Breakout (disambiguation)

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Breakout can refer to:

In film, television and gaming:

• Breakout characters are those which start as a supporting role but eventually become the main character through audience popularity.
• Breakout, a classic PONG-like arcade game;
• Breakout (1975 film) is also movie starring Charles Bronson and Robert Duvall [1]

In music:

• Breakout is a Polish blues rock band
• "Breakout" is a song from Never Say Die!, Black Sabbath's last album with Ozzy Osbourne;
• "Breakout (song)" is a single from the Foo Fighters' third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose;
• "Breakout (Swing Out Sister song)" is a 1986 single from British jazz-pop act Swing Out Sister
• "Breakout" is a song from The Trinity, Sean Paul's third album.

In electronics:

• Breakout (electronics), hardware that allows hand-access to densely-spaced pins on a microchip (a breakout board), or individual connectors in a complex connector (see breakout box).
• Breakout (Fiber Optics) , several different cables packed inside one common jacket. This results maximum strength of the cable.

In slang:

• Breakout is slang for a prison escape;
• Breakout is a North American slang term for acne.

Other uses:

• Breakout (military) is a military operation to end a situation of encirclement or siege;
• Breakout (technical analysis) is when prices pass through, and stay through an area of support or resistance
• Breakout game (sports) is a the first game at a new level of competition in which an athlete performs very well. It usually portends that the athlete is going to succeed at the new level of play.