# Decoration

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**Decoration** may refer to:

- [Decorative arts](/source/Decorative_arts)
- A [house painter and decorator](/source/House_painter_and_decorator)'s craft
- An act or object intended to increase the [beauty](/source/Beauty) of a person, room, etc.

## Art

- [Cake decorating](/source/Cake_decorating), the art of making a cake visually interesting
- [Christmas decoration](/source/Christmas_decoration), festive decorations used at Christmas time
- [*Decorations* (John Ireland)](/source/Decorations_(John_Ireland)), a set of three pieces for piano solo composed in 1912–13 by John Ireland
- [In-glaze decoration](/source/In-glaze_decoration), a method of decorating ceramics - decoration applied before firing - [On-glaze decoration](/source/On-glaze_decoration), a method of decorating ceramics - decoration applied after glazing
- [In-mould decoration](/source/In-mould_decoration), a method of decorating moulded plastics
- [Interior design](/source/Interior_design), the internal finishing of a building

## Computing

- [Decorator pattern](/source/Decorator_pattern), a design pattern used in object-oriented programming
- [Link decoration](/source/Link_decoration), the style of visual appearance of hyperlinks
- [Name decoration](/source/Name_decoration), a technique used in most programming languages
- [Syntax decoration](/source/Syntax_decoration), a form of enriched text presentation or syntax highlighting
- [Text decoration](/source/Text_decoration), text attribution with styles like italics, boldface, underlines
- [USB decoration](/source/USB_decoration), a decorative device that uses the Universal Serial Bus connector
- [Window decoration](/source/Window_decoration), in computing are the window's visual elements drawn by a window manager

## Other uses

- [State decoration](/source/State_decoration), an object such as a medal or insignia that is awarded to certain people
- [Web decoration](/source/Web_decoration), conspicuous silk structure in the webs of some spiders

## See also

- [Adornment](/source/Adornment)
- [Decorator (disambiguation)](/source/Decorator_(disambiguation))
- [Decorate (disambiguation)](/source/Decorate_(disambiguation))

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