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'''Conversion''' is the transformation of one thing into another. Conversion may refer to:


* ], an intentional tort to personal property '''Conversion''' or '''convert''' may refer to:
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** ], exerting unauthorised use or control of someone else's property
==Arts, entertainment, and media==
* '']'', a 2023 film produced by Jump Film & Television and Brouhaha Entertainment
* ], an episode of the audio drama ''Cyberman''
* ], an episode of the television series ''Stargate Atlantis''
* ], a 1995 episode of the television series ''The Outer Limits''
* "]", an episode of the television series ''The Mandalorian''


==Business and marketing==
* ], the creation of a word from an existing word without any change in form
* ], the path a consumer takes through the web toward or near a desired action or conversion
* ], when a website's visitors take a desired action
* Converting timber to commercial ]


==Computing, science, and technology==
* ], when a prospective customer takes the marketer's intended action
* ], conversion between different units of measurement
** ], in Internet marketing, the percentage of unique visitors who take a desired action upon visiting the website


===Computing and telecommunication===
* ], an option strategy
* ] of data storage, mapping cylinder/head/sector tuples to linear base address
* ], in computer science, changing the form of continuation-passing
* ], in telecommunication, converting from one code to another
* ], a command-line utility in the Windows NT operating system
* Convert, a command-line (graphics) image manipulation utility that is part of ]
* ], conversion of computer data from one format to another
** ], analog-to-analog or digital-to-digital conversion of one video encoding to another
* ], in computer science, changing the data type of a value into another data type


==Other meanings== ===Other sciences===
* ], the ratio of selectivity to yield or the change of a molecule
'''Conversion'' may also refer to:
* ], modification of a conventional vehicle to battery electric
* ], the process of changing one form of energy to another
* ], a radioactive decay process


==Economics, finance, and property law==
* ], attempts to eliminate or diminish same-sex desires and behaviors
* ], the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another
* ], The conversion of equitable interests in real estate to money in a property transaction
* ], a voluntary act by one person inconsistent with the ownership rights of another
* ], foreign currency exchange
* ], an options-trading strategy in options arbitrage
* ], altering the appearance of a model
* ], a technical, economic and political process for moving from military to civilian markets
* ], a condition in which physical symptoms arise for which there is no clear explanation; ''cf.'' ]
* ], a change in the nature of property so that real property is treated as personal property

==Psychiatry==
* ], a condition in which neurological symptoms arise without a definable organic cause
* ], a pseudo-scientific treatment to turn a homo- or bisexual person into a heterosexual person


==Religion== ==Religion==
* ], the adoption of a new religious identity * ], the adoption of a new religious identity
** ], done just before death ** ], a form of religious conversion
** ], done under duress ** ], forced adoption of a new religious identity
** ], done because of a personal relationship ** ], a form of religious conversion
** ], a form of religious conversion

** ], psychological aspect of religious conversion
==Sport==
* ], religious conversion to Buddhism
* ] and ], in American football, an opportunity to score one or two points following a touchdown
* ], religious conversion to Christianity
* ], in Rugby football, a kick at goal to convert the try from one set of points into another larger set of points
** ], personal conversion of Paul of Tarsus

** ], personal conversion of emperor Constantine
==Science & technology==
* ], between different units of measurement ** ], religious conversion to the Catholicism
** ], conversion into churches
** See also: ] and ]
* ] (disambiguation) * ], religious conversion to Hinduism
* ], a concept in traditional logic * ], religious conversion to Islam
** ], conversion within Islam in Iran
* ], modification of a conventional vehicle to battery electric
** ], conversion into mosques
* ], various forms of energy can be transformed into one another
* ], religious conversion to Judaism
* ], a radioactive decay process
* ], religious conversion of the Jewish people

* ], conversion of the Jews to Christianity
===Computing===
* ], cylinder/head/sector to linear base address
* ], multiple meanings in telecommunication
* ], in computer science, changing an entity of one data type into another
* ], from one form of computer data to another
* ] of video to a higher definition


==Entertainment== ==Sports==
* ], in American or Canadian football an opportunity to score an additional point following a touchdown
* ], an episode of the television series
**], a gridiron football conversion to score two points
* ], an episode of the television series
* ], an estimate of what a performance which has been measured in one system of measurements would have been if it had been measured in the other system
* ], in rugby, a kick at goal to convert a try into a larger set of points


== See also == ==Other uses==
* ], conversion of old farming barns to commercial or residential use
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* ], reversing the two parts of a categorical or implicational statement
* ], the creation of a word from an existing word without any change in form
* ]
* ], altering the appearance of a miniature or model from the standard version


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Latest revision as of 07:42, 13 November 2024

Conversion or convert may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Business and marketing

  • Conversion funnel, the path a consumer takes through the web toward or near a desired action or conversion
  • Conversion marketing, when a website's visitors take a desired action
  • Converting timber to commercial lumber

Computing, science, and technology

Computing and telecommunication

  • CHS conversion of data storage, mapping cylinder/head/sector tuples to linear base address
  • CPS conversion, in computer science, changing the form of continuation-passing
  • Code conversion, in telecommunication, converting from one code to another
  • convert (command), a command-line utility in the Windows NT operating system
  • Convert, a command-line (graphics) image manipulation utility that is part of ImageMagick
  • Data conversion, conversion of computer data from one format to another
    • Transcoding, analog-to-analog or digital-to-digital conversion of one video encoding to another
  • Type conversion, in computer science, changing the data type of a value into another data type

Other sciences

Economics, finance, and property law

Psychiatry

  • Conversion disorder, a condition in which neurological symptoms arise without a definable organic cause
  • Conversion therapy, a pseudo-scientific treatment to turn a homo- or bisexual person into a heterosexual person

Religion

Sports

  • Conversion (gridiron football), in American or Canadian football an opportunity to score an additional point following a touchdown
  • Track and field athletics, an estimate of what a performance which has been measured in one system of measurements would have been if it had been measured in the other system
  • Try#Conversion, in rugby, a kick at goal to convert a try into a larger set of points

Other uses

See also

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