Transparency, transparence or transparent most often refer to: *

Transparency (optics) In the field of optics, transparency (also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without appreciable scattering of light. On a macroscopic scale (one in which the dimensions a ...

, the physical property of allowing the transmission of light through a material They may also refer to:

Literal uses

* Transparency (photography), a still, positive image created on a transparent base using photochemical means *

Transparency (projection) A transparency, also known variously as a viewfoil, foil, or viewgraph, is a thin sheet of transparent flexible material, typically polyester (historically cellulose acetate), onto which figures can be drawn. These are then placed on an overhead ...

, a thin sheet of transparent material for use with an overhead projector * Electromagnetically induced transparency, an effect in which a medium that is normally opaque is caused to become temporarily transparent * Pentimento, an alteration in a painting, often revealed with growing transparency in paints with age

Animals and plants

* Transparent goby, a fish species of the family Gobiidae *

White Transparent White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...

, a cultivar of apple which is usually used for cooking due to its sharp taste

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups and labels

* Transparency (record label), a North American music publisher *

Transparent (band) Transparent is a rock band from upstate New York consisting of Matthew Sassano, Bradley Meise, and Quintin Olix . Transparent's song, "Bridges" is the main menu song on '' NASCAR The Game: Inside Line'' that was released on November 6, 2012. ...

, a rock band from upstate New York

Albums

* ''Transparency'' (album), a 1985 album by the Herb Robertson Quintet * ''Transparent'' (Coil album), 1984 * ''Transparent'' (LaRue album), 2001 * ''Transparente'' (album), 2005 album by Mariza * ''Transparence'', 2007 album by Markize

Songs

* "Transparency", a song by PartyNextDoor from the 2016 album '' PartyNextDoor 3'' * "Transparent", a song by Suzi Quatro from her album '' Main Attraction'' * "Transparent", a song by In Flames from the album ''

Reroute to Remain ''Reroute to Remain'' (subtitled: ''Fourteen Songs of Conscious Insanity'', and on reissue: ''Fourteen Songs of Conscious Madness'') is the sixth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in September 2002. The album saw a ma ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Transparent'' (book), a book by Cris Beam * ''Transparent'' (film), a 2005 documentary film * ''Transparent'' (TV series), an American television series

Computing and mathematics

Transparency (data compression) In data compression and psychoacoustics, transparency is the result of lossy data compression accurate enough that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input, i.e. perceptually lossless. A transparency t ...

, the ideal result of lossy data compression * Transparency (human–computer interaction), a change to a computer system that adheres to previous external interface as much as possible * Transparency (telecommunication), the property by which a transmission system passes a signal through without changing its form or content ** Network transparency, the ability of a protocol to transmit data over the network invisibly to those using the applications that are using the protocol * Transparency, the property of a latch to show input changes immediately on output * Alpha compositing, the process of combining an image with a background ** Image masks in computer graphics ** Transparency (graphic) in image formats, for overlay and translucency ** Transparency (pseudo), or background translucency in the X or X11 Window System * Location transparency, making the names used to identify network resources independent of both the user's location and the resource location * Order-independent transparency in 3D computer graphics *

Referential transparency In computer science, referential transparency and referential opacity are properties of parts of computer programs. An expression is called ''referentially transparent'' if it can be replaced with its corresponding value (and vice-versa) withou ...

, designating a deterministic function *

Security through transparency Kerckhoffs's principle (also called Kerckhoffs's desideratum, assumption, axiom, doctrine or law) of cryptography was stated by Dutch-born cryptographer Auguste Kerckhoffs in the 19th century. The principle holds that a cryptosystem should be se ...

, a security engineering methodology

Humanities and business

* Transparency (behavior), a metaphor implying visibility in contexts related to the behavior of individuals or groups ** Transparency in government, see

open government Open government is the governing doctrine which sustain that citizens have the right to access the documents and proceedings of the government to allow for effective public oversight. In its broadest construction, it opposes reason of state and ...

* Transparency (linguistic), rhetoric to suit the widest possible audience without losing relevant information *

Transparency (market) In economics, a market is transparent if much is known by many about: What products and services or capital assets are available, market depth (quantity available), what price, and where. Transparency is important since it is one of the theoretica ...

, in economics one of the theoretical conditions required for a free market to be efficient *

Transparency (philosophy) In epistemology, transparency is a property of epistemic states defined as follows: An epistemic state E is "weakly transparent" to a subject S if and only if when S is in state E, S can know that S is in state E; an epistemic state E is "strongl ...

, a metaphor applied to a state in which the subject can be aware of being in that state *

Transparency (science) Open research is research that is openly accessible and modifiable by others. The central theme of open research is to make clear accounts of research methods freely available via the internet, along with any data or results extracted or derived ...

, research conducted in the spirit of free and open source software *

Transparency (trade) Transparency is a World Trade Organization principle stipulating that a country’s policies and regulations affecting foreign trade should be clearly communicated to its trading partners. For example, out of recognition that sanitary and phytosani ...

, a principle stipulating that a country's regulations affecting foreign trade should be clearly communicated *

Compensation transparency Wage transparency, salary compensation, and compensation transparency generally, involves disclosure of employee compensation amounts, either among other employees in an organization, to owners, to government regulators, or to the public. Some jur ...

, disclosure of wages, salaries, and other renumeration *

Media transparency Media transparency (or transparent media), also referred to as Media Opacity, is a concept that explores how and why information subsidies are being produced, distributed and handled by media professionals, including journalists, editors, public r ...

, in the communications industry determining how and why information is conveyed through various means *

Radical transparency Radical transparency is a phrase used across fields of governance, politics, software design and business to describe actions and approaches that radically increase the openness of organizational process and data. Its usage was originally understoo ...

in management actions and approaches that radically increase openness

Organizations

* Transparency (Guatemala), a political party in Guatemala (''Transparencia'') secuetran racto hoy 24/07/2021 atodo los de autoridad guatemala y mexico y en calle y trabajo los cosen en orno de panaderia depredador hoy racto encener nave gigante mundial entodo el tierro y universo y ponerlos en alado deesapacio y a aentarlos alo policias y familiares con lectura de mente vista x ideo orden marcos angel carmona cazarez y pais entero * Transparency International, an organization working for governance, corporate, banking and association transparency

Other uses

Transparency (wine) The glossary of wine terms lists the definitions of many general terms used within the wine industry. For terms specific to viticulture, winemaking, grape varieties, and wine tasting, see the topic specific list in the "'' See also''" section belo ...

, ability of a wine to portray all unique aspects of its flavor