Reading may refer to:

Activities

• Reading (process), cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from text (as in reading a book or reading music)
• 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

Reading, Berkshire and associated topics

• Reading, Berkshire, England
  • Reading (HM Prison)
  • University of Reading
  • Reading and Leeds Festivals
  • Reading F.C., a Football League Championship team
  • Reading Town F.C., a Hellenic League football team
  • Reading R.F.C., a rugby team
  • Reading School, a grammar school
  • Reading Racers, a speedway team
  • Reading East (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
  • Reading West (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
  • Reading South (UK Parliament constituency) (1950-1955 and 1974-1983)
  • Reading North (UK Parliament constituency) (1950-1955 and 1974-1983)
  • Reading (UK Parliament constituency) (1295-1950 and 1955-1974)
  • Reading/Wokingham Urban Area, area defined by UK Office for National Statistics
  • Reading railway station, a principal railway station serving Reading, Berkshire
  • Reading West railway station, a local railway station serving Reading, Berkshire
  • Reading Southern railway station, a former railway station serving Reading, Berkshire
  • Battle of Reading (871)
  • Battle of Reading (1688)
  • Siege of Reading (1642-1643)

Places in the United States

• Reading, Kansas
• Reading, Massachusetts
  • Reading (MBTA station)
• Reading, Michigan
• Reading, Minnesota
• Reading, New York
• Reading, Ohio
• Reading, Pennsylvania
• Reading, Vermont
• North Reading, Massachusetts
• Port Reading, New Jersey
• West Reading, Pennsylvania
• Reading Township (disambiguation)

People

• Bertice Reading (1933-1991), American singer
• John of Reading (died 1346), theologian
• John Reading (disambiguation), several people of the name
• Peter Reading (born 1956), English poet
• Pierson B. Reading (1816-1868), American pioneer

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

Other uses

• Reading Company, a railroad
• Reading Phillies, a minor-league baseball team
• Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Reading Works, a factory
• HMS Reading (G71), a Royal Navy destroyer ship
• USS Reading (PF-66), a U.S. Navy frigate

See also

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

Reading is also the name of towns: see Reading, England and Reading, Pennsylvania

Reading is a way of getting information from something that is written. Reading involves recognising the symbols that make up a language. Reading and hearing are the two most common ways to get information. Information gained from reading can include entertainment, especially when reading fiction or humor.

Reading by people is mostly done from paper. Stone, or chalk on a blackboard can also be read. Computer displays can be read.

Reading can be something that someone does by themself or they can read aloud. This could be to benefit other listeners. It could also be to help your own concentration.

Proofreading is a kind of reading that is done to find mistakes in a piece of writing.

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