Handicap
Handicap , also called handicap (English hændikæp , disadvantage, pre-stress, difficulty '):
- Handicap (sport) , a factor for leveling different performance levels in sport based on practice in horse racing ,
- Handicap (golf) , especially in golf
- a social (and / or physical) disadvantage due to a disability
- a behavioral theory, see handicap principle
The term is derived from the old English game hand-in-cap . (for etymology see there)
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