Setup (the noun) or set up (the verb) may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
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''Set Up'' (2005 film), a 2005 Hong Kong horror film
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''Setup'' (2011 film), a 2011 action thriller heist film
Music
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''Setup'' (album), a 1994 album by jazz pianist Stanley Cowell
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Setup (music) As pertaining to the playing of a single reed woodwind instrument (such as a saxophone or clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a sin ...
Sports
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Racing setup, in auto racing
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Setup pitcher
In baseball, a setup man (or set-up man, also sometimes referred to as a setup pitcher or setup reliever) is a relief pitcher who regularly pitches before the closer. They commonly pitch the eighth inning, with the closer pitching the ninth.
As ...
Other uses
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Setup (storytelling)
A setup, in storytelling, is the introduction in a plot of an element that will be useful to the story only later, when the payoff comes.
Most of the important elements that are part of the setup are usually introduced during the exposition, wit ...
, the introduction in a plot of an element that will be useful to the story only later, when the payoff comes
*Setup, also called
frameup
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In the United States criminal law, a frame-up (frameup) or setup is the act of framing someone, that is, providing false evidence or false testimony in order to falsely prove someone guilty of a crime. While incriminating those who ...
, providing false evidence or false testimony in order to falsely prove someone guilty of a crime
*Setup,
installation (computer programs)
*Setup,
power-on self-test
A power-on self-test (POST) is a process performed by firmware or software routines immediately after a computer or other digital electronic device is powered on.
This article mainly deals with POSTs on personal computers, but many other embed ...
*Setup, on page 104 of ''
The_Black_Ice'', delivery of an alcoholic drink in a bar
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Setup cost, the cost of a step in manufacturing changeover
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Setting up to fail
Setting up to fail is a phrase denoting a no-win situation designed in such a way that the person in the situation cannot succeed at the task which they have been assigned. It is considered a form of workplace bullying.
There are also situati ...
, a manipulative technique to engineer failure
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Set (disambiguation)
Set, The Set, SET or SETS may refer to:
Science, technology, and mathematics Mathematics
*Set (mathematics), a collection of elements
*Category of sets, the category whose objects and morphisms are sets and total functions, respectively
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Setting (disambiguation)
Setting may refer to:
* A location (geography) where something is set
* Set construction in theatrical scenery
* Setting (narrative), the place and time in a work of narrative, especially fiction
* Setting up to fail a manipulative technique to eng ...
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The Set-Up (disambiguation)
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