Forward

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Forward may refer to:

• Relative direction, where forward is the opposite of backward
• Forward, the motto of the State of Wisconsin
• Forward, the motto of the City of Birmingham
• Forward contract, an agreement to buy or sell an asset at a pre-agreed future point
• The Forward, a Jewish-American newspaper

In physics:

• Forward pseudorapidity region, particles traveling very close to the beam in a particle accelerator.
• Forward converter, a DC-DC converter circuit

In sports:

• Forward (association football)
• Forward (basketball), including
  • Point forward
  • Power forward (basketball)
  • Small forward
• Forward (ice hockey)
  • Power forward (ice hockey)
• In rugby football:
  • Forwards, in rugby league football
  • Forwards, in rugby union

In literature:

• Forward!, a collection of short stories by Gordon R. Dickson
• Forward Poetry Prize

In music:

• Forward (Ayla Brown album), an album recorded by American Idol semi-finalist Ayla Brown
• Forward (Turn album), an album recorded by Meath-based Indie Rock band Turn
• Forward (The Abyssinians album), a 1982 album by The Abyssinians

In politics:

• Forward (Greenland), a social democratic political party in Greenland
• Kadima (Hebrew for forward), an Israeli political party

Forward may also refer to:

• Email forwarding, a mechanism by which a mail server sends the emails of one of its user's to another address.
• Isuzu Forward, trucks made by Isuzu
• Forward Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, a township in Pennsylvania, United States
• Forward Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, a township in Pennsylvania, United States

Forward is the name of:

• Bob Forward (born 1958), a United States film director; son of Robert L. Forward
• Robert L. Forward (1932-2002), a United States physicist and science fiction writer
• Eve Forward, author of fantasy novels, Villains by Necessity and Animist; daughter of Robert L. Forward
• Walter Forward (1786-1852), 15th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
• Chauncey Forward (1793-1839), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania and Walter's brother

[edit] See also

• foreword

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