Reading

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The common noun reading (pronounced as /ˈriːdɪŋ/) may refer to:

• Reading (process), the cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning ("reading a book" or "reading music")
  • obtaining information from devices such as sensors ("taking/obtaining (a) reading/readings")
• Reading (computer), the act of a computer extracting data from a storage medium
• Reading (legislature), the mechanism by which a bill is introduced to a legislature
• Divination, gaining insight through interpretation of omens or supernatural indicators
• Psychic reading, an attempt to discern information through clairvoyance

The proper noun Reading (pronounced as /ˈrɛdɪŋ/) may refer to:

Places

• Reading, Berkshire
  • Reading/Wokingham Urban Area, area defined by the UK Office for National Statistics
  • Reading (UK Parliament constituency) (1295-1950 and 1955–1974)
  • Reading East (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
  • Reading North (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1955 and 1974–1983)
  • Reading South (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1955 and 1974–1983)
  • Reading West (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
• Reading, Kansas
• Reading, Massachusetts
• Reading, Michigan
• Reading, Minnesota
• Reading, New York
• Reading, Ohio (city in Hamilton County)
• Reading, Columbiana County, Ohio
• Reading, Pennsylvania
• Reading, Vermont
• North Reading, Massachusetts
• Port Reading, New Jersey
• Reading Township (disambiguation)
• West Reading, Pennsylvania

Academic institutions

• Reading School, a grammar school
• University of Reading

Events

• Battle of Reading (871)
• Battle of Reading (1688)
• Siege of Reading (1642–1643)
• Reading and Leeds Festivals

Prisons

• HM Prison Reading

Sports

• Reading F.C., an English football team
• Reading R.F.C., a rugby team
• Reading Racers, a speedway team
• Reading Town F.C., a Hellenic League football team

People

• Reading (surname)
• John of Reading (died 1346), theologian

Titles

• Baron Astley of Reading, title in peerage of England (1644–1688)
• Bishop of Reading, Anglican suffragan bishop in Diocese of Oxford since 1889
• Marquess of Reading, title in peerage of the UK since 1926
  • Marchioness of Reading (disambiguation), wife of the Marquess

Vessels

• HMS Reading (G71), a Royal Navy destroyer ship
• USS Reading (PF-66), a U.S. Navy frigate

Other uses

• Reading Company, a railroad
• Reading station (disambiguation), a list of railway stations named Reading
• Reading Fightin Phils, a minor-league baseball team in the Pennsylvania city
• Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Reading Works, a factory

See also

• Read (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Reading" for many organisations and publications
• Redding (disambiguation)