Prioritization
Prioritization is the activity that arranges items or activities in order of importance relative to each other.
In the context of medical evaluation it is the establishment of the importance or the urgency of actions that are necessary to prese ...
is an action that arranges items or activities in order of importance.
Priority may refer specifically to:
Law
* Priority or right of way on the road, see
Traffic § Priority (right of way)
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Priority signs
Priority traffic signs indicate the order in which vehicles should pass intersection points. Vehicles often come into conflict with other vehicles and pedestrians because their intended courses of travel intersect, and thus interfere with each ot ...
, a traffic sign that specifies which route has the right of way
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Priority date
Priority date is a United States immigration concept – it is the date when a principal applicant first reveals his or her intent of immigration to the US government. For family-sponsored applicants, the priority date is the date an immigration ...
, a concept of establishing waiting times in the immigration process by United States Department of State
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Priority right
In patent, industrial design rights and trademark laws, a priority right or right of priority is a time-limited right, triggered by the first filing of an application for a patent, an industrial design or a trademark respectively. The priority ri ...
, a time-limited right, triggered by the first filing of an application for a patent
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Subordination (finance)
Subordination in banking and finance refers to the order of priorities in claims for ownership or interest in various assets.
United States law Subordination of debt
Subordination is the process by which a creditor is placed in a lower priority f ...
, the order of priorities in claims for ownership or interest in various assets
Music
* ''Priorities'', the debut album by Bedfordshire-based rock band
Don Broco
Don Broco are a British rock band formed in Bedford, England, in 2008. The band consists of Rob Damiani (lead vocals), Simon Delaney (guitar), Tom Doyle (bass and programming) and Matt Donnelly (drums, lead and backing vocals). The band have rel ...
*"Priority", a song by Jolin Tsai from the 2004 album ''
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
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Priority Records
Priority Records is an American distribution company and record label known for artists including N.W.A, Ice-T, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Big L, Silkk the Shocker and Westside Connection. It also distributed hip hop record labels including Death Row ...
, a record label started in 1985 and acquired by Capitol Records
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''Priority'' (Pointer Sisters album)
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''Priority'' (Imperials album), 1980
Science and technology
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Scheduling priority
In computing, scheduling is the action of assigning ''resources'' to perform ''tasks''. The ''resources'' may be processors, network links or expansion cards. The ''tasks'' may be threads, processes or data flows.
The scheduling activity is c ...
, the way computing processes are assigned priorities in a run queue
* Priority, a tag or attribute of a
requirement
In product development and process optimization, a requirement is a singular documented physical or functional need that a particular design, product or process aims to satisfy. It is commonly used in a formal sense in engineering design, includi ...
in software or systems engineering
*Priority of the scientific names of organisms, including:
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Principle of Priority
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Priority is a fundamental principle of modern botanical nomenclature and zoological nomenclature. Essentially, it is the principle of recognising the first valid application of a name to a plant or animal. There are two asp ...
, the principle that the oldest available name for a biological taxon is the valid one
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botanical nomenclature
Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants. It is related to, but distinct from taxonomy. Plant taxonomy is concerned with grouping and classifying plants; botanical nomenclature then provides names for the results of this ...
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zoological nomenclature
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ...
* Priority number, given to each functional group in IUPAC
organic nomenclature
In chemical nomenclature, the IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry is a method of naming organic chemical compounds as recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). It is published in the '' Nomenclature of ...
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Scientific priority In science, priority is the credit given to the individual or group of individuals who first made the discovery or propose the theory. Fame and honours usually go to the first person or group to publish a new finding, even if several researchers arr ...
, the priority of scientific ideas
Other uses
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Priority (fencing)
Priority or right of way is the decision criterion used in foil and sabre fencing to determine which fencer receives the touch, or point, when both fencers land a hit within the same short time-frame (less than 1 second). After this window, if on ...
, a scoring criterion in the sport of fencing
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Priority level, the priority of emergency communications
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Priority mail, a service of the US Postal Service
See also
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Preemption (disambiguation)
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Preference
In psychology, economics and philosophy, preference is a technical term usually used in relation to choosing between alternatives. For example, someone prefers A over B if they would rather choose A than B. Preferences are central to decision th ...
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