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Option

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Option or Options may refer to:

Computing

  • Option key, a key on Apple computer keyboards
  • Option type, a polymorphic data type in programming languages
  • Command-line option, an optional parameter to a command
  • OPTIONS, an HTTP request method

Literature

Legal rights

  • Option (aircraft purchasing)
  • South Tyrol Option Agreement, a forced resettling contract between fascist Italy and Nazi Germany regarding the German-speaking inhabitants of South Tyrol
  • Option (filmmaking), a contractual agreement between a film producer and a writer, in which the producer obtains the right to buy a screenplay from the writer before a certain date.
  • Option (finance), an instrument that conveys the right, but not the obligation, to engage in a future transaction (for example, on some underlying security or on a parcel of real property), or in a futures contract
  • Option contract, a type of legal contract

Music

  • "Options", a song by EarthGang
  • "Options" (Luke James song)
  • "Options" (NSG song), featuring Tion Wayne
  • "Options" (PartyNextDoor song)
  • "Options", a song by Pedro the Lion from his 2007 album Control

Sport

  • Option (baseball), a baseball player who can be moved back and forth between major and minor league teams
  • Option offense, an offensive scheme in American football primarily predicated on option runs
  • Option run, a play in American and Canadian football

Other uses

  • "Options" (Welcome to Paradox), an episode of Welcome to Paradox
  • Option N.V., a company providing wireless technology devices
  • "The Option", an alternate name for the South Tyrol Option Agreement, a resettlement program of German speakers living in Italy initiated by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini
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