Wikipedia / Cover
Wikipedia / Cover
Cover or covers may refer to:
Packaging
Another name for a lid
Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package
Album cover, the front of the packaging
Book cover or magazine cover
Back cover copy, part of copywriting
CD and DVD cover, CD and DVD packaging
Smartphone cover, a mobile phone accessory that protects a mobile phone
People
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Albums
Cover
Covered
Covers
Covers (Beni album), 2012
Covers (Placebo album), 2003
Covers (Fayray album), 2005
Covers (Deftones album), 2011
Covers (Zemmoa album), 2018
Covers (Cat Power album), 2022
Covers, an album by Break of Reality
Extended plays
Covers (A Camp EP), 2009
Covers EP (Everything but the Girl), 1992
Covers (The Autumns EP), 2001
Other uses in music
Cover version, a new version of a previously released song
Cover, an understudy in opera
Films
Cover (film), a 2007 American film by Bill Duke
The Cover (film), a 2021 Spanish film by Secun de la Rosa
Magazines
Cover Magazine (publication), a New York City arts monthly publication
Business
Cover (finance), repurchasing a short order made on the stock/equity, forex or futures markets
Cover (law), a remedy for the breach of a contract for the receipt of goods
Cover charge, an entry fee
Cover Corp., parent organization for VTuber idol company Hololive Production
Deception and concealment
Cover (telecommunications), a communications concealment technique
Cover, something fake used in a cover-up
Non-official cover, the identity assumed by an operative who takes a covert role in an organization without official ties to the government
Official cover, the identity assumed by an operative who takes a position in an organization with diplomatic ties
Mathematics
Cover (algebra), the concept of an algebraic structure that maps onto another structure in structure-preserving fashion
Cover (topology), the mathematical concept of a collection of sets whose union contains each set as a subset
Cover, a pair in the covering relation of a partially ordered set, or the greater element in such a pair
Cover, in database theory, an equivalent set of constraints
Covering system in number theory is a finite set of residue classes that cover all integers
Covering code in coding theory is a set of elements (codewords) such that every element of the space is within a fixed distance of some codeword.
Edge cover, a concept in graph theory.
Vertex cover, a concept in graph theory.
Science and technology
Land cover, physical material on the surface of the earth
Concrete cover, in engineering, distance between reinforcement and the outer surface of element
Sedimentary cover, in geology, overlies a basement or crystalline basement
Military
Defilade, physical barriers or terrain that offer concealment and protection from enemy fire
Force protection, in the form of surveillance, screening and/or fire support around a friendly troop's defensive perimeter
Suppressive fire, also known as covering fire
A term for any type of uniform hat:
Campaign cover or campaign hat, a broad-brimmed felt or straw hat
Utility cover, the United States Marine Corps cap
Sports
Cover (cricket), a region of the field with respect to the batsman in cricket
To cover, a term in sports betting regarding a game's point spread
Other uses
Cover letter, a letter of introduction accompanying another document
Cover, or covers, the top layer of bedding
Coverture or couverture, a doctrine in common law relating to a wife's legal status
See also
Slipcover, protection for a piece of upholstered furniture