Focus
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Focus, FOCUS, or foci may refer to:
In science, mathematics or computing:
- Focus (cognitive process), selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things
- Focus (computing), which of a number of GUI elements currently accepts keyboard input
- Focus (optics), a point toward which light rays are made to converge
- Focus (linguistics), a concept referring to the way information in one phrase relates to information that has come before
- Focus (earthquake), an earthquake's underground point of origin or hypocenter
- Epileptic focus
- FOCUS, a database reporting program
- FOCUS (hardware), a CPU architecture
- Helicon Focus, an image software program
- Focus (geometry), a key point in specifying a conic section or other plane curve
- Samsung Focus, a smartphone manufactured by Samsung which runs Microsoft Windows Phone
Film
- Focus (2001 film), a 2001 film based on the Arthur Miller novel
- Focus (2015 film), a 2015 film about con artists
Music
- Bernard "Focus..." Edwards, Jr., an American music producer
- Focus (band), Dutch progressive rock band
Albums
- Focus: Jan Akkerman & Thijs van Leer, their seventh studio album, released in 1985
- Focus (Stan Getz album), 1961 jazz album
- Focus (Cynic album), 1993 metal album
- Focus (Chico Freeman album), 1994 jazz album
- Focus (Souls of Mischief album) 1998 Alternative hip hop album
- Focus (Holly Starr album), 2012 CCM album
Songs
- "Focus" (song), by Ariana Grande
- "Focus", a song by Ashanti
- "Focus", a song by John Reuben
- "Focus", a song by Joe Budden
- "Focus", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack
- "Focus", a song by 10 Years from Division
Writing
- Focus (encyclopedia), a Swedish language encyclopedia
- Focus (German magazine)
- Focus (Italian magazine)
- Focus (Polish magazine)
- Focus (Christian magazine)
- Focus (Ukrainian magazine)
- Focus (novel), a 1945 novel by Arthur Miller
- BBC Focus, a monthly science and technology magazine
- See also: List of magazines named Focus
Companies and organizations
- Focus DIY, a UK chain of do-it-yourself stores
- Focus.com, a business social networking platform
- Focus Brands, American restaurant franchiser and operator
- Focus Features, the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Studios
- Focus Films, U.K. independent film producer
- FOR Organizing Committee of the United States, an American post-Trotskyist group, known as FOCUS
- Focus Humanitarian Assistance, an international emergency relief organization
- Focus Ireland, Irish nonprofit organization providing services for homeless people
- Focus on the Family, an American non-profit organization
- FOCUS Program, a voluntary study program at numerous American universities
- Focus Services, an international call center company
- Fellowship of Catholic University Students
- Focus Software, former name of Zemax Development Corporation, a maker of optical design software
- Focus Home Interactive, a French publisher of computer games
- Families OverComing Under Stress, a stress management program
Other meanings
- AGM-87 Focus, a U.S. Navy air-to-surface missile
- Focus Bikes, a German bicycle manufacturer
- Ford Focus, an international Ford automobile
- Focus (board game), an abstract strategy game
- Focus group, a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their attitude towards a product, service, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging
- Focus mitt, a padded target attached to a glove and usually used in training boxers and other combat athletes
- Operation Focus, the Israeli name for the attack against the Egyptian Air Force in the Six-Day War
- Focus number system, a logarithmic number system proposed in 1977
- Focus, in Final Fantasy XIII, a task given to L'Cie to grant eternal life upon completion, or the life of a mindless Cieth on failure
See also
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