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What does target mean?

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Noun
  1. A goal or objective.
  2. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
  3. (obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
  4. (surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
  5. (rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
  6. (cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
  7. (linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.
  8. (translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
  9. A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
  10. (Britain, dated) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
  11. (Scotland, obsolete) A tassel or pendant.
  12. (Scotland, obsolete) A shred; a tatter.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To aim for as an audience or demographic.
  3. (computing) To produce code suitable for.
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