Private or privates may refer to:
Music
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In Private
"In Private" is a song by British singer Dusty Springfield, released as a single on 20 November 1989. It was Springfield's third single in a row to be a chart success, after an absence of nearly two decades from the charts. Both "In Private" and ...
", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation''
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Private (band)
PRIVATE was a pop music group formed in 2006 by Danish producer/singer Thomas Troelsen, along with guitarist Asger Tarpgaard and vocalist Tanja Simonsen, and was later a solo project by Troelsen. PRIVATE's debut album “My Secret Lover” was pro ...
, a Denmark-based band
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"Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorded by Ringo Sheena
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"Private" (Vera Blue song), from the 2017 album ''Perennial''
Literature
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''Private'' (novel), 2010 novel by James Patterson
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''Private'' (novel series), young-adult book series launched in 2006
Film and television
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''Private'' (film), 2004 Italian film
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''Private'' (web series), 2009 web series based on the novel series
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''Privates'' (TV series), 2013 BBC One TV series
* Private, a penguin character in ''
Madagascar''
Other uses
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Private (rank), a military rank
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''Privates'' (video game), 2010 video game
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Private (rocket)
Private was an experimental rocket developed by the California Institute of Technology on behalf of the United States Army. Tested in two different configurations, it provided the proof of concept that a fin-stabilised ballistic missile was technol ...
, American multistage rocket
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Private Media Group
Private Media Group, Inc. is a Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
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, Swedish adult entertainment production and distribution company
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Private (magazine)
''Private'' is a pornographic magazine published by the Swedish publisher and distributor Private Media Group. The magazine is known for its combination of high-quality photography and depiction of sex acts typical of hardcore pornography such a ...
'', flagship magazine of the Private Media Group
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Intimate parts
An intimate part, personal part or private part is a place on the human body which is customarily kept covered by clothing in public venues and conventional settings, as a matter of fashion and cultural norms. In several cultures, revealing these p ...
, a euphemism for human genitals
See also
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Privacy (disambiguation)
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively.
Specific types of privacy include:
*Financial privacy, privacy relating to the banking and financia ...
* Private methods, a means of
encapsulation in object-oriented programming
In software systems, encapsulation refers to the bundling of data with the mechanisms or methods that operate on the data, or the limiting of direct access to some data, such as an object's components. Encapsulation allows developers to present a c ...
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Private school
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Private university
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Privately held company
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Private sector
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Privatization
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