Top-down

Top-down may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * "Top Down", a 2007 song by Swizz Beatz
 * "Top Down", a song by Lil Yachty from Lil Boat 3
 * "Top Down", a song by Fifth Harmony from Reflection

Science

 * Top-down reading, is a part of reading science that explains the reader's psycholinguistic strategies in using grammatical and lexical knowledge for comprehension rather than linearly decoding texts.
 * Top-down proteomics, a method for protein analysis
 * Top-down effects, effects of population density on a resource in a soil food web
 * Neural top–down control of physiology
 * Top-down processing, in Pattern recognition (psychology)

Computing

 * Top-down and bottom-up design of information ordering
 * Top-down parsing, a parsing strategy beginning at the highest level of the parse tree
 * Top-down parsing language, an analytic formal grammar to study top-down parsers
 * Top-down perspective, a camera angle in computer and video games
 * Top-down shooter, a subgenre of video games

Investing

 * Top-down investment analysis, an investment selection technique that evaluates macro factors (e.g., economy and industry) before micro factors (e.g., specific company)