• Social status
  Social status
  In sociology or anthropology, social status is the honor or prestige attached to one's position in society . It may also refer to a rank or position that one holds in a group, for example son or daughter, playmate, pupil, etc....
  
  , in sociology
  • Achieved status
    Achieved status
    Achieved status is a sociological term denoting a social position that a person can acquire on the basis of merit; it is a position that is earned or chosen. It is the opposite of ascribed status. It reflects personal skills, abilities, and efforts...
    
    
  • Ascribed status
    Ascribed status
    Ascribed status is the social status a person is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life. It is a position that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned...
    
    
  • Master status
    Master status
    Master status is a sociological term used to denote the social position, which is the primary identifying characteristic of an individual. The master status, whether ascribed or achieved, overshadows or dominates all other social positions of the status set in most or all situations...
    
    
  • Political status
    Political status
    In international law three categories of Political status are usually recognized:#Independent countries e.g.: France, Canada#Internal independent countries which are under the protection of another country in matters of defense and foreign affairs, e.g.: Netherlands Antilles, the Faroe Islands,...
    
    
  • Socioeconomic status
    Socioeconomic status
    Socioeconomic status is an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and of an individual's or family’s economic and social position in relation to others, based on income, education, and occupation...
    
    
  • Sociometric status
    Sociometric status
    Sociometric status is a measurement that reflects the degree to which someone is liked or disliked by their peers as a group.-Developmental psychology:...
    
    
  • Status attainment
    Status attainment
    Status attainment or status attainment theory is a concept of sociology.It deals largely with one's position in society, or class. Status attainment is affected by both achieved factors, such as educational attainment, and ascribed factors, such as family income. It is achieved by a combination of...
    
    
  • Status shift
    Status shift
    A status shift is the transition from one social status to another one. Some statuses are mutually exclusive, like military or civilian, laicos or religious, noble or commoner. Other statuses are not mutually exclusive, but contextual...
    
    
• Status (law)
  Status (law)
  A person's status is a set of social conditions or relationships created and vested in an individual by an act of law rather than by the consensual acts of the parties, and it is in rem, i.e. these conditions must be recognised by the world. It is the qualities of universality and permanence that...
  
   and legal status, in law
  • Small entity status
    Small entity status
    Small entity status in United States patent law allows small businesses, independent inventors, nonprofit organizations to file a patent application and maintain an issued patent for a reduced fee—a 50% reduction....
    
    , in patent law
  • Status conference
    Status conference
    A status conference is a court-ordered meeting with a judge where they decide the date of the trial....
    
    
  • Status crime
  • Status offense
    Status offense
    Two common definitions of a status offense or status crime are1. A status offense is an action that is prohibited only to a certain class of people, and most often applied to offenses only committed by minors....
    
    
• City status
  City status
  City status is the national recognition of an area as a city. Specifically, "city status" may refer to:*City rights in the Low Countries*City status in Ireland*City status in the United Kingdom*City status in the United States of America...
  
  
• Conservation status
  Conservation status
  The conservation status of a group of organisms indicates whether the group is still extant and how likely the group is to become extinct in the near future...
  
   of a species
• HIV test
  HIV test
  HIV tests are used to detect the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus , the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , in serum, saliva, or urine. Such tests may detect antibodies, antigens, or RNA.- Terminology :...
  
   (HIV Status)
• Marital status
  Marital status
  A person's marital status indicates whether the person is married. Questions about marital status appear on many polls and forms, including censuses and credit card applications.In the simplest sense, the only possible answers are "single" or "married"...
  
  
• Observer status
  Observer status
  Observer status is a privilege granted by some organizations to non-members to give them an ability to participate in the organization's activities. Observer status is often granted by intergovernmental organizations to non-member states and international nongovernmental organizations that have...
  
  , in international organizations
• Oratory status
  Oratory status
  In the Roman Catholic Church, Oratory Status is a special status that a church building may be placed in. In oratory status the parish has been closed and the church building and grounds become the responsibility of a neighboring parish....
  
  , in churches
• Performance status
  Performance status
  In medicine , performance status is an attempt to quantify cancer patients' general well-being and activities of daily life. This measure is used to determine whether they can receive chemotherapy, whether dose adjustment is necessary, and as a measure for the required intensity of palliative care...
  
  , in medicine
• Recurring status
  Recurring status
  In the U.S. soap opera world, recurring status is a term used to describe the status of a performer who consistently performs in less than three episodes out of a five-day work week, and is therefore let out of their multi-year contract in order for the show to save money...
  
  , in acting
• Senior status
  Senior status
  Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges, and judges in some state court systems. After federal judges have reached a certain combination of age and years of service on the federal courts, they are allowed to assume senior status...
  
  
• Status brand
  Status brand
  Status brands are brands that, through association, inherently increase their owner's popularity in a certain community. Unlike luxury brands, status brands are usually available at different price points and thus are available to shoppers of various demographics.Trendsetters determine the...
  
  , in marketing
• Status constructus
  Status constructus
  The construct state or status constructus is a noun form occurring in Afro-Asiatic languages. It is particularly common in Semitic languages , Berber languages, and in the extinct Egyptian language...
  
  , a noun form
• Status effect
  Status effect
  In role-playing games, a status effect is a temporary modification to a game character’s original set of stats that usually comes into play when special powers and abilities are used, often during combat. It appears in numerous computer and video games of many genres, most commonly in role-playing...
  
  , in gaming
• Status of religious freedom by country
  Status of religious freedom by country
  -Afghanistan:The current government of Afghanistan has only been in place since 2002, following a U.S.-led invasion which displaced the former Taliban government...
  
  

• Status quo
  Status quo
  Statu quo, a commonly used form of the original Latin "statu quo" – literally "the state in which" – is a Latin term meaning the current or existing state of affairs. To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they presently are...
  
  
• Status symbol
  Status symbol
  A status symbol is a perceived visible, external denotation of one's social position and perceived indicator of economic or social status. Many luxury goods are often considered status symbols...
  
  
• Status, a magazine edited by Igor Cassini
  Igor Cassini
  Igor Cassini was an American syndicated gossip columnist for the Hearst newspaper chain. He was the second journalist to write the Cholly Knickerbocker column.-Career:...
  
  

Technology

• Status tones
  Status tones
  Status Tones are short tones that are generated and placed on the Telephone Line while a call is being initiated, while it is being conducted, and while it is being monitored by a third party to inform all on the line of an actve or defined event....
  
  , in telecommunication
• HTC Status, or HTC ChaCha, Android smartphone by HTC

Computing

• Process states
  Process states
  In a multitasking computer system, processes may occupy a variety of states. These distinct states may not actually be recognized as such by the operating system kernel, however they are a useful abstraction for the understanding of processes....
  
   (Process Status)
• Status bar
  Status bar
  A status bar, similar to a status line, is an information area typically found at the bottom of windows in a graphical user interface.A status bar is sometimes divided into sections, each of which shows different information. Its job is primarily to display information about the current state of...
  
  , in user interface design
• Status message (instant messaging)
• Exit status
  Exit status
  The exit status or return code of a process in computer programming is a small number passed from a child process to a parent process when it has finished executing a specific procedure or delegated task...
  
  , in computer science
• Status register
  Status register
  A status register or flag register is a collection of flag bits for a processor. An example is the FLAGS register of the x86 architecture....
  
  , in computer science

See also

• Plural form is stati
• Condition (disambiguation)
• State (disambiguation)
  State (disambiguation)
  State commonly refers to either the present condition of a system or entity, or to a governed entity or sub-entity .-Political science:...
  
  
• Situation (disambiguation)