Editing Speculative

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'''Speculative''' may refer to:
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==In arts and entertainment==
*[[Speculative art (disambiguation)]]
*[[Speculative fiction]], which includes elements created out of human imagination, such as the science fiction and fantasy genres
**[[Speculative Fiction Group]], a Persian literature group whose website which is named Fantasy Academy
**[[Speculative poetry]], a genre of poetry that focuses on fantastic, science fictional and mythological themes
*[[Speculative screenplay]], or spec script, a non-commissioned, unsolicited screenplay
*[[The Speculative Society]], a Scottish Enlightenment society dedicated to public speaking and literary composition, founded in 1764

==In computing==
*[[Speculative execution]], in computer systems is doing work, the result of which may not be needed. This performance optimization technique is used in pipelined processors and other systems
*[[Speculative multithreading]], a dynamic parallelization technique that depends on out-of-order execution to achieve speedup on multiprocessor CPUs. It is a kind of speculative execution that occurs at the thread level as opposed to the instruction level

==In economics==
*[[Speculation]], the practice of engaging in risky transactions in an attempt to profit from fluctuations in market value
**[[Speculative attack]], denoting precipitous acquisition of assets by previously inactive speculators
**[[Speculative demand]], a demand for financial assets that is not dictated by real transactions such as trade or financing
**[[Speculative development]], in real estate
**[[Speculative grade]], a grade of bond below investment grade, having higher risk, but typically pay higher yield than better quality bonds
**[[Economic bubble]], when assets trade at a price that far exceeds an asset's intrinsic value due to speculation

==In linguistics==
*[[Speculative mood]], a grammatical mood found in some languages
*[[Speculative grammarians]], members of a school of grammarian philosophy known as Modism, active in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries
*''[[Speculative Grammarian]]'', a parody science journal

==In philosophy==
*[[Speculative philosophy]], an aspect of Continental philosophy
*[[Speculative realism]], a movement in contemporary philosophy
*[[Speculative reason]], theoretical as opposed to practical thought

==Other uses==
*[[Speculative damages]], in law, damages claimed by a plaintiff for losses that may occur in the future
*[[Speculative fire]], a military tactic of firing to draw enemy fire and confirm the enemy's presence
*[[Speculative mason]], in Freemasonry
*[[Speculative Period]], defined in terms of archaeological methods employed in North America between 1492 and 1840

==See also==
*[[Speculation (disambiguation)]]

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