Prioritization
Prioritization is the activity that arranges items or activities in order of urgency.
In the context of medical evaluation it is the establishment of the importance or the urgency of actions that are necessary to preserve the welfare of clien ...
is an action that arranges items or activities in order of importance.
Priority may refer specifically to:
Law
* Priority or right of way on the road, see
Traffic ยง Priority (right of way)
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Priority signs, a traffic sign that specifies which route has the right of way
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Priority date, a concept of establishing waiting times in the immigration process by United States Department of State
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Priority right, a time-limited right, triggered by the first filing of an application for a patent
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Subordination (finance), the order of priorities in claims for ownership or interest in various assets
Music
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''Priority'' (Pointer Sisters album)
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''Priority'' (Imperials album), 1980
* ''Priorities'', the debut album by Bedfordshire-based rock band
Don Broco
*"Priority", a song by Jolin Tsai from the 2004 album ''
Castle
A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...
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*"Priority", a song by SM Town from the 2022 album ''
2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace''
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Priority Records
Priority Records is an American distribution company and record label known for artists including N.W.A, Ice Cube, MC Ren, Eazy-E, Master P, Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Silkk the Shocker, Jay-Z, Paris, Mack 10, 504 Boyz, Brotha Lynch Hung, ...
, a record label started in 1985 and acquired by Capitol Records
Science and technology
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Scheduling priority, the way computing processes are assigned priorities in a run queue
* Priority, a tag or attribute of a
requirement
In engineering, a requirement is a condition that must be satisfied for the output of a work effort to be acceptable. It is an explicit, objective, clear and often quantitative description of a condition to be satisfied by a material, design, pro ...
in software or systems engineering
*Priority of the scientific names of organisms, including:
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Priority (biology) in biological taxonomy, the principle that the oldest available name for a biological taxon is the valid one
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botanical nomenclature
Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants. It is related to, but distinct from taxonomy (biology), taxonomy. Plant taxonomy is concerned with grouping and classifying plants; Botany, botanical nomenclature then provides na ...
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zoological nomenclature
* Priority number, given to each functional group in IUPAC
organic nomenclature
In chemical nomenclature, the IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry is a method of naming organic compound, organic chemical compounds as recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). It is published in the ''No ...
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Scientific priority, the priority of scientific ideas
Other uses
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Priority (fencing)
Priority or right of way is the decision criterion used in foil and sabre fencing to determine which fencer receives the touch, or point, when both fencers land a hit within the same short time-frame (less than 1 second). After this window, if ...
, a scoring criterion in the sport of fencing
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Priority level, the priority of emergency communications
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Priority mail, a service of the US Postal Service
See also
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Preemption (disambiguation)
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Preference
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