Fence (disambiguation)
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A fence is a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
Fence, fences or fencing may also refer to:
Science and technology
- Fence (mathematics), partially ordered set formed by an alternating sequence of order relations
- Fence (statistics), value beyond which an observation is considered an outlier
- Fence lizard (disambiguation), two species of spiny lizard
- Air Force Space Surveillance System, radar system for tracking spacecraft, commonly known as "The Fence"
- Fencing response, a peculiar position of the arms following a concussion
Computing
- Fence instruction, a computer operation for enforcing sequel memory operations
- Fences (software), desktop utility for Windows computers by Stardock
- Fencing (computing), mechanism in computer clusters
Entertainment
- Fence (magazine), an American literary magazine
- Fences (play), a 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by August Wilson
- Fences (film), a 2016 film adaptation of the play, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, and directed by Washington
- Slitherlink or Fences, logic puzzle published by Nikoli
Music
- Fences (band), an American rock band
- "Fences" (song), a song on Paramore's 2007 album Riot!
Places
- Fence, Wisconsin, a town in the United States
- Fence (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Fence, Lancashire, a village in England
Sport
- Fencing, a sport of armed combat using a foil, épée, or saber
- Horse jumping obstacles, obstacles to be jumped as part of a show-jumping or cross-country course
Historical
- Fencing, the English term for historical European martial arts, often including the dagger, longsword, rapier, and sword and buckler
Other uses
- Fence (criminal), dealer in the purchase and sale of stolen property
- Fence (finance), a combination of financial instruments used to protect an investor against adverse price movements
- Fence (woodworking), portion of a tool used as a guide
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