negotiable instrument, negotiable promissory note, made by a bank or other licensed authority, payable to the bearer on demand. Banknotes w ...

, or paper money *

Commercial paper Commercial paper, in the global financial market, is an unsecured promissory note with a fixed maturity of rarely more than 270 days. In layperson terms, it is like an " IOU" but can be bought and sold because its buyers and sellers have some ...

, a type of unsecured promissory note *

Document A document is a written, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought, often the manifestation of non-fictional, as well as fictional, content. The word originates from the Latin ''Documentum'', which denotes a "teaching" or ...

, a physical representation of a body of information **

Legal instrument Legal instrument is a legal term of art that is used for any formally executed written document that can be formally attributed to its author, records and formally expresses a legally enforceable act, process, or contractual duty, obligation, or ...

or legal document **

Identity documents An identity document (also called ID or colloquially as papers) is any document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard credit card size form, it is usually called an identity card (IC, ID card, citizen ca ...

Breed registry A breed registry, also known as a herdbook, studbook or register, in animal husbandry and the hobby of animal fancy, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known. Animals are usually registered by their breede ...

or pedigreed animal documentation * ''Paper'' (company), an education technology software company *

White paper A white paper is a report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the issuing body's philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. A white paper ...

, an authoritative report by a government or other organization **

Green paper In the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth countries, Hong Kong, the United States and the European Union, a green paper is a tentative government report and consultation document of policy proposals for debate and discussion. A green paper represen ...

, in Europe, a non-committal report that may lead to a white paper * Papers (information leaks), a popular term for leaks of financial or governmental data

Popular culture

Film and television

* ''The Paper'' (film), a 1994 film directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton * ''Paper'' (film), a 2010 Turkish film * ''The Paper'' (TV series), an American reality show * "The Paper" (''SpongeBob SquarePants'') * ''

Novine ''Novine'' ( en, The Paper), is a Croatian drama series that has been broadcast on Hrvatska Radiotelevizija since 2016. The screenplay for it was written by Ivica Đikić, a journalist who had served as editor-in-chief of Rijeka's '' Novi list'' ...

'', a 2016 Croatian TV series translated into English as ''The Paper'' by international broadcasters * ''Paper'', a 2020 Indian web series by

Ullu Ullu is an Over-The-Top media streaming platform, owned and maintained by Vibhu Agarwal, founder and group CEO of Ullu and Atrangii. It is currently available for Android and iOS. Shows Web series Short films Controversy and Legal action ...

Music

* ''Paper'' (album), an album by Rich Robinson * "Paper" (Krayzie Bone song), 1999 * "Paper" (Queen Latifah song), 1998 * "Paper" (Svala song), 2017 * "Papers" (song), a 2009 song by Usher * "Paper", a song by Talking Heads from ''

Fear of Music ''Fear of Music'' is the third studio album by American rock band Talking Heads, released on August 3, 1979, by Sire Records. It was recorded at locations in New York City during April and May 1979 and was produced by Brian Eno and Talking Heads. ...

'' * "Paper", a song by Falz from ''

Moral Instruction ''Moral Instruction'' is the fourth studio album by Nigerian rapper Falz. It was released on January 15, 2019, by Bahd Guys Entertainment. The album was recorded in Nigerian pidgin and samples musical recordings from Fela Kuti. Its production was ...

Other media

Yomiko Readman , also known as "The Paper," is the protagonist in the Japanese novel series ''Read or Die'' and its manga and original video animation (OVA) spin-offs. She is also a major player (but not the protagonist) in the sequel, ''R.O.D the TV''. She al ...

or "The Paper", a fictional character in the Japanese light-novel series ''Read or Die'' and related manga and OVA * ''Papers'', a play by

Allan Stratton Allan Stratton (born 1951) is a Canadian playwright and novelist. Life and career Stratton was born in Stratford, Ontario, and began his professional arts career while he was still in high school when James Reaney published his play ''The ...

Other

Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization The Donald C. Backer Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization (PAPER) is a radio interferometer funded by the National Science Foundation to detect 21 cm hydrogen (HI) fluctuations occurring when the first galaxies ionized inte ...

(PAPER), a radio telescope *

Facebook Paper Facebook Paper was a standalone mobile app created by Facebook, only for iOS, that intended to serve as a phone-based equivalent of a newspaper or magazine. The app was announced by Facebook on January 30, 2014, and released for iOS on February ...

, a defunct news portal, released 2014 *

Dropbox Paper Dropbox Paper, or simply Paper, is a collaborative document-editing service developed by Dropbox. Originating from the company's acquisition of document collaboration company Hackpad in April 2014, Dropbox Paper was officially announced in Octobe ...

, a web-based document editing tool, released 2015