Protection Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although th ...

is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection, protected, protective, or protect may also refer to:

Places

* Protection, Georgia, an unincorporated area * Protection, Kansas, a city *

Protection, New York Protection is a hamlet in the town of Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the sec ...

, a hamlet

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Protected'' (film), a 1975 documentary film * ''Protection'' (1929 film), a 1929 film * ''Protection'' (2000 film), a 2000 film directed by Bruce Spangler * ''Protection'' (2001 film), a 2001 film directed by John Flynn

Music

Albums

* ''Protection'' (Face to Face album) or the title song, 2016 * ''Protection'' (Massive Attack album) or the title song (see below), 1994 * '' Protect: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children'', a 2005 punk album

Songs

* "Protection" (Donna Summer song), 1982 * "Protection" (Graham Parker song), 1979 * "Protection" (Massive Attack song), 1994 * "Protection" (Allday song), 2019 *"Protection", a 1977 song by Krokus from '' To You All'' *"Protection", a 2014 song by Lucinda Williams from ''

Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone ''Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone'' is the 11th studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams. The double album was released on September 30, 2014. It is the first album on Williams' own Highway 20 Records label. The song "Compa ...

Other uses

Protect (political organization) Protect (officially incorporated as National Association to Protect Children - PROTECT, Inc.Protect (Charity), a UK charity * Protected (computer programming), an access specifier in many object-oriented programming languages *

Protection (poker) Protection in poker is a bet made with a strong but vulnerable hand, such as top pair when straight or flush draws are possible. The bet forces opponents with draws to either call with insufficient pot odds, or to fold, both of which are profitab ...

, a poker bet with a strong but vulnerable hand *Protection, a slang term for

condoms A condom is a sheath-shaped barrier device used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection (STI). There are both male and female condoms. With proper use—and use at every act of inte ...

Protectionism Protectionism, sometimes referred to as trade protectionism, is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulations. ...

, an economic policy advocated to shield a sector in a country's economy from foreign competitors *

PROTECT Act of 2003 The PROTECT Act of 2003 (, 117 Stat. 650, S. 151, enacted April 30, 2003) is a United States law with the stated intent of preventing child abuse as well as investigating and prosecuting violent crimes against children. "PROTECT" is a contrived ...

, U.S. law to prevent child abuse and violent crimes against children *

Protective Life Protective Life Corporation is a financial service holding company in Birmingham, Alabama.https://protective.newshq.businesswire.com/sites/protective.newshq.businesswire.com/files/press_kit/file/We_Are_Protective_Life_-_Company_Overview_and_Financ ...

, an American financial services company **

Protective Stadium Protective Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium owned and operated by the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. Its naming rights are provided by the Protective Life company, which will pay $1 million ...

, a sports venue under construction in Birmingham, Alabama sponsored by the above company