Reading (process), is the human cognitive process of decoding symbols or syntax for the purpose of deriving meaning (reading comprehension) or constructing meaning. (pronounced "reeding")

Reading, Berkshire is a town in England ( "redding") See below for related place-names.

Reading may also refer to:

Activity

Reading (derived from "to read") is the process of covering information, usually arranged in syntax, into a usable form. It can refer to:

• Cold reading (theatrical), an audition without rehearsal.
• Reading (computer), an activity performed by a computers in extracting information from a storage media.
• Reading (legislature), a mechanism by which a bill is introduced to, and approved by, a legislature.
• Reading (process), is the human cognitive process of decoding symbols or syntax for the purpose of deriving meaning (reading comprehension) or constructing meaning.
• Poetry reading, a performance of poetry.
• Sight reading, performance of music or theater without prior exercises.

Names

Reading, used as a title, can refer to:

Literary pieces

• Reading Capital, a collection of essays on Marxism

Places

Israel

• Reading Power Station, an electrical power plant in Tel Aviv

United Kingdom

• Reading, Berkshire (origin of other place names)
  • University of Reading, a university in Reading
  • Reading Festival, a rock music festival in Reading
  • Reading Football Club, a Coca Cola Championship football team
  • Reading School, a boys' grammar school in Reading
  • Reading Racers, Reading speedway team
  • Reading East (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Reading West (UK Parliament constituency)

United States

• Reading, Kansas
• Reading, Massachusetts
  • North Reading, Massachusetts
• Reading, Michigan
  • Reading Township, Michigan
• Reading, New York
• Reading, Ohio
• Reading, Pennsylvania
  • Reading Railroad, a historical railroad
  • Reading Works, a historical factory
  • West Reading, Pennsylvania
• Reading Township, Pennsylvania
• Reading, Vermont
• Port Reading, New Jersey

People

• John Reading (composer and organist) (ca. 1645-1692), composer and organist
• John Reading (composer, organist and copyist) (ca. 1685?1764), composer, organist and copyist
• John H. Reading (1917-2003), former Mayor of Oakland, California
• Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860-1935)

Warships

• HMS Reading, a Town-class destroyer of the Royal Navy in World War II

See also

• Redding (disambiguation)
• Read (disambiguation)

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