# Brief

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'''Brief''', '''briefs''', or '''briefing''' may refer to:
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==Documents==
* [Brief (architecture)](/source/Brief_(architecture)), a type of educational or business document including desires and requirements
* [Brief (law)](/source/Brief_(law)), any of a number of formal document types
* [Briefing note](/source/Briefing_note), or memo, a written message used in a professional setting
* [Creative brief](/source/Creative_brief), a document used by creative professionals and agencies to develop creative deliverables
* [Design brief](/source/Design_brief), a type of educational or business document including desires and requirements
* [Letter (message)](/source/Letter_(message)), a written or typed message from one person or group to another
* [Papal brief](/source/Papal_brief), a papal letter less formal than a bull, sealed with the pope's signet ring or stamped with the device borne on this ring

==Entertainment==
* Brief, a fictional character in the ''[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt](/source/Panty_%26_Stocking_with_Garterbelt)'' anime
*''The Brief'', an Australian podcast series hosted on [Southern Cross Austereo](/source/Southern_Cross_Austereo)'s LiSTNR platform
* [Dr. Briefs](/source/List_of_Dragon_Ball_characters), a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' manga and anime series
* [The Briefs](/source/The_Briefs), a Seattle band

==Other uses==
=== Brief ===
* [Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function](/source/Behavior_Rating_Inventory_of_Executive_Function) (BRIEF), a behavioral assessment for children and adolescents
* [Brief (garden)](/source/Brief_(garden)), a garden in Sri Lanka designed by landscape architect Bevis Bawa
* [Brief (text editor)](/source/Brief_(text_editor)), a popular text editor for the MS-DOS operating system
=== Briefs ===
* [Briefs](/source/Briefs), a type of underwear and swimwear
* [Ulrich Briefs](/source/Ulrich_Briefs) (1939–2005), German politician
=== Briefing ===
* ''[The Briefing](/source/The_Briefing)'', evangelical Christian magazine
* ''[The Briefing: Politics, the Press, and the President](/source/The_Briefing%3A_Politics%2C_the_Press%2C_and_the_President)'', a 2018 memoir by Trump Administration press secretary Sean Spicer

==See also==
* [Brief intervention](/source/Brief_intervention), a technique used to address alcohol abuse
* [Brief therapy](/source/Brief_therapy), an umbrella term for psychotherapy approaches
* [Watching brief](/source/Watching_brief), an archaeological recording method
* [Debriefing](/source/Debriefing)

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