Transparency
Transparency, transparence or transparent most often refer to transparency and translucency, the physical property of allowing the transmission of light through a material.
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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
Music
Groups and labels
- Transparency (record label), a North American music publisher
- Transparent (New York rock band), a rock band from upstate New York
Albums
- Transparence (album), the first studio album by French Gothic metal band Markize
- Transparency (album), a 1985 album by the Herb Robertson Quintet
- Transparent (Coil album), 1984
- Transparent (LaRue album), 2001
Songs
- "Transparency" (song), a song by PartyNextDoor
- "Transparent", a song by Suzi Quatro from her album Main Attraction
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), 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, 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)
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