Transparency, transparence or transparent most often refer to: *

Transparency (optics) In the field of optics, transparency (also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without appreciable scattering of light. On a macroscopic scale (one in which the dimensions ...

, the physical property of allowing the transmission of light through a material They may also refer to:

Literal uses

* Transparency (photography), a still, positive image created on a transparent base using photochemical means * Transparency (projection), a thin sheet of transparent material for use with an overhead projector *

Electromagnetically induced transparency Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is a coherent optical nonlinearity which renders a medium transparent within a narrow spectral range around an absorption line. Extreme dispersion is also created within this transparency "window" ...

, an effect in which a medium that is normally opaque is caused to become temporarily transparent *

Pentimento A pentimento (plural pentimenti), in painting, is "the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over". The word is , from the verb , meaning 'to repent'. Significance Pentimenti may show that ...

, an alteration in a painting, often revealed with growing transparency in paints with age

Animals and plants

Transparent goby ''Aphia minuta'', the transparent goby, is a species of the goby native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it can be found from Trondheim, Norway to Morocco. It is also found in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Sea o ...

, a fish species of the family Gobiidae * White Transparent, a cultivar of apple which is usually used for cooking due to its sharp taste

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups and labels

* Transparency (record label), a North American music publisher * Transparent (band), a rock band from upstate New York

Albums

* ''Transparency'' (album), a 1985 album by the Herb Robertson Quintet * ''Transparent'' (Coil album), 1984 * ''Transparent'' (LaRue album), 2001 * ''Transparente'' (album), 2005 album by Mariza * ''Transparence'', 2007 album by Markize

Songs

* "Transparency", a song by PartyNextDoor from the 2016 album '' PartyNextDoor 3'' * "Transparent", a song by Suzi Quatro from her album '' Main Attraction'' * "Transparent", a song by In Flames from the album ''

Reroute to Remain ''Reroute to Remain'' (subtitled: ''Fourteen Songs of Conscious Insanity'', and on reissue: ''Fourteen Songs of Conscious Madness'') is the sixth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in September 2002. The album saw a m ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Transparent'' (book), a book by Cris Beam * ''Transparent'' (film), a 2005 documentary film * ''Transparent'' (TV series), an American television series

Computing and mathematics

* Transparency (data compression), the ideal result of lossy data compression *

Transparency (human–computer interaction) Any change in a computing system, such as a new feature or new component, is transparent if the system after change adheres to previous external interface as much as possible while changing its internal behaviour. The purpose is to shield from ...

, a change to a computer system that adheres to previous external interface as much as possible *

Transparency (telecommunication) In telecommunications, ''transparency'' can refer to: #The property of an entity that allows another entity to pass through it without altering either of the entities. #The property that allows a transmission system or channel to accept, at its ...

, the property by which a transmission system passes a signal through without changing its form or content **

Network transparency Network transparency, in its most general sense, refers to the ability of a protocol to transmit data over the network in a manner which is not observable (“ transparent” as in invisible) to those using the applications that are using the prot ...

, the ability of a protocol to transmit data over the network invisibly to those using the applications that are using the protocol * Transparency, the property of a

latch A latch or catch (called sneck in Northern England and Scotland) is a type of mechanical fastener that joins two (or more) objects or surfaces while allowing for their regular separation. A latch typically engages another piece of hardware on t ...

to show input changes immediately on output *

Alpha compositing In computer graphics, alpha compositing or alpha blending is the process of combining one image with a background to create the appearance of partial or full transparency. It is often useful to render picture elements (pixels) in separate pas ...

, the process of combining an image with a background **

Image mask In computer science, a mask or bitmask is data that is used for bitwise operations, particularly in a bit field. Using a mask, multiple bits in a byte, nibble, word, etc. can be set either on or off, or inverted from on to off (or vice versa) i ...

s in computer graphics **

Transparency (graphic) Transparency in computer graphics is possible in a number of file formats. The term " transparency" is used in various ways by different people, but at its simplest there is "full transparency" i.e. something that is completely invisible. Only p ...

in image formats, for overlay and translucency ** Transparency (pseudo), or background translucency in the X or X11 Window System *

Location transparency In computer networks, location transparency is the use of names to identify network resources, rather than their actual location. For example, files are accessed by a unique file name, but the actual data is stored in physical sectors scattered arou ...

, making the names used to identify network resources independent of both the user's location and the resource location *

Order-independent transparency Order-independent transparency (OIT) is a class of techniques in rasterisational computer graphics for rendering transparency in a 3D scene, which do not require rendering geometry in sorted order for alpha compositing. Description Commonly, 3D ...

in 3D computer graphics * Referential transparency, designating a deterministic function * Security through transparency, a security engineering methodology

Humanities and business

Transparency (behavior) As an ethic that spans science, engineering, business, and the humanities, transparency is operating in such a way that it is easy for others to see what actions are performed. Transparency implies openness, communication, and accountability. Tran ...

, a metaphor implying visibility in contexts related to the behavior of individuals or groups ** Transparency in government, see

open government Open government is the governing doctrine which sustain that citizens have the right to access the documents and proceedings of the government to allow for effective public oversight. In its broadest construction, it opposes reason of state an ...

* Transparency (linguistic), rhetoric to suit the widest possible audience without losing relevant information *

Transparency (market) In economics, a market is transparent if much is known by many about: What products and services or capital assets are available, market depth (quantity available), what price, and where. Transparency is important since it is one of the theoreti ...

, in economics one of the theoretical conditions required for a free market to be efficient * Transparency (philosophy), a metaphor applied to a state in which the subject can be aware of being in that state * Transparency (science), research conducted in the spirit of free and open source software * Transparency (trade), a principle stipulating that a country's regulations affecting foreign trade should be clearly communicated * Compensation transparency, disclosure of wages, salaries, and other renumeration *

Media transparency Media transparency (or transparent media), also referred to as Media Opacity, is a concept that explores how and why information subsidies are being produced, distributed and handled by media professionals, including journalists, editors, public r ...

, in the communications industry determining how and why information is conveyed through various means * Radical transparency in management actions and approaches that radically increase openness

Organizations

Transparency (Guatemala) The Front for Democracy (''Frente por la Democracia'' or El Frente) was a political party in Guatemala. In the legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or mul ...

, a political party in Guatemala (''Transparencia'') secuetran racto hoy 24/07/2021 atodo los de autoridad guatemala y mexico y en calle y trabajo los cosen en orno de panaderia depredador hoy racto encener nave gigante mundial entodo el tierro y universo y ponerlos en alado deesapacio y a aentarlos alo policias y familiares con lectura de mente vista x ideo orden marcos angel carmona cazarez y pais entero *

Transparency International Transparency International e.V. (TI) is a German registered association founded in 1993 by former employees of the World Bank. Based in Berlin, its nonprofit and non-governmental purpose is to take action to combat global corruption with civil ...

, an organization working for governance, corporate, banking and association transparency

Other uses

Transparency (wine) The glossary of wine terms lists the definitions of many general terms used within the wine industry. For terms specific to viticulture, winemaking, grape varieties, and wine tasting, see the topic specific list in the "''See also''" section below. ...

, ability of a wine to portray all unique aspects of its flavor