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Numbers and statistics

• Score (gaming), a number of points achieved in a sporting event or game
• a unit of twenty, e.g. "four score and seven years ago": eighty-seven years ago
• Score (statistics), the derivative, with respect to some parameter θ, of the logarithm of the likelihood function
• Raw score, an original datum that has not been transformed
• Standard score, a dimensionless quantity derived from the raw score
• a large, indeterminate number: "some words have scores of meanings"

In a game the score refers to the amount of points achieved by a player or team. ... 20 (twenty) is the natural number following 19 and preceding 21. ... In statistics, the score is the derivative, with respect to some parameter θ, of the logarithm of the likelihood function. ... In statistics and data analysis, a raw score is an original datum that has not been transformed – for example, the original result obtained by a student on a test (i. ... Compares the various grading methods in a normal distribution. ... See: indeterminate (variable) statically indeterminate Division by zero This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Economics

• Dynamic scoring
• Static scoring

Dynamic scoring predicts the impact of fiscal policy changes by forcasting the effects of economic agents reactions to policy. ... Static analysis, static projection, and static scoring are pejorative terms for statistical analyses that are considered to omit relevant factors, and are counterposed to dynamic analysis or dynamic scoring, referring to analyses considered to take appropriate account of how variables may change or interact. ...

Figurative uses

• a slang term for the verb of sexual intercourse or related sexual activity (e.g., "did you score last night?").
• In drug users' jargon, to obtain drugs.
• to cut through part of the thickness of a flat object so that it may easily be broken along the scored line. E.g., medicinal tablets are often scored so they may be broken in half for smaller doses.
• Superlative, usually followed by a High Five (e.g. For Instance a Football team has won a game, two fans would shout "SCORE" then give each other a high five)
• A Theft or Robbery, usually a successful one.

It has been suggested that Duration of sexual intercourse be merged into this article or section. ... Common disk-shaped tablets A pharmacological tablet is a medicinal or other active substance mixed with binder powders and pressed into a tablet form. ... For the noun case, see superlative case. ... A high five is a celebratory gesture made by two people, each raising one hand to slap the raised hand of the other - usually meant to communicate to spectators mutual self-satisfaction or to extend congratulations from one person to another. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Everyday instance of theft: the bike which fits on this wheel has disappeared. ...

Organisations

• Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), an organization of volunteers advising aspiring businesspeople.
• SCORE! Educational Centers
• SCORE International, an Offroad racing organization
• Acronym for the "Statistics, Computing, Operational Research and Economics" degree programme offered by University College London.

The Service Corps of Retired Executives, or SCORE, is a US national volunteer group that provides advice, support, consulting and training to small businesses. ... SCORE! Educational Centers (commonly SCORE!), a division of Kaplan, Inc. ... SCORE International is an off-road sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing and is famous for its flagship event, the Baja 1000. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, or simply UC is one of the colleges that makes up the University of London. ...

The Arts

• Sheet music for a musical composition, such as a song, opera, show or other piece of music. It may include only an arrangement for piano and voice, or the full orchestration or some other arrangement, and it includes the composition in a single time sequence, giving an overall picture of the composition
• Film score, a sound recording of the music in a film
• Score (album), the live CD/DVD by progressive metal band Dream Theater.
• Score (film), a 1972 pornographic film
• Score, a UK-based football comic, originally Score and Roar, published in 1970, merged with rival comic Scorcher in 1971
• A method used to join two pieces of pottery, each side is scored and then pressed together

Sheet music is written representation of music. ... In music, an arrangement loosely describes rewriting a piece of pre-existing music for a specific set of instruments or voices, often in harmony or with additional original material. ... Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium. ... A film score is the music in a film, generally written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ... Score is a 3CD/2DVD combination by progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Score is the name of a sexploitation directed by Radley Metzger that was part of the brief porn chic fad in the early 1970s that also included The Devil in Miss Jones and Deep Throat. ... Scorcher was the name of a football-themed British comic magazine published by IPC between January 1970 and June 1971. ...

Media

• SCORE (Spain), a free general sports magazine published in Madrid and distributed along the Costa del Sol
• Score (magazine), a pornographic magazine co-published in the US and UK
• SCORE (Czech), a computer gaming magazine since year 1994
• SCORE (television), a defunct joint television network with Financial News Network in the 1980s.
• Score Entertainment, makers of the Dragon Ball Z trading card game, subsidiary of Donruss/Playoff.
• Score, a sports trading card brand under the Donruss/Playoff family of brands. Currently only dealing in NFL Football liscensed products with recent releases being 2006 Score Football or 2006 Score Select Football.
• Final Score/Score, BBC programme that views the Football results as they happen.

SCORE is an English language general sports magazine printed in Madrid, Spain and distributed monthly along the Costa del Sol. ... SCORE was a joint venture with Financial News Network which aired sports-themed programming in the 1980s. ... The Financial News Network was a television network that operated throughout the United States throughout the 1980s. ... The Score Entertainment logo Score Entertainment is a trading card design and manufacturing company based in Arlington, Texas. ... Donruss is a U.S. brand of bubble gum and trading card. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... Final Score is a BBC TV programme which runs on Saturday afternoons and is presented by Ray Stubbs. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

Various

• Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite
• Scores (strip club) in New York City
• Score!, a popular phrase from the 1990s, similar to 'Alright!' and 'High Five!'. Brought back into prominence in early 2007 by Saint Michael's college student 'Rinaldo'

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