Contents 1 Music and culture 2 Politics and society 3 Military 4 Businesses and organizations 5 Science and technology 6 Other

Action may refer to:

Music and culture

• Action (philosophy), something a person can do
• Action (music), a characteristic of a stringed instrument
• Action (album), a 2004 album by Punchline
• Action (B'z album), a 2007 album by B'z
• Action (piano), the mechanism which drops the hammer on the string when a key is pressed
• Tracker Action (organ), the mechanism which lets the wind flows trough the pipe when a key is pressed
• Action (Song), former name of the single Feeling This, by the Pop Punk band Blink-182
• The Action, a 1960s band
• Action (radio), a 1945 radio program aka Action Theater
• Action (comic), a British comic book published in 1976-1977
• Action (TV series), a short-lived comedy series that aired on FOX during the 1999-2000 season
• Action painting, a style of painting
• Action genre in various formats, specifically:
  • Action film, a movie genre
  • Action game, a computer/video game genre
• Action (1921 film), a 1921 film directed by John Ford
• Action (newspaper), published by British Union of Fascists

Politics and society

• Collective action, the provision of public goods through collaboration
• Direct action, an instance of political activism
• Social action, which takes into account actions and reactions of other individuals
• Strike action, a deliberate absence from work
• Lawsuit, sometimes called a civil action

Military

• military action (combat) is a scale of combat within the hierarchy of combat^[1] of squads, platoons, companies and battalions. In Philosophy, action has developed into a sub-field called Philosophy of action. The action of a stringed instrument is the distance between the Fingerboard and the string, which determines how easy it is to sound Notes Action is Punchline 's first full-length album on Fueled by Ramen Records Punchline is a Pop punk band from Belle Vernon Pennsylvania, formed in 1998 Action is the sixteenth album by Japanese hard rock band B'z, released on December 5, 2007. is a Japanese Hard rock duo comprised of and Koshi Inaba (稲葉 浩志 Inaba Kōshi, lyrics vocals The action of a Piano is the mechanical assembly which translates the depression of the piano keys into a Felt hammer striking the strings Tracker action is a term used in reference to Pipe organs to indicate a mechanical linkage between keys or pedals pressed by the organist and the valve that allows air to flow " Feeling This " is the first single from Blink-182 's final untitled album " Feeling This " is the first single from Blink-182 's final untitled album Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names is a Fusion genre that combines elements of Punk rock with Pop music, to varying A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Blink-182 was an American Pop The Action were an English band of the 1960s They were part of the mod Subculture, and played Soul music -influenced Pop music Action (aka Action Theater) was a planned 1945 NBC anthology series of action-adventure tales Action is a short-lived comedy series about a Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon who is trying to recover from his last box-office failure Action painting, sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of Painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled splashed or smeared onto the canvas The action genre is a class of creative works characterised by a greater emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling Action movies are a Film genre where action sequences such as fights, Shootouts Stunts Car chases or explosions either take precedence An action game is a game that challenges a player's speed dexterity and reaction time Action is a 1921 Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson. The British Union of Fascists (BUF was a Political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by a Labour government minister and former MP Collective action is the pursuit of a goal or set of goals by more than one person Direct action is political action which happens outside normal political channels via indirect actions such as electing representatives. Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change In Sociology, social actions refer to any action that takes into account the actions and reactions of other Individuals and is modified based on those events Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. In law a lawsuit is a civil action brought before a Court in which the party commencing the action the Plaintiff, seeks a legal or equitable remedy In military terminology a squad is a small Military unit led by a Non-commissioned officer (NCO that is subordinate to an Infantry A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four sections or Squads and containing about 30 to 50 soldiers A company is a Military unit, typically consisting of 75-200 Soldiers Most companies are formed of three to five Platoons although the exact number may vary A battalion is a Military unit of around 500-1500 men usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel
• action (naval) term used to refer to preparing and engaging a ship in combat
• action (signal) signal number 13 'Prepare for Action' in the British Royal Navy since the late 18th century
• action (gunnery) term refers to the movement of the breach in an artillery ordnance piece

Businesses and organizations

• Action (supermarkets), an Australian supermarket chain
• ACTION (Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network), a public transport company
• ACTION, a former United States government agency
• Action Ambulance, an emergency care and ambulance service

Science and technology

• Action (physics), an assertion about the nature of motion
• Firearm action, a system of operation in a firearm
• Structural load, as referred to in Eurocodes

• Group action in mathematics
• Action (UML), a specific piece of functionality in the Unified Modeling Language
• Action programming language for Atari microcomputers
• Struts Action, a key building block of web applications based on the Apache Struts framework. Action (formerly Action Food Barns and Action Supermarkets) is a defunct Australian Supermarket chain History The first government bus services available to the general public appeared in 1926 running from Eastlake to Ainslie. ACTION was a United States government agency described as "the Federal Domestic Volunteer Agency" Action Ambulance Service Inc, based in Wilmington Massachusetts, provides Ambulance services for emergencies and patient transfers In Physics, the action is a particular quantity in a Physical system that can be used to describe its operation In Firearms terminology an action is the system of operation used to load rounds and/or seal the Breech. Structural loads are Forces applied to a component of a structure or to the structure as a unit Eurocode (also known as EN Eurocode or EC) is a set of pan-European Model building codes developed by the European Committee for Standardisation In Algebra and Geometry, a group action is a way of describing symmetries of objects using groups. In the Unified Modeling Language, an action is a Named element that is the fundamental unit of Executable functionality. Unified Modeling Language ( UML) is a standardized general-purpose Modeling language in the field of Software engineering. Data Types Action! has three numerical Datatypes BYTEs CARDinals and INTegers Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972.

Other

• Sexual intercourse

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