A response is the following:

• Often a response is the result of a stimulus.
• Usually a response is a reply to a query.
• In data transmission, a response is the content of the control field of a response frame advising the primary station concerning the processing by the secondary station of one or more command frames. Data transmission is the transfer of Data from point-to-point often represented as an Electro-magnetic Signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint
• In telecommunications, a response is the effect of a driving signal upon an active or passive device. In Telecommunication, signalling (UK spelling or signaling (US spelling has the following meanings The use of signals for controlling communications An output resulting from an input. Output is the term denoting either an exit or changes which exit a System and which activate/modify a Process. Input is the term denoting either an entrance or changes which are inserted into a System and which activate/modify a Process.
• In liturgy, a response (symbol "R/" or "℟") is a line spoken or sung by a congregation or sung by a choir, answering a versicle. A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group according to their particular traditions A response is the second half of one of a set of Preces, the said or sung answer by the congregation or Choir to a Versicle said or sung by an For the musical composition see Chorale. A choir, chorale, or chorus is a Musical ensemble of Singers A versicle is the first half of one of a set of Preces, said or sung by an Officiant or cantor and answered with a said or sung response by the
• In emergency management, response is one of four phases in the emergency management cycle. Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks
• In statistics, a response variable or realization thereof. Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection analysis interpretation or explanation and presentation of Data. Dependent variables and independent variables refer to values that change in relationship to each other

See also

• Transient response
• Steady-state response
• Baiting
• Placebo
• Nocebo
• Stimulus-response model

In Electrical engineering and Mechanical Engineering, a transient response or natural response is the response of a system to a change from equilibrium In electronics a steady state (SS occurs in a circuit or network when all transients have died away Placebo is a substance or procedure a patient accepts as medicine or therapy but which has no specific therapeutic activity In its original application " nocebo " had a very specific meaning in the medical domains of Pharmacology, and Nosology, and Etiology. The stimulus - Response model describes a Statistical unit as making a quantitative response to a quantitative stimulus administered by the researcher

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