Topic

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Topic can refer to:

• An area of interest, also called a subject
• What a composition is about; what is described by the main ideas and supporting details
  • The focus of an article in a publication
  • The focus of a discussion or debate; see On-topic
• Topic (or theme) in linguistics, the part of a proposition that is being talked about (predicated)
• A topic sentence, a sentence in a paragraph that indicates what the paragraph in general is about, usually the first sentence
• An XML topic (a kind of resource)
• Topicality, a stock issue in policy debate which pertains to whether or not the plan affirms the resolution as worded
• Topic Maps, an ISO standard for the representation and interchange of knowledge
• Topic as Meta-information in linguistics

Names and titles:

• Dado Topić, Croatian rocker
• Topic (chocolate bar), a brand of milk chocolate confectionery bar with hazelnuts in soft nougat and smooth caramel
• Topic Records, a British record label
• Topics, a work by Aristotle
• New papers on Topic [1] and other Centres of Attention of linguistic units (utterances, dialogues and texts)

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