Transparency

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Transparency, transparence or transparent most often refer to transparency and translucency, 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 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, a cultivar of apple which is usually used for cooking due to its sharp taste

Arts, entertainment, and media

Computing and mathematics

• Transparency (data compression), 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 (computer science), designating a deterministic function
• Security through transparency, 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
• Transparency (linguistic), rhetoric to suit the widest possible audience without losing relevant information
• Transparency (market), in economics one of the theoretical conditions required for a free market to be efficient
• Transparency (philosophy), a metaphor applied to a state in which the subject can be aware of being in that state
• Transparency (science), research conducted in the spirit of free and open source software
• Transparency (trade), a principle stipulating that a country's regulations affecting foreign trade should be clearly communicated
• Media transparency, in the communications industry determining how and why information is conveyed through various means
• Radical transparency in management actions and approaches that radically increase openness

Organizations

• Transparency (Guatemala), a political party in Guatemala (Transparencia)
• Transparency International, an organization working for governance, corporate, banking and association transparency

Other uses

• Transparency (wine), ability of a wine to portray all unique aspects of its flavor
• Transparent Language, a language learning software company based in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States

See also

• Clarity (disambiguation)
• Referential transparency (disambiguation)