Targeting is to make a thing or group of things a target, to select it or them to be acted upon.
- Targeting (warfare), to select objects or installations to be attacked, taken, or destroyed
- Targeting (politics), to determine where to spend the resources of time, money, manpower and attention when campaigning for election
- Targeted advertising, to select a demographic or other group of people to advertise to, and create advertisements appropriately
- Targeting pods, in warfare
- Targeting tower, a radio frequency antenna
- Behavioral targeting, in marketing
- Gene targeting, in genetics
- Geo targeting, in internet marketing
- Geographic targeting, in geography
- Inflation targeting, in economics
- Protein targeting, in cell biology, is the mechanism by which a protein is transported to its proper destination