Scope

Scope or scopes may refer to:

Arts, media, and entertainment

• CinemaScope or Scope prints, anamorphic film prints
• Scope (magazine), a South African men's magazine
• The Scope (alternative weekly), a newspaper in St. John's, Newfoundland
• Scope (Australian TV series)
• Scope (Irish TV series)
• Scope (album), a 1979 studio album by Buck Hill Quartet
• Scope (Dutch band)

Computing

• Scope (computer programming), the range in which a variable can be referenced
• scope (scopeArchiv), an archival information program
• CDC SCOPE, a series of Control Data Corporation operating systems

Concepts

• Scope (logic), the range influenced by the quantification in logic
• Scope (formal semantics), the natural language counterpart of logical scope
• Scope (project management), the sum of all projects, products and their features
• Scope of practice (US and Canada), terminology that defines the procedures, actions, and processes that are permitted for licensed professionals

Devices and procedures

• Any of a number of viewing instruments
• SCOPE (protein engineering), a technique of creating gene libraries
• Scope (synthesizer), a DSP-based synthesizer by Creamware
• Endoscope, an optical instrument (borescope) used to perform medical visual inspection (endoscopy) of enclosed body cavities. The term "scope" may refer to the following medical procedures:
  • Arthroscopy, for examining a joint space (orthopedics)
  • Bronchoscopy, for examining the lower respiratory tract (pulmonology)
  • Colonoscopy, for examining the large intestine (gastroenterology)
  • Cystoscopy, for examining the bladder (urology)
  • Gastroscopy, for examining the esophagus, stomach and duodenum (gastroenterology)
  • Mediastinoscopy, for examining the anterior mediastinum (cardiothoracics)
  • Laparoscopy, for examining the abdominopelvic cavity (general surgery and gynecology)
  • Nephroscopy, for examining the pelvic and calyceal system of a kidney (urology)
  • Rhinoscopy, for examining the nasal cavity, sinuses and pharynx (otorhinolaryngology)
  • Thoracoscopy, for examining a pleural cavity (cardiothoracics)
  • Ureteroscopy, for examining a ureter (urology)
• Microscope, a magnifying optical instrument used to see objects that are too small for the naked eye
• Oscilloscope, a type of electronic test instrument
• Scope soldering iron, an Australian low-voltage soldering iron
• Telescope, a magnifying optical instrument used to see objects that are too distant for the naked eye
  • Spotting scope, a portable high-power telescope for observation of distant objects
• Telescopic sight, a telescope used as a sighting device, typically on rifles and air rifles

Organisations

• Scope (charity), a British charity that supports people with disabilities
• SCOPE Art Show, a global emerging art fair
• SCOPE Maastricht, a nonprofit study association at Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
• Senior Consulting Program for Engineering, a program at Olin College in Massachusetts

Other uses

• John T. Scopes (1900–1970), central figure in the Scopes Trial regarding the teaching of evolution
• Scope (horse), a racehorse
• Scope (mouthwash)
• Norfolk Scope, an arena in Norfolk, Virginia
• Scopes trial, a 1925 US legal case in Tennessee
• SCOPE Act, a 2023 Texas internet law

See also

• Scope creep, the incremental expansion of the scope of a project
• Scopus (disambiguation)