Event
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The word event can have several meanings:
[edit] Culture and social life
In culture and social live, and event, or social event, refers to a social gathering or activity, such as:
- A festival, for example a musical event
- A ceremony, for example a marriage
- A competition, for example a sports competition
- A party, for example a birthday party
- A convention (meeting), for example a gaming convention
[edit] Science and mathematics
In science, an event is something that takes place at a particular place and time. Specifically, event may refer to:
- Phenomenon, something observable at a given time
- A point in spacetime, a concept of the theory of relativity
- Event (particle physics), a set of elementary particle interactions
- Event (probability theory), a possible outcome of an experiment
- Extinction event, when a large number of biological species die out in a relatively short period of time
[edit] Technical
- Programming - In event-driven programming, an event is a software message that indicates something has happened, such as a keystroke or mouse click
- Process Control - In process control, an event is an occurance that has happened and has been registered
[edit] Philosophy
- Event (philosophy)
- Brain event, anything that happens in the brain
- Mental event, something that happens in the mind, such a as a thought
[edit] Common usage
- In common usage, an event (as opposed to a special event) has a connotation of an occurrence which is more common than a phenomenon (due perhaps to the difference between a two syllable word and a four syllable word). Thus, in common usage, a keystroke is an event, where the Big Bang might be connoted a phenomenon (a special event which denotes the beginning of the universe). For example, portal:current events denotes "events" rather than "phenomena".
[edit] See also
als:Ereignisde:Event fr:Événement ko:이벤트 ja:イベント pt:Evento ru:Событие (значения) simple:Event sv:Evenemang
