Operation

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Operation or Operations may refer to:

• Scientific operation
• Surgery, or operation
• An operation in mathematics:
  • Graph operations
  • Unary operation
  • Binary operation
  • Arity
  • Operations research
• In language, an operation is a word which represents a function (or instruction), rather than a term or name
• In computer science:
  • an operation is performed on the basis of an instruction
  • Modulo operation
• In military and intelligence:
  • Military operation, a military action (usually in a military campaign) using deployed forces
  • Operations (military staff), staff involved in planning operations
  • Combined operations, operations by forces of two or more allied nations
  • Operations room, the tactical center providing processed information for command and control of an area of operations
  • Special operations, military operations that are unconventional
  • Covert operation, an operation which conceals the identity of the sponsor
  • Clandestine operation, an intelligence or military operation carried out so that the operation goes unnoticed
  • Black operation, an operation that may be outside of standard military protocol or against the law.
  • Sting operation, an operation designed to catch a person committing a crime, by means of deception
• Business operations
  • Operations management
  • Manufacturing operations
  • Unit operation, a basic step in a chemical engineering process
• Rail transport operations, the control of a rail system
• Operations support system used in the telecommunications industry
• Operation of law, a legal term that indicates that a right or liability has been created for a party
• Anomalous operation, in parapsychology, a term describing a broad category of purported paranormal effects
• Operation (game), a battery-operated game of physical skill

See also

• List of military operations
• Operator (disambiguation)

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