Topic can refer to:

• An area of interest, also called a subject

  • The focus of an article in a publication

  • The focus of a discussion or debate; see On-topic

• Topic

  (or theme) in linguistics, the part of a proposition that is being talked about (predicated)

• A topic sentence, a sentence in a paragraph that indicates what the paragraph in general is about, usually the first sentence

• An XML topic (a kind of resource)

• Topicality

  , a stock issue in policy debate which pertains to whether or not the plan affirms the resolution as worded

• Topic Maps

  , an ISO standard for the representation and interchange of knowledge

• Topic as Meta-information in linguistics

Names and titles:

• Dado Topić

  , Croatian rocker

• Topic (chocolate bar)

  , a brand of milk chocolate confectionery bar with hazelnuts in soft nougat and smooth caramel

• Topic Records

  , a British record label

• Topics

  , a work by Aristotle

• New papers on Topic [1] and other Centres of Attention of linguistic units (utterances, dialogues and texts)