Call or Calls may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Games

Call (poker) In the game of poker, the play largely centers on the act of gambling, betting, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed up play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing. Different games are played using different types ...

, a bet matching an opponent's * Call, in the game of

contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each othe ...

, a bid, pass, double, or redouble in the bidding stage

Music and dance

* Call (band), from Lahore, Pakistan * Call, a command in square dancing, delivered by a caller * " Call / I4U", a 2011 single by Japanese music group AAA * "Call", a 2002 song by Ashanti from her album '' Ashanti'' * "Call" (Stray Kids song), 2021

Film

* ''Call'' (film), or ''The Call'', 2020 South Korean film * ''Calls'' (film), 2021 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film

Television

* ''Calls'' (TV series), a mystery thriller TV series on Apple TV+

Finance

* Call on shares, a request for a further payment on partly paid share capital *

Call option In finance, a call option, often simply labeled a "call", is a contract between the buyer and the seller of the call Option (finance), option to exchange a Security (finance), security at a set price. The buyer of the call option has the righ ...

, a term in stock trading

Places

* Call, North Carolina, United States * Call, Texas, United States

Science and technology

Computing

* Call, a shell command in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows command-line interpreters * Call, a method of starting a

subroutine In computer programming, a function (also procedure, method, subroutine, routine, or subprogram) is a callable unit of software logic that has a well-defined interface and behavior and can be invoked multiple times. Callable units provide a ...

* Computer-assisted language learning, a concept in language education * System call, in computer science, the mechanism used by an application program to request service from the operating system or another application program

Nature

Animal communication Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) that affects the current or future behavior of the receivers. Information may be sent int ...

, a song or noise made by an animal such as: ** Bird call, a type of bird vocalization ** Mating call, animal communication to attract a sexual partner * Game call, a device that is used to animal communication noises to attract or drive animals to a hunter

Telecommunications

* Call, an attempt to set up a

telecommunication circuit A telecommunication circuit is a path in a telecommunications network used to transmit information. Circuits have evolved from generally being built on physical connections between individual hardware cables, as in an analog phone switch, to v ...

* Call, in teletraffic engineering, a unit of traffic measurement * Call origination, in telephony *

Call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally as ...

, in broadcasting and radio communications, a unique designation for a transmitting station *

Telephone call A telephone call, phone call, voice call, or simply a call, is the effective use of a connection over a telephone network between the calling party and the called party. Telephone calls are the form of human communication that was first enabl ...

Other uses

* Call (surname) * Religious calling * CALL, U.S. Army Center for Army Lessons Learned * CALL, Center for Anglican Learning & Leadership at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific