# Transparency

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**Transparency**, **transparence** or **transparent** most often refer to:

- [Transparency and translucency](/source/Transparency_and_translucency) in [optics](/source/Optics), referring to the transmitting of light through materials

(Note: Many of the articles listed below use "transparency" metaphorically, meaning that everything is visible or that nothing is hidden.)

Transparency may also refer to:

## Literal uses

- [Transparency (photography)](/source/Transparency_(photography)), a transparent photograph
- [Transparency (projection)](/source/Transparency_(projection)), for use with an overhead projector
- [Electromagnetically induced transparency](/source/Electromagnetically_induced_transparency)

## Animals and plants

- Fish species: - [Asiatic glassfish](/source/Asiatic_glassfish) - [Transparent goby](/source/Transparent_goby)
- [White Transparent](/source/White_Transparent), a cultivar of apple

## Arts, entertainment, and media

### Music

#### Groups and labels

- [Transparency (record label)](/source/Transparency_(record_label)), North America
- [Transparent (band)](/source/Transparent_(band)), New York, US

#### Albums

- [*Transparency* (album)](/source/Transparency_(album)), by the Herb Robertson Quintet, 1985
- [*Transparent* (Coil album)](/source/Transparent_(Coil_album)), 1984
- [*Transparent* (LaRue album)](/source/Transparent_(LaRue_album)), 2001
- [*Transparente* (album)](/source/Transparente_(album)), by Mariza, 2005
- *Transparence*, by [Markize](/source/Markize), 2007

#### Songs

- "Transparency", by PartyNextDoor from the 2016 album *[PartyNextDoor 3](/source/PartyNextDoor_3)*
- "Transparent", by Suzi Quatro from album *[Main Attraction](/source/Main_Attraction_(album))*
- "Transparent", by In Flames from the album *[Reroute to Remain](/source/Reroute_to_Remain)*
- "Transparency", by SoFaygo from the album *[Pink Heartz](/source/Pink_Heartz)*

### Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

- [*Transparent* (book)](/source/Transparent_(book)), by Cris Beam
- [*Transparent* (film)](/source/Transparent_(film)), a 2005 documentary
- [*Transparent* (TV series)](/source/Transparent_(TV_series)), US

## Computing and mathematics

- [Transparency (data compression)](/source/Transparency_(data_compression)), perceptually lossless
- [Transparency (human–computer interaction)](/source/Transparency_(human%E2%80%93computer_interaction)), a change not affecting interface
- [Transparency (telecommunication)](/source/Transparency_(telecommunication)), transmitting signal unchanged - [Network transparency](/source/Network_transparency)
- [Alpha compositing](/source/Alpha_compositing), creating apparent transparency - [Image masks](/source/Image_mask) in computer graphics - [Transparency (graphic)](/source/Transparency_(graphic)) in image formats - [Transparency (pseudo)](/source/Pseudo-transparency), in X or X11 Window System
- [Location transparency](/source/Location_transparency), independence of location
- [Order-independent transparency](/source/Order-independent_transparency) in 3D computer graphics
- [Referential transparency](/source/Referential_transparency), replacing subexpressions without changing the value of the expression
- [Security through transparency](/source/Security_through_transparency), security where all except the key is known

## Humanities and business

- [Transparency (behavior)](/source/Transparency_(behavior)), making it easily seen what actions have been taken - [Open government#Transparency](/source/Open_government#Transparency)
- [Transparency (linguistic)](/source/Transparency_(linguistic))
- [Transparency (market)](/source/Transparency_(market)), concept in economics where everything is known in a market
- [Transparency (science)](/source/Transparency_(science)), open accessibility of scientific research
- [Transparency (trade)](/source/Transparency_(trade)), clear foreign trade regulations
- [Compensation transparency](/source/Compensation_transparency), pay fully disclosed
- [Epistemic transparency](/source/Epistemic_transparency), a concept in philosophy
- [Media transparency](/source/Media_transparency), open handling of news
- [Radical transparency](/source/Radical_transparency) of previously confidential data
- [Transparency of experience](/source/Transparency_of_experience), a concept in philosophy of mind

## Organizations

- [Transparency (Guatemala)](/source/Transparency_(Guatemala)) (*Transparencia*), a political party
- [Transparency International](/source/Transparency_International), anti-corruption organization

## Other uses

- [Transparency (wine)](/source/Transparency_(wine)), ability of a wine to portray all unique aspects of its flavor

## See also

- [Clarity (disambiguation)](/source/Clarity_(disambiguation))
- [Visibility (disambiguation)](/source/Visibility_(disambiguation))
- *[The Transparent Society](/source/The_Transparent_Society)*

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