Spin-off is an English term indicating in the economic universe, a business firm born of the scission of a larger company. In the artistic field, it indicates a work derived from another, but which is not necessarily a continuation.

Economy

A spin-off is a Organization or new company created starting from the scission of an organization larger as that can be the case during the formation of a Startup starting from a group of university research.

In English, spin-off has a very broad direction and they can be as well the dissenting part of the members of an association, a sect, a religious movement that the subsidiary company of a company which diversifies or a startup created starting from a public research team.

In French, the term is used more in the direction of the creation of company. In Belgium, it often indicates a young company created within a university.

In the business world, a spin-off scission is the opposite one of a fusion.

In the computing world, a spin-off is called fork or Fork .

The British term of spin-out is also employed.

Artistic field

The term is especially employed in connection with the televised series or radiophonic. It is about the creation of a new series starting from an existing series.

See the article derived Series.

One off names also spin a video game inspired of an existing series without to fall under the continuity of this one.

See too

Economy

• Swarming

Visual art

• Remake
• Préquelle

Simple: Spin-off

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