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Adoption may refer to:

• Adoption, the legal act of permanently placing a child with parents other than the birth parents.
• Pet adoption, the process of taking ownership of and responsibility for a pet for which a previous owner has abdicated responsibility.
• Software adoption, the transfer from an old software system to a new one in an organization.
• Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User, a program designed to help new and inexperienced Wikipedia users.

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