Talent has two principal meanings:
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Talent (measurement)
The talent (Ancient Greek: , ''talanton'', Latin: , Biblical Hebrew: ''kikkar'' כִּכָּר, Ugaritic: ''kkr'' (𐎋𐎋𐎗), Phoenician: ''kkr'' (𐤒𐤒𐤓), Syriac: ''kakra'' (ܟܲܟܪܵܐ),, Akkadian: ''kakkaru'' or ''gaggaru'' in the A ...
, an ancient unit of mass and value
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Aptitude
An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level. Outstanding aptitude can be considered "talent", or "skill". Aptitude is inborn potential to perform certain kinds of activities, whether physical or ...
or talent, 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'', 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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Talent (group), a US R&B group from Kansas City, who formed in 1998
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Billy Talent, 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's'' second season
Other uses
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Attic talent, 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, 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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Talent management
Talent management (TM) is the anticipation of required human capital for an organization and the planning to meet those needs. The field has been growing in significance and gaining interest among practitioners as well as in the scholarly deba ...
, the management of human capital within an organisation
* People who work in entertainment or broadcasting, as in
talent agent
A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds work for actors, authors, broadcast journalists, film directors, musicians, models, professional athletes, screenwriters, writers, dancers, and other professionals in various entertainm ...
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Talent scheduling, an optimization problem in computer science and operations research.
See also
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