Top

A top is a spinning toy.

Top may also refer to:

Arts

• The Top (album), a 1984 album by The Cure
• "The Top" (short story), short story by Franz Kafka

Computers

• .top, a new gTLD (generic top level domain), existing since 2014
• top (software), a standard Unix program
• Top type, in computer science type theory, the data type containing all others

Geography

• Top, Oghuz, Azerbaijan
• Top, Zangilan, Azerbaijan
• Top River, a tributary of the Olt River in Romania

Math and physics

• Top (category theory), a category of topological spaces or topological manifolds
• Top (mathematics), in module theory, the largest semisimple quotient of a module
• Top quark, the third-generation up-type quark
• Greatest element, in lattice theory, the greatest element in a partially ordered set

Military

• First Sergeant, in the United States Army (nickname)
• Master Sergeant, in the United States Marine Corps (nickname)

Sex

• Top (BDSM) or dominant, a role in BDSM practices
• Top (slang), a sex position

Textiles

• Top (clothing), clothing that is designed to be worn over the torso
• Top (sailing ship), a part of a ship's rigging
• Top (tool), a tool used in rope manufacture

Other uses

• Top (comics), a supervillain character from the DC Comics universe

See also

• Noordin Mohammad Top (1968–2009), Malaysian/Indonesian Muslim extremist
• TOP (disambiguation)
• Topping (disambiguation)