Decoration may refer to: *

Decorative arts ] The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose aim is the design and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional. This includes most of the objects for the interiors of buildings, as well as interior design, but typically excl ...

* A

house painter and decorator A house painter and decorator is a tradesperson responsible for the painting and decorating of buildings, and is also known as a decorator, or house painter.''The Modern Painter and Decorator'' volume 1 1921 Caxton The purpose of painting is ...

's craft * An act or object intended to increase the

beauty Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes them pleasure, pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, art and taste are the main subjects of aesthetics, one of the fie ...

of a person, room, etc. * An

award An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award may be d ...

that is a token of recognition to the recipient intended for wearing

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Cake decorating Cake decorating is the art of decorating a cake for special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, baby showers, national or religious holidays or as a promotional item. It is a form of sugar sculpture, sugar art that uses materials such as Ici ...

, the art of making a usually ordinary cake visually interesting *

Christmas decoration A Christmas decoration is any of several types of ornamentation used at Christmas and the greater Christmas and holiday season. Typical images on Christmas decorations include Baby Jesus, Mother Mary, angels, Father Christmas, Santa Cla ...

, festive decorations used at Christmas time * ''Decorations'' (John Ireland), a set of three pieces for piano solo composed in 1912–13 by John Ireland *

Decorator pattern In object-oriented programming, the decorator pattern is a design pattern that allows behavior to be added to an individual object, dynamically, without affecting the behavior of other instances of the same class. The decorator pattern is often ...

, a design pattern used in object-oriented programming * In-glaze decoration, a method of decorating ceramics - decoration applied before firing ** On-glaze decoration, a method of decorating ceramics - decoration applied after glazing * In-mould decoration, a method of decorating moulded plastics *

Interior design Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. With a keen eye for detail and a Creativity, creative flair, an ...

, the internal finishing of a building *

Link decoration In computing, a hyperlink, or simply a link, is a digital reference providing direct access to data by a user's clicking or tapping. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hy ...

, the style of visual appearance of hyperlinks *

Name decoration In compiler construction, name mangling (also called name decoration) is a technique used to solve various problems caused by the need to resolve unique names for programming entities in many modern programming languages. It provides means to e ...

, a technique used in most programming languages *

State decoration A state decoration is an object, such as a medal or the insignia of an Order (distinction), order, that is awarded by a sovereign state to honor the recipient. The term includes civil awards and decorations, as well as military awards and decorat ...

, an object such as a medal or insignia that is awarded to certain people * Syntax decoration, a form of enriched text presentation or syntax highlighting * Text decoration, text attributation with styles like italics, boldface, underlines * USB decoration, a decorative device that uses the Universal Serial Bus connector * Web decoration, conspicuous silk structure in the webs of some spiders * Window decoration, in computing are the window's visual elements drawn by a window manager

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