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'''Operation''' or '''Operations''' may refer to:
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== Arts, entertainment and media ==
* [[Operation (game)|''Operation'' (game)]], a battery-operated board game that challenges dexterity
* [[Operation (music)]], a term used in musical set theory
* [[Operations (magazine)|''Operations'' (magazine)]], Multi-Man Publishing's house organ for articles and discussion about its wargaming products
* [[The Operation (film)|''The Operation'' (film)]], a 1973 British television film
* ''The Operation'' (1990), a crime, drama, TV movie starring [[Joe_Penny#Filmography|Joe Penny]], Lisa Hartman, and Jason Beghe
* [[The Operation M.D.]], formerly The Operation, a Canadian garage rock band
* "Operation", a song by Relient K from ''[[The Creepy EP]]'', 2001
 
===Television===
====Episodes====
* "The Operation", [[Sky Dancers#ep27|''Sky Dancers'' episode 27]] (1996)
* "The Operation", [[List of The Golden Girls episodes#ep18|''The Golden Girls'' season 1, episode 18]] (1986)
* "The Operation", [[You're Only Young Twice#Series 2 (1978)|''You're Only Young Twice'' (1997) series 2, episode 8]] (1978)

====Shows====
* ''The Operation'' (1992–1998), a reality television series from [[List_of_programs_broadcast_by_TLC#Acquired_programming|TLC]]

== Business ==
* [[Manufacturing operations]], operation of a facility
* [[Operations management]], an area of management concerned with designing and controlling the process of production

== Military and law enforcement ==
* [[Military operation]], a military action (usually in a military campaign) using deployed forces
** [[Black operation]], or "Black op", an operation that may be outside of standard military protocol or against the law
** [[Clandestine operation]], an intelligence or military operation carried out so that the operation goes unnoticed
** [[Combined operations]], operations by forces of two or more allied nations
** [[Covert operation]], an operation which conceals the identity of the sponsor
** [[Psychological operations]], an operation consisting of psychological manipulations, tactics, and warfare
** [[Special operations]], military operations that are unconventional
* [[Operations (J3)]], third level of Nation Level Command Structure
* [[Operations (military staff)]], staff involved in planning operations
* [[Sting operation]], an operation designed to catch a person committing a crime, by means of deception

== Science and technology ==
* [[Inference]], a step in reasoning
* [[Information technology operations]]
* [[Operation (mathematics)]], a calculation from zero or more input values (called operands) to an output value
** [[Arity]], number of arguments or operands that the function takes
** [[Binary operation]], calculation that combines two elements of the set to produce another element of the set
** [[Graph operations]], produce new graphs from initial ones
** [[Modulo operation]], operation finds the remainder after division of one number by another
** [[Operations research]], in British usage, application of advanced analytical methods to make better decisions
** [[Unary operation]], an operation with only one operand
* [[Rail transport operations]], the control of a rail system
* [[Scientific operation]]
* [[Surgical operation]], or surgery, in medicine
* [[Unit operation]], a basic step in a chemical engineering process

== Other uses ==
* [[Anomalous operation]], in parapsychology, a term describing a broad category of purported paranormal effects
* Operation, a word which represents a [[grammatical relation]] (i.e., function) or instruction, rather than a term or name
* [[Operation of law]], a legal term that indicates that a right or liability has been created for a party

== See also ==
* [[List of military operations]]
* [[OP (disambiguation)]]
* [[Operations support system]], used in the telecommunications industry
* [[Operations room]], the tactical center providing processed information for command and control of an area of operations
* [[Operative (disambiguation)]]
* [[Operator (disambiguation)]]

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