Zoom may refer to:

Technology

Computing

Zoom (software) Zoom, stylized as zoom or Zoom Meetings is a proprietary videotelephony software program developed by Zoom Video Communications. The free plan allows up to 100 concurrent participants, with a 40-minute time restriction. Users have the option to ...

, videoconferencing application * Page zooming, the ability to magnify or shrink a portion of a page on a computer display * Zooming user interface, a graphical interface allowing for image scaling * Digital zoom, an electronic emulation of a zoom lens

Optics

* Zoom ratio, the maximum relative to the minimum

magnification Magnification is the process of enlarging the apparent size, not physical size, of something. This enlargement is quantified by a calculated number also called "magnification". When this number is less than one, it refers to a reduction in siz ...

factor of an optical system *

Zoom lens A zoom lens is a mechanical assembly of lens elements for which the focal length (and thus angle of view) can be varied, as opposed to a fixed-focal-length (FFL) lens (see prime lens). A true zoom lens, also called a parfocal lens, is one ...

, a lens system with a variable focal length, and hence variable magnification and angle of view * Zooming (filmmaking), a cinematographic effect

Companies

Zoomcar Zoomcar is an Indian car sharing platform, headquartered in Bangalore. The company was founded in 2013 by David Back and Greg Moran. It currently operates in 34+ cities. History American duo David Back & Greg Moran, met while studying at the ...

, a carsharing company in India * Zoom (video game company), a Japanese video-game company *

Zoom Airlines Zoom Airlines Inc. was a Canadian low-fare scheduled transatlantic airline with its headquarters in the Place Bell Canada building in Ottawa, Ontario. Zoom operated year-round scheduled services to Europe, and charter services to South A ...

Inc., a former Canadian airline **

Zoom Airlines Limited Zoom Airlines Ltd was a British scheduled, low-fare, transatlantic airline, the sister company to Zoom Airlines Inc., based in Canada. Zoom Airlines Ltd was based in Crawley, West Sussex, England. Zoom Airlines Ltd operated year-round sche ...

, its former British sister company *

Zoom Corporation Zoom Corporation is a Japan-based audio company whose main business is the design and development of electronic devices for music. The company’s products are sold worldwide. Its brand slogan "We're for creators" reflects the company’s commi ...

, a Japanese audio company *

ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen, founded on April 14, 1949, as "Ruhr-Zoo", is one of the most modern zoological gardens in Germany. It was founded on a heavily bomb, shelled area in Gelsenkirchen adjacent to a port on the Rhine–Herne Canal. It ...

, a zoological park in Gelsenkirchen, Germany * ZoomInfo (formerly Zoom Information), an American software company *

Zoom Systems ZoomSystems specializes in the design, technology, software development, and operation of automated retail stores. ZoomSystems technology and services support automated, self-service retail stores called ZoomShops located in airports, malls, milita ...

, a manufacturer of automated retail kiosks *

Zoom Telephonics Minim, Inc., formerly Zoom Telephonics, is an American networking company that develops software and designs hardware for Internet security. Headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, the company offers a mobile app, cable modems, gateways, WiFi ...

, a networking equipment manufacturer * Zoom Video Communications, provider and developer of the Zoom videoconferencing app

Arts and media

Films

* ''Zoom'' (2006 film), starring Tim Allen * ''Zoom'' (2015 film), a Canada-Brazil film by Pedro Morelli * ''Zoom'' (2016 Kannada film), a Kannada film * ''Zoom'' (2016 Sinhala film), a Sri Lankan film

Music

* Zoom (dance music group), a Eurodance group formed in Denmark * ''Zoom'' (The Knack album), 1998 * ''Zoom'' (Electric Light Orchestra album), 2001 * ''Zoom'' (Noah23 album), 2011 * ''Zoom'' (Rachid Taha album) * ''Zoom'', an album by Alvin Lee * "Zoom" (Dr. Dre song), 1998 * "Zoom" (Fat Larry's Band song), 1982 * "Zoom" (Jessi song), 2022 * "Zoom" (Lil Boosie song), 2006 * "Zoom", a song by the Commodores from their self-titled album * "Zoom", a song by Last Dinosaurs from the album ''

In a Million Years ''In a Million Years'' is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock band, Last Dinosaurs. The album was released on 2 March 2012 by Dew Process. It serves as the follow-up of their debut EP, Back from the Dead (2010). The album's title w ...

'' * "Zoom!", a song by Super Furry Animals from the album ''

Love Kraft ''Love Kraft'' is the seventh studio album by Welsh indie rock band Super Furry Animals, released on 22 August 2005 through Epic Records in the United Kingdom. The album was recorded in Spain with producer Mario Caldato Jr and was something of a ...

'' * "Zoom", a song by Soda Stereo from the album ''

Sueño Stereo ''Sueño Stereo'' (Spanish for ''Stereo Dream'') is the seventh and final studio album recorded by Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. It was released by BMG Argentina in 1995. It is considered one of the most important alternative rock records in S ...

'' * "Zoom", a song by Tata Young from the album '' Temperature Rising'' * '' Zoom In'', a 2021 EP by Ringo Starr

Television

* Zoom (Israeli TV channel), a kids cable television channel *

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* Zoom (Indian TV channel), an Indian entertainment and lifestyle television channel * ''Zoom '' (1972 TV series), ** ''Zoom '' (1999 TV series), a remake of the 1972 series *'' Zoom the White Dolphin'', a 1971 Japanese–French anime series, of 13 episodes

Other uses in arts and media

* ''Zoom!'' (poetry book), a 1989 poetry collection by Simon Armitage, now Poet Laureate * Zoom, commonly associated with variations of the

Reverse-Flash The Reverse-Flash is a name used by several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Each iteration of the character serves as a foil and an enemy of the Flash. Characters Edward Clariss Edward Clariss (also known ...

, an enemy of the DC Comics character the Flash * '' Zoom!'', a computer game * ''Zoom'', a wordless children's picture book by

Istvan Banyai Istvan Banyai (27 February 1949 – 15 December 2022) was a Hungarian illustrator and animator. He was born in suburban Budapest and received his BFA from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. He moved to France in 1973, then to the United St ...

* Zoom Schwartz Profigliano, a drinking game often referred to as just "Zoom"

Other uses

* Bergen op Zoom, a municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands * Billy Zoom (born 1948), American guitarist and founding member of punk band X *

Zoom climb A zoom climb is a climb where the rate of climb is greater than the maximum climb rate using only the thrust of the aircraft's engines. The additional climb rate is attained by reduction of horizontal speed. Before a zoom climb, the aircraft ac ...

, in aviation *

Zooming (writing skill) Zooming is a writing skill, as outlined in secondary education, that gives the reader the feeling of moving through space towards or away from a character or object, especially used in descriptive writing. It can be divided into two types: zooming i ...

, especially used in descriptive writing *

ZooMS Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, commonly referred to by the abbreviation ZooMS, is a scientific method that identifies animal species by means of characteristic peptide sequences in the protein Proteins are large biomolecules and macrom ...

(zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry), a scientific method that identifies animal species from a protein found in bone and antler