Talent has two principal meanings:
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Talent (measurement)
The talent was a unit of weight that was introduced in Mesopotamia at the end of the 4th millennium BC, and was normalized at the end of the 3rd millennium during the Akkadian-Sumer phase, divided into 60 minas or 3,600 shekels. In classical anti ...
, an ancient unit of mass and value
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Talent (skill), a group of aptitudes useful for some activities; talents may refer to aptitudes themselves or to possessors of those talents
Talent may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Literature
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''Talent'' (play), a 1978 play by Victoria Wood
* ''Talent'', the first novel in
The Talent Series by Zoey Dean
Television
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Got Talent
''Got Talent'' is a British talent show TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. It has spawned spin-offs in over 69 countries, in what is now referred to as the 'Got Talent' format, similar to that described by Fremantl ...
'', a series of television shows, in several national versions
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Young Talent Time'' (1971-1989; 2012), an Australian television variety program on Network Ten
Other arts, entertainment, and media
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''Talent'' (artwork), a seminal work of art by David Robbins, 1986
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''Talent'' (comics), a comic book series written by Christopher Golden and Tom Sngoski and drawn by Paul Azaceta, 2006
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Billy Talent
Billy Talent is a Canadian rock band from Mississauga, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with lead vocalist Benjamin Kowalewicz, guitarist Ian D'Sa, bassist Jonathan Gallant, and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk. There have been no lineup changes, although ...
, a Canadian rock group from Toronto, who formed in 1993
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Talents universe, a setting in Anne McCaffrey's science fiction, where Talents are members of the fictional psionic professions
*"Hidden Talent", an episode of ''
Kim Possible
''Kim Possible'' is an American animated Action comedy TV series, action comedy-Adventure fiction, adventure television series created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney Channel. The Kim Possible (character), title character is a teen ...
's'' second season
Other uses
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Attic talent The Attic talent (a talent of the Attic standard), also known as the Athenian talent or Greek talent ( el, τάλαντον, ''talanton''), is an ancient unit of weight equal to about , as well as a unit of value equal to this amount of pure silve ...
, also known as the Athenian talent or Greek talent, an ancient unit of mass or value equal to this amount of pure silver
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Talent (horse), a racehorse
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Bombardier Talent, a type of multiple unit passenger train manufactured by Bombardier
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Talent, Oregon
Talent is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The population was 6,282 at the 2020 census.
History
A. P. Tallent, an East Tennessee native who settled in Oregon in the 1870s, platted the city in the 1880s. He wanted to name it ''Wa ...
, a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States
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Jim Talent (born 1956), American politician, former Senator from Missouri
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Human capital
Human capital is a concept used by social scientists to designate personal attributes considered useful in the production process. It encompasses employee knowledge, skills, know-how, good health, and education. Human capital has a substantial ...
, as in talent management
* People who work in entertainment or broadcasting, as in
talent agent
A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, broadcast journalists, film directors, musicians, models, professional athletes, screenwriters, writers, and other professionals in various entertainment or sp ...
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Talent Scheduling, an optimization problem in computer science and operations research.
See also
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