Refer or referral may refer to: *

Reference A reference is a relationship between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. The first object in this relation is said to ''refer to'' the second object. It is called a ''nam ...

, a relation of designation or linking between objects **

Word-sense disambiguation Word-sense disambiguation is the process of identifying which sense of a word is meant in a sentence or other segment of context. In human language processing and cognition, it is usually subconscious. Given that natural language requires ref ...

, when a single term may refer to multiple meanings *

Referral marketing Referral marketing is a word-of-mouth initiative designed by a company to incentivize existing customers to introduce their family, friends, and contacts to become new customers. Unlike pure word-of-mouth strategies—where customers independe ...

, to personally recommend, endorse, and pass a person to a qualified professional or service * Referral (medicine), to transfer a patient's care from one clinician to another *

Commit (motion) A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly or other form of organization. A committee may not itself be considered to be a form of assembly or a decision-making body. Usually, an assembly o ...

, a motion in parliamentary procedure * Refer (software), the tr-off preprocessor for citations * Rede Ferroviária Nacional, the Portuguese rail network manager *Referral, a form of

instant replay Instant replay or action replay is a video reproduction of something that recently occurred, both shot and broadcast live TV, live. After being shown live, the video is replayed so viewers can see it again and analyze what just happened. Spo ...

in cricket *

Criminal referral A criminal referral or criminal recommendation is a notice to a prosecutorial body, recommending criminal investigation or prosecution of one or more entities for crimes which fall into that body's jurisdiction. In the U.S. federal government, ...

, a document recommending investigation of crimes to the appropriate authority *

HTTP referer In HTTP, "" (a misspelling of "Referrer") is an optional HTTP header field that identifies the address of the web page (i.e., the URI or IRI) from which the resource has been requested. By checking the referrer, the server providing the new web ...

, the address of the webpage of the resource which links to an internet webpage or resource

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