# Opening

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'''Opening''' may refer to:

== Types of openings ==
* [Hole](/source/Hole)
* A [title sequence](/source/title_sequence) or [opening credits](/source/opening_credits)
* [Opening theme](/source/Opening_theme)
* [Grand opening](/source/Grand_opening) of a business or other institution
* [Inauguration](/source/Inauguration)
* [Keynote](/source/Keynote)
* [Opening sentence](/source/Opening_sentence)
* [Opening sequence](/source/Opening_sequence)
* [Opening statement](/source/Opening_statement), a beginning statement in a court case
* [Opening (morphology)](/source/Opening_(morphology)), a morphological filtering operation used in image processing
* [Overture](/source/Overture)
* [Salutation (greeting)](/source/Salutation_(greeting))
* [Vernissage](/source/Vernissage)
===Games===
* [Backgammon opening](/source/Backgammon_opening)
* [Chess opening](/source/Chess_opening)
* [Go opening](/source/Go_opening)
* [Shogi opening](/source/Shogi_opening)
* {{gcb|openingbid|Opening bid}}, a term from contract bridge
* {{gcb|openinglead|Opening lead}}, a term from contract bridge

== Media ==

* [Al-Fatiha](/source/Al-Fatiha), "The Opening", the first chapter of the Qur'an
* [''The Opening'' (album)](/source/The_Opening_(album)), live album by Mal Waldron
* "Opening", a song by Hikaru Utada from the 2004 album ''[Exodus](/source/Exodus_(Hikaru_Utada_album))''
* "Opening", a song by Jay Chou from the 2007 album ''[Secret](/source/Hikaru_Utada)''
* "Opening", a song by Ed Sheeran from the 2025 album ''[Play](/source/Play_(Ed_Sheeran_album))''

==See also==
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* {{intitle}}

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