Cover

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Cover or covers may refer to:

Packaging

Another name for a lid
Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package
Album cover, the front of the packaging
Book cover or magazine cover
- Book design
- Back cover copy, part of copywriting
CD and DVD cover, CD and DVD packaging
Smartphone cover, a mobile phone accessory that protects a mobile phone

People

Cover (surname)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Albums

Cover

Cover (Tom Verlaine album), 1984
Cover (Joan as Policewoman album), 2009

Covered

Covers

Extended plays

Covers (A Camp EP), 2009
Covers (Franz Ferdinand EP), 2009
Covers (Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly EP), 2009
Covers (The Autumns EP), 2001
Covers (Young Statues EP), 2012

Other uses in music

Cover version, a new version of a previously released song
Cover, an understudy in opera

Films

Cover (film), a 2007 film directed by Bill Duke
Covers (film), an upcoming comedy film directed by Nisha Ganatra

Magazines

Cover Magazine (publication), a New York City arts monthly publication

Business

Cover (finance), repurchasing a short order made on the stock/equity, forex or futures markets
Cover (law), a remedy for the breach of a contract for the receipt of goods
Cover charge, an entry fee
Cover (hospitality)
Cover Corp., parent organization for VTuber idol company Hololive Production

Deception and concealment

Cover (telecommunications), a communications concealment technique
Cover, something fake used in a cover-up
Non-official cover, the identity assumed by an operative who takes a covert role in an organization without official ties to the government
Official cover, the identity assumed by an operative who takes a position in an organization with diplomatic ties

Mathematics, science and technology

Cover (algebra), the concept of an algebraic structure that maps onto another structure in structure-preserving fashion
Cover (topology), the mathematical concept of a collection of sets whose union contains each set as a subset
Cover, a pair in the covering relation of a partially ordered set, or the greater element in such a pair
Cover, in database theory, an equivalent set of constraints
Land cover, physical material on the surface of the earth
Concrete cover, in engineering, distance between reinforcement and the outer surface of element
Sedimentary cover, in geology, overlies a basement or crystalline basement

Military

Defilade, physical barriers or terrain that offer concealment and protection from enemy fire
Force protection, in the form of surveillance, screening and/or fire support around a friendly troop's defensive perimeter
Suppressive fire, also known as covering fire
A term for any type of uniform hat:
- Campaign cover or campaign hat, a broad-brimmed felt or straw hat
- Utility cover, the United States Marine Corps cap

Sports

Cover (cricket), a region of the field with respect to the batsman in cricket
To cover, a term in sports betting regarding a game's point spread

Other uses

Cover letter, a letter of introduction accompanying another document
Cover, or covers, the top layer of bedding