Staging may refer to:

Computing

* Staging (

cloud computing Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mul ...

), a process used to assemble, test, and review a new solution before it is moved into production and the existing solution is decommissioned * Staging (data), intermediately storing data between the sources of information and a data warehouse (DW) *

Disk staging Disk staging is using disks as an additional, temporary stage of backup process before finally storing backup to tape. Backups stay on disk typically for a day or a week, before being copied to tape in a background process and deleted afterward ...

, using disks as an additional, temporary stage of backup process before finally storing backup * Staging site, a website used to assemble, test, and review its newer versions before it is moved into production

Other uses

* Staging (cooking), a chef works briefly and without pay in another chef's kitchen to learn new techniques and cuisines * Staging (rocketry), the use of multiple engines and propellant to launch a rocket * Staging (stagecoaches), the business of running stagecoaches or the act of journeying in them *

Staging (theatre) Staging is the process of selecting, designing, adapting to, or modifying the performance space for a play or film. This includes the use or absence of stagecraft elements as well as the structure of the stage and its components. Staging is also ...

, the process of selecting, designing, adapting to, or modifying the performance space for a play or film *

Cancer staging Cancer staging is the process of determining the extent to which a cancer has developed by growing and spreading. Contemporary practice is to assign a number from I to IV to a cancer, with I being an isolated cancer and IV being a cancer that ha ...

, a description (usually numbers I to V) of how much the cancer has spread *

Home staging Home staging is the preparation of a private residence for sale in the real estate marketplace. The goal of staging is to make a home appealing to the highest number of potential buyers, thereby selling a property more swiftly and for more money. St ...

, preparing a residence for sale in real estate *

Staging area A staging area (otherwise staging point, staging base, or staging post) is a location in which organisms, people, vehicles, equipment, or material are assembled before use. It may refer to: * In construction, a designated area in which vehicles, ...

, a location used to prepare items for use, such as for a military operation * Staging, in

bird migration Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds. Many species of bird migrate. Migration carries high costs in predation and mortality, including from hunting by ...

, the practice of pausing at places along a migration route to rest and feed before proceeding *Staging or

scaffolding Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other man-made structures. Scaffolds are widely use ...

, in construction, a temporary work platform * Staging, in

drag racing Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance, most c ...

, the process of aligning cars on the starting line

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