Transparency

Transparency may refer to:

Transparency and translucency, the physical property of allowing the transmission of light through a material

Literal uses:

Electromagnetically induced transparency, an effect in which a medium that is normally opaque at a particular wavelength is caused to become temporarily transparent
Pentimento, an alteration in a painting, often revealed with growing transparency in paints with age
Transparency (photography), a still, positive image created on a transparent base using photochemical means
Transparency (projection), a thin sheet of transparent material for use with an overhead projector

In computing and mathematics:

Transparency (human-computer interaction), user and engineering design considerations, including
- Location transparency if the names used to identify network resources are independent of both the user's location and the resource location
- Network transparency if there is no difference between the centralized database and the distributed database
Transparency (digital design), the property of a latch to show input changes immediately on output
Transparency (data compression), the ideal result of lossy data compression
Transparency (telecommunication), the property by which a transmission system passes a signal through without changing its form or content
Transparency (graphic), for overlay and translucency in PNG, GIF, and TIFF files
Transparency (pseudo), or background translucency in the X or X11 Window System
Referential transparency in programming designates a deterministic function
Security through transparency, a security engineering methodology which attempts to get as many people as possible reviewing code, with the hope that they will maintain or at least point out bugs in it, improving security over time.

In science, engineering, humanities, government, and business:

Media transparency, in the communications industry
Government transparency, in government
Radical transparency in management
Corporate transparency in business operations
Transparency (behavior), a metaphor implying visibility in contexts related to the behavior of individuals or groups

Transparency (behavior), performing in such a way that it is easy for the agent or others to see what's wrong, e.g., the standard way to make change at a point of sale
Transparency (general), providing enough information that the decision makers can anticipate the adverse effects of potential decisions.
Transparency (general), providing enough information that the decision makers can see the legal and regulatory violations of potential decisions.
Transparency (linguistic), a term used in linguistics and the philosophy of language
Transparency (market), a term in economics
Transparency (philosophy), an adjective applied to a state in which the subject can be aware of being in that state
Transparency (social), the social value of access to information held by centers of authority
Transparency (trade), the formal principle of the WTO that a country’s policies and regulations affecting foreign trade should be clearly communicated to its trading partners.

Transparency International, an organization working for governance, corporate, banking and association transparency

See also: Freedom of information legislation
Transparency (Guatemala), a political party in Guatemala (Transparencia)

In entertainment:

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