Focus

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Focus may refer to:

• Focus (optics), a point toward which light rays are made to converge
  • Autofocus, a feature of some optical systems that obtains and maintains correct focus on a target
  • Focal length, a measure of how strongly a lens focuses or diverges light
• Focus (album), by the US metal band Cynic
• Focus (band), a 1970s Dutch band
• Focus (board game), is an abstract strategy game
• Focus (computing), the component of the graphical user interface which is currently selected
• Focus (DIY), a UK chain of do it yourself stores
• Focus (encyclopedia), a Swedish language encyclopedia
• Focus (jazz album), by Stan Getz
• Focus (geometry), a special point used in describing conic sections
• Focus (linguistics), the part of a sentence which contributes the most important information
• Focus (magazine), a Christian magazine
• Focus Humanitarian Assistance an international emergency relief organization
• Focusing, an activity related to psychotherapy
• AGM-87 Focus, a U.S. Navy air-to-surface missile
• BBC Focus, a Science and Technology monthly
• Ford Focus, an automobile

FOCUS may mean:

• FOCUS, a domain-specific programming language for data handling and analysis
• FOCUS (hardware), a CPU architecture
• FOCUS Program, a voluntary study program at numerous American universities
• FOCUS Brands, Inc., a food and confectionery company
• FOCUS (magazine), the second largest German newsmagazine
• FOCUS (organization) Fellowship of Catholic University Students

Related uses:

• A type of attractor in dynamical systems
• Attention, the ability to concentrate on a subject or issue

Other meanings:

• To break a skateboard