Call or Calls may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Games

Call (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of gambling, betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed up play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing. Different games are played using different types ...

, a bet matching an opponent's * Call, in the game of

contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each othe ...

, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage

Music and dance

* Call (band), from Lahore, Pakistan * Call, a command in square dancing, delivered by a caller * " Call / I4U", a 2011 single by Japanese music group AAA * "Call", a 2002 song by Ashanti from her album '' Ashanti'' * "Call" (Stray Kids song), 2021

Film

* ''Call'' (film), or ''The Call'', 2020 South Korean film * ''Calls'' (film), 2021 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film

Television

* ''Calls'' (TV series), a mystery thriller TV series on Apple TV+

Finance

* Call on shares, a request for a further payment on partly paid share capital *

Call option In finance, a call option, often simply labeled a "call", is a contract between the buyer and the seller of the call Option (finance), option to exchange a Security (finance), security at a set price. The buyer of the call option has the righ ...

, a term in stock trading

Places

* Call, North Carolina, United States * Call, Texas, United States

Science and technology

Computing

* Call, a shell

command Command may refer to: Computing * Command (computing), a statement in a computer language * command (Unix), a Unix command * COMMAND.COM, the default operating system shell and command-line interpreter for DOS * Command key, a modifier key on A ...

in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows command-line interpreters * Call, a method of starting a

subroutine In computer programming, a function (also procedure, method, subroutine, routine, or subprogram) is a callable unit of software logic that has a well-defined interface and behavior and can be invoked multiple times. Callable units provide a ...

Computer-assisted language learning Computer-assisted language learning (CALL), known as computer-aided instruction (CAI) in British English and computer-aided language instruction (CALI) in American English, Levy (1997: p. 1) briefly defines it as "the exploration and study of co ...

, a concept in language education *

System call In computing, a system call (syscall) is the programmatic way in which a computer program requests a service from the operating system on which it is executed. This may include hardware-related services (for example, accessing a hard disk drive ...

, in computer science, the mechanism used by an application program to request service from the operating system or another application program

Nature

Animal communication Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) that affects the current or future behavior of the receivers. Information may be sent int ...

, a song or noise made by an animal such as: **

Bird call Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs (often simply ''birdsong'') are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding, songs (relatively complex vocalizatio ...

, a type of bird vocalization **

Mating call A mating call is the auditory signal used by animals to attract mates. It can occur in males or females, but literature is abundantly favored toward researching mating calls in females. In addition, mating calls are often the subject of mate choi ...

, animal communication to attract a sexual partner *

Game call A game call is a device that is used to mimic animal noises to attract or drive animals to a hunter. Animal species attracted to game calls include deer, turkey, ducks, geese, moose, elk, raccoons, wild pigs, coyotes, bears, wolves, cougars, foxes ...

, a device that is used to animal communication noises to attract or drive animals to a hunter

Telecommunications

* Call, an attempt to set up a

telecommunication circuit A telecommunication circuit is a path in a telecommunications network used to transmit information. Circuits have evolved from generally being built on physical connections between individual hardware cables, as in an analog phone switch, to v ...

* Call, in

teletraffic engineering Teletraffic engineering, or telecommunications traffic engineering is the application of transportation traffic engineering theory to telecommunications. Teletraffic engineers use their knowledge of statistics including queuing theory, the natu ...

, a unit of traffic measurement *

Call origination Call origination, also known as voice origination, refers to the collecting of the calls initiated by a calling party on a telephone exchange of the PSTN, and handing off the calls to a VoIP endpoint or to another exchange or telephone company for ...

, in telephony *

Call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally as ...

, in broadcasting and radio communications, a unique designation for a transmitting station *

Telephone call A telephone call, phone call, voice call, or simply a call, is the effective use of a connection over a telephone network between the calling party and the called party. Telephone calls are the form of human communication that was first enabl ...

Other uses

Call (surname) Call is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Call (born 1994), American baseball player * Ann Lowdon Call (1945–2007), horsewoman * Annie Payson Call (1853-1940), American author * Anson Call (1810–1890), Mormon pioneer an ...

Religious calling A vocation () is an occupation to which a person is especially drawn or for which they are suited, trained or qualified. Though now often used in non-religious contexts, the meanings of the term originated in Christianity. A calling, in the reli ...

* CALL,

U.S. Army Center for Army Lessons Learned The Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) continuously identifies, collects, analyzes, disseminates, and archives lessons learned and best practices while maintaining global situational awareness in order to share knowledge and facilitate the U.S ...

* CALL, Center for Anglican Learning & Leadership at the

Church Divinity School of the Pacific Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP) is an Episcopal seminary in Berkeley, California. It is one of the nine seminaries in the Episcopal Church and a member of the Graduate Theological Union. The only Episcopal seminary located in the ...