Topic can refer to:

• An area of interest, also called a subject
  • The focus of an article in a publication
  • The focus of a discussion or debate; see On-topic
• Topic (or theme) in linguistics, the part of a proposition that is being talked about (predicated)
• A topic sentence, a sentence in a paragraph that indicates what the paragraph in general is about, usually the first sentence
• An XML topic (a kind of resource)
• Topicality, a stock issue in policy debate which pertains to whether or not the plan affirms the resolution as worded
• Topic Maps, an ISO standard for the representation and interchange of knowledge

Names and titles:

• Dado Topic, Croatian rocker. An article is a stand-alone section of a larger written work These nonfictional Prose compositions appear in Magazines Newspapers Academic journals Debate ( American English) or debating ( British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational Argument. A contribution is on-topic if it is within the bounds of the current discussion and off-topic if not In Linguistics, the topic (or theme) is the part of the proposition that is being talked about ( predicated) In Logic and Philosophy, proposition refers to either (a the content or Meaning of a meaningful Declarative sentence Don't change "Extensible" In XML terminology topic can mean A resource that acts as a proxy for some subject the topic map system's representation of that subject Topicality is a stock issue in Policy debate which pertains to whether or not the plan affirms the resolution as worded Topic Maps is a standard for the representation and interchange of knowledge with an emphasis on the Findability of information Adolf "Dado" Topić (born September 4, 1949 in a village near Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
• Topic (chocolate bar), a brand of milk chocolate confectionery bar with hazelnuts in soft nougat and smooth caramel
• Topic Records, a British record label
• Topics, a work by Aristotle