Target
Encyclopedia
Target may refer to:
Retail
- Target CorporationTarget CorporationTarget Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...
, an American retail chain- Target CanadaTarget CanadaTarget Canada Co. is the Canadian subsidiary of United States-based discount department store chain Target Corporation, formed in 2011 to oversee the company's Canadian operations....
, its Canadian subsidiary
- Target Canada
- Target Australia, an Australian retail chain similar to, but not associated with, Target Corporation
- Target Apparel, a Canadian retail chain unrelated to any of the above
Games and sport
- The object shot at in target archeryTarget archeryModern competitive archery is governed by the World Archery Federation, abbreviated WA . Olympic rules are derived from WA rules. WA is the International Olympic Committee's recognized governing body for all of archery.Currently 142 nations are represented by WA archery governing bodies...
and other shooting sportsShooting sportsA shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...
- Bullseye (target)Bullseye (target)The bullseye, or bull's-eye, is the centre of a target , and by extension the name given to any shot that hits the bullseye...
, the goal one is aiming for in these sports
- Bullseye (target)
- Target (word puzzle)
- Target CenterTarget CenterThe Target Center is an arena in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is sponsored by Target Corporation. The arena has a capacity of 20,500 people. It contains 702 club seats and 68 suites....
, an indoor sports arena - Target FieldTarget FieldTarget Field is a baseball park located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the home ballpark of the Minnesota Twins, the city's Major League Baseball franchise. It is the franchise's sixth ballpark and third in Minnesota. The Twins moved to Target Field for the 2010 Major League Baseball...
, a baseball park
Film
- Target (1952 film)Target (1952 film)Target is a 1952 Western film starring Tim Holt.-Cast:*Tim Holt - Tim Holt*Mary Jo Tarola - Terry Moran *Walter Reed - Martin Conroy*Harry Harvey - Editor David Carson*John Hamilton - Rancher Bailey*Lane Bradford - Henchman Garrett...
, a Western starring Tim Holt - Target (1985 film)Target (1985 film)Target is a 1985 film directed by Arthur Penn. It stars Matt Dillon and Gene Hackman.-Plot:In Dallas, Walter Lloyd runs a lumber business. After checking out at the office, Walter stops by the local racetrack, where his college-age son Chris works repairing stock cars...
, a thriller starring Gene Hackman - Target (1995 film)Target (1995 film)Target is a 1995 drama film directed by Sandip Ray based on the novel Manushar Juddha written by Prafulla Chandra Roy. The film is centred around the relationship between Singh, a cruel, manipulative landowner and his workers that belong to a caste of pariahs.-Cast:*Mohan Agashe - Vindhyachal...
, a drama directed by Sandip Ray - Target (2004 film)Target (2004 film)-Plot:Charlie Snow was a highly decorated war hero, a sniper who never placed emotion before the mission. Except once. Providing cover for an undercover arms dealer sting operation, he was forced into a predicament, as through his scope he saw a hostage crisis unfold.The decision he made cost his...
, an action film starring Stephen Baldwin
Television
- Target (New Zealand TV series)Target (New Zealand TV series)Target is a New Zealand consumer advice show. It's hosted by Jeanette Thomas and Brooke Howard-Smith. The show has run for 11 seasons and remains one of New Zealand's highest rated factual programs and has won 1 Qantas Media Award-Hidden Camera Trials:...
, a consumer affairs program - Target (UK TV series), a 1970s British police drama
- "The Target" (The Wire)
Publishing
- Target (magazine)Target (magazine)Target was a popular Indian children's magazine that was published monthly in English from 1980 to 1995. It featured a mix of reader contributions, stories from regular writers, do-it-yourself articles and several popular comic strips.-History:...
- Target: 2006, a Transformers comic book story arc
- Target BooksTarget BooksTarget Books was a British publishing imprint, established in 1973 by Universal-Tandem Publishing Co Ltd, a paperback publishing company. The imprint was established as a children's imprint to complement the adult Tandem imprint, and became well known for their highly successful range of...
, a publishing imprint - The Target, a comic book character, one of the trio Target and the TargeteersTarget and the TargeteersThe Target and the Targeteers are fictional characters, a trio of superheroes who first appeared in 1940, in Target Comics from Novelty Press.-History:...
Other uses
- Target (rapper)Target (rapper)Nenad Šimun know by his stage name Target or by Mladi Gospar is a Croatian rapper.He began his career in 1994. In 1996 he and General Woo formed a duo called Tram 11. As part of Tram 11 he became one of the best Croatian rappers up until 2003 when he went solo...
, stage name of Croatioan hip-hop artist Nenad Šimun - "Target" (song)Target (song)"Target" is a song by British rock band Embrace and is featured on their number-one charting fifth album, This New Day. It was released 11 September 2006 as the follow-up to the band's official World Cup 2006 Anthem...
, by Embrace - The TargetThe Target-Personnel:* Douglas Robb - vocals* Dan Estrin - guitars* Markku Lappalainen - bass* Chris Hesse - drums...
, an EP by Hoobastank - Target, AllierTarget, AllierTarget is a commune in the Allier department in central France.-Geography:The Venant, a tributary of the Bouble, forms all of the commune's northwestern border, then flows into the Bouble, which forms all of its south-western border.-Population:...
, France - Target GroupTarget GroupTarget Group is a provider of software and outsourcing solutions to financial services and insurance companies. It specialises in delivering business solutions to the following markets: loans and mortgages, investments, general insurance, utilities and finance brokers.Target operates...
, an information technology consulting firm - Gui-Jean-Baptiste TargetGui-Jean-Baptiste TargetGui-Jean-Baptiste Target was a French lawyer and politician.Born in Paris, he acquired a great reputation as a lawyer, less by practice in the courts than in a consultative capacity. He strenuously opposed the "parlement Maupeou", devised by Chancellor Maupeou to replace the old judiciary bodies,...
(1733–1807), French lawyer - TARGETTARGETTARGET was an interbank payment system for the real-time processing of cross-border transfers throughout the European Union. It included 16 national real-time gross settlement systems and the ECB payment mechanism...
, an interbank payment system - TARGET 3001!TARGET 3001!TARGET 3001! is a CAD program for EDA and PCB design, developed by Ing.-Buero Friedrich in Germany. It supports the design of electronic schematics, PCBs, and device front panels...
, a computer-aided design (CAD) program - TARGET (NGO), a human rights organization founded by Rüdiger NehbergRüdiger NehbergRüdiger Nehberg, also known as 'Sir Vival', is a German human rights activist, author and survival expert who introduced survival training to Europe...
- In mathematics, the target of a function is also called the codomainCodomainIn mathematics, the codomain or target set of a function is the set into which all of the output of the function is constrained to fall. It is the set in the notation...
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