Camp
Encyclopedia
Outdoor accommodation and recreation
- CampsiteCampsiteA campsite or camping pitch is a place used for overnight stay in the outdoors. In British English a campsite is an area, usually divided into a number of pitches, where people can camp overnight using tents or camper vans or caravans; this British English use of the word is synonymous with the...
or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site - Summer campSummer campSummer camp is a supervised program for children or teenagers conducted during the summer months in some countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer camp are known as campers....
, typically organized for groups of children or youth - A term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to describe a cottageCottage__toc__In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cozy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location. However there are cottage-style dwellings in cities, and in places such as Canada the term exists with no connotations of size at all...
Gatherings of people
- Camp meetingCamp meetingThe camp meeting is a form of Protestant Christian religious service originating in Britain and once common in some parts of the United States, wherein people would travel from a large area to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray...
, a Christian gathering which originated in 19th century America. - Temporary settlement of a band of hunter-gathererHunter-gathererA hunter-gatherer or forage society is one in which most or all food is obtained from wild plants and animals, in contrast to agricultural societies which rely mainly on domesticated species. Hunting and gathering was the ancestral subsistence mode of Homo, and all modern humans were...
peoples - A term commonly used in the titles of technology-related unconferenceUnconferenceAn unconference is a participant-driven meeting. The term "unconference" has been applied, or self-applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid one or more aspects of a conventional conference, such as high fees, sponsored presentations, and top-down organization...
s, such as Foo CampFoo CampFoo Camp is an annual hacker event hosted by publisher O'Reilly Media. O'Reilly describes it as "the wiki of conferences", where the program is developed by the attendees at the event, using big whiteboard schedule templates that can be rewritten or overwritten by attendees to optimize the schedule...
and BarCampBarCampBarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences . They are open, participatory workshop-events, the content of which is provided by participants. The first BarCamps focused on early-stage web applications, and were related to open source technologies, social protocols, and open... - Displaced Persons campDisplaced persons campA displaced persons camp or DP camp is a temporary facility for displaced persons coerced into forced migration. The term is mainly used for camps established after World War II in West Germany and in Austria, as well as in the United Kingdom, primarily for refugees from Eastern Europe and for the...
- Refugee campRefugee campA refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands of people may live in any one single camp. Usually they are built and run by a government, the United Nations, or international organizations, or NGOs.Refugee camps are generally set up in an impromptu...
, a temporary encampment for displaced people
Areas of imprisonment or confinement
- InternmentInternmentInternment is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the meaning as: "The action of 'interning'; confinement within the limits of a country or place." Most modern usage is about individuals, and there is a distinction...
camp, also called a concentration camp, resettlement camp, relocation camp, or detention camp - Extermination camp
- Labor campLabor campA labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons...
- Prisoner-of-war campPrisoner-of-war campA prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of combatants captured by their enemy in time of war, and is similar to an internment camp which is used for civilian populations. A prisoner of war is generally a soldier, sailor, or airman who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or...
Geographical locations
- Camp (Falkland Islands)Camp (Falkland Islands)The camp is the term used in the Falkland Islands to refer to any part of the islands outside of the islands' only significant town, Stanley, and often the large RAF base at Mount Pleasant...
, a term used in the Falkland Islands to refer to any part of the islands outside of the islands' only significant town, Stanley. - CâmpCâmpCâmp may refer to several villages in Romania:* Câmp, a village in the town of Vaşcău, Bihor County* Câmp, a village in Urmeniş Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County...
, two villages in Romania - A village on the Dingle PeninsulaDingle PeninsulaThe Dingle Peninsula is the northernmost of the major peninsulae in County Kerry. Its ends beyond the town of Dingle at Dunmore Head, the westernmost point of Ireland.-Name:...
, in the Republic of Ireland - The CampThe CampThe Camp was the first naturist club to be established in the United Kingdom. It was set up by someone known only as Moonella and existed at a country house near Wickford in Essex between 1924-1927. It was later replaced by a new venue called "The New Camp" near St. Albans. This and several others...
, a village in Gloucestershire - The Central Atlantic Magmatic ProvinceCentral Atlantic Magmatic ProvinceThe Central Atlantic magmatic province is a large connected magma flow formed during the breakup of Pangaea during the Mesozoic Era. The initial breakup of Pangaea in early Jurassic time provided a legacy of basaltic dikes, sills, and lavas over a vast area around the present central North...
Entertainment
- Camp (film)Camp (film)Camp is a 2003 American independent musical film written and directed by Todd Graff, about an upstate New York performing arts summer camp. The film is based on Graff's own experiences at a similar camp called Stagedoor Manor. The film was released in 2003 by IFC Films.-Plot:The film centers on the...
, a 2003 independent film, written and directed by Todd Graff, about an upstate New York performing arts summer camp - Camp RecordsCamp RecordsCamp Records was a record label based out of California in the 1960s that specialized in producing anonymous gay-themed novelty records and singles, mostly sold out of the backs of beefcake magazines....
, a 1960s record label that specialized in producing gay-themed novelty records and singles - Camp MullaCamp MullaCamp Mulla is a Kenyan hip hop group originating from and based in Nairobi, Kenya.The group has grown a big fanbase over a short period of time, already having over 15,000 fans, both on Facebook and ReverbNation, over 18,000 followers on Twitter and over 150 followers on SoundCloud.Camp Mulla is...
, a Kenyan hip hop group - Camp (album)Camp (album)Camp is the first studio album, and fourth album overall, by American rapper Childish Gambino , released on November 15, 2011 on Glassnote Records. The release was co-written and co-produced in its entirety by long-time collaborator Ludwig Göransson...
, a 2011 album from rapper Childish Gambino
Other uses
- Camp (style)Camp (style)Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its taste and ironic value. The concept is closely related to kitsch, and things with camp appeal may also be described as being "cheesy"...
, an ironic appreciation of that which might otherwise be considered outlandish or corny - cAMP, Cyclic adenosine monophosphateCyclic adenosine monophosphateCyclic adenosine monophosphate is a second messenger important in many biological processes...
- CAMP, cathelicidinCathelicidinMembers of the cathelicidin family of antimicrobial polypeptides are characterized by a highly conserved region and a highly variable cathelicidin peptide domain.Cathelicidin peptides have been isolated from many different species of mammals...
antimicrobial peptides
See also
- Camp CoffeeCamp CoffeeCamp Coffee is a Scottish food product, which began production in 1876 by Paterson & Sons Ltd. in a plant on Charlotte St, Glasgow. Almost one-hundred years later in 1974 businessman Daniel Jenks merged with Paterson to form Paterson Jenks plc. In 1984, Paterson Jenks plc was bought by McCormick &...
- Camp (surname)Camp (surname)Camp is an English family name taken from Latin roots. The name is found in Great Britain and in other places throughout the world settled by the English. According the 2000 census there are fewer than 1300 Camps in the UK. The 2000 US census puts the number at over 27,000, making it the 1087th...
- CAMP (disambiguation), the acronym
- CAMPSCAMPSCivil Aircraft Missile Protection System or CAMPS is an infrared countermeasure against infrared-homed anti-aircraft missiles, specifically designed to defend civilian aircraft flying under against MANPADS....
, missile defense system for civilian aircraft - Camper (disambiguation)
- Camping (disambiguation)Camping (disambiguation)Camping is a recreational activity .Camping may also refer to:*Summer camping, an American children's activity*Backpacking , hiking and camping overnight in backcountry...
- CampusCampusA campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
- Kemp (disambiguation)