Surprise

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Surprise may refer to:

  • Surprise (emotion)
  • Surprise party, a party of which the honored person is not told of beforehand.
  • Surprise factor, the fundamental element in humor that puts a twist on familiar subjects
  • Surprise, surprisal, or self-information, the information-theoretic quantity \log {1 \over p} = - \log{p}, where p is the probability of occurrence
  • Ambush or military surprise, a military strategy to strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which they are unprepared

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