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1 Economy and finance
2 Law
3 Marketing
4 Religion
5 Sport
6 Science and technology
- 6.1 Computing
7 Entertainment
8 Other meanings

Conversion may refer to:

Economy and finance

Currency conversion or exchange rate
Conversion (options), one of the options strategies
Economic conversion

Law

Conversion (law), conversion by taking a chattel out of the possession of another with the intent of exercising a permanent or temporary dominion over it, despite the owner's entitlement to use it at all
- Criminal conversion, exerting unauthorised use or control of someone else's property
Equitable conversion, A change in the nature of property so that real property is treated as personal property, or vice versa, in certain circumstances

Marketing

Conversion (marketing), when a prospective customer takes the marketer's intended action
- Conversion funnel, in Internet marketing, the process of tracking website visitors conversion across a series of process steps
- Conversion rate, in Internet marketing, the percentage of unique visitors who take a desired action upon visiting the website

Religion

Religious conversion, the adoption of a new religious identity
- Deathbed conversion, done just before death
- Forced conversion, done under duress
- Marital conversion, conversion upon marriage outside of the individual's original religious adherence (or non-adherence)
- Secondary conversion, done because of a personal relationship
- Conversion to Islam
- Conversion to Judaism
- Conversion to Christianity

Sport

Conversion, in the sports of Rugby league and Rugby union, a kick at goal to convert the try from one set of points into another larger set of points
In Track and field athletics, an estimate of what a performance which has been measured in one system of measurements would have been if it had been measured in the other system
In American football, a one-point conversion or a two-point conversion, an opportunity to score one or two extra points, respectively, following a touchdown

Science and technology

Conversion of units, between different units of measurement
- See also: Units conversion by factor-label and Dimensional analysis
Conversion (chemistry)
Conversion (logic), a concept in traditional logic
Electric vehicle conversion, modification of a conventional vehicle to battery electric
Energy transformation or "energy conversion"
Internal conversion, a radioactive decay process

Computing

Convert (command), a shell command to convert volumes using the FAT file systems to NTFS
CHS conversion, cylinder/head/sector to linear base address
Code conversion, multiple meanings in telecommunication
Data conversion, from one form of computer data to another
ImageMagick, graphics manipulation program executed with the command: convert
Transcoding (Video conversion):
- Upconversion of video to a higher definition
Type conversion, in computer science, changing an entity of one data type into another

Entertainment

"Conversion" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the television series
"The Conversion" (The Outer Limits), an episode of the television series

Other meanings

Conversion (linguistics), the creation of a word from an existing word without any change in form
Conversion syndrome, a condition in which physical symptoms arise for which there is no clear explanation; cf. Conversion disorder
Conversion therapy, attempts to eliminate or diminish same-sex desires and behaviors
Conversion of scripts - procedure of replacing text written in one writing system with characters of another writing system
Miniature conversion, altering the appearance of a model

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