title: Escalation
text: # Escalation
  
  Escalation is the process of increasing or rising, derived from the concept of an escalator. Specific uses of the term include:
  
  * Cost escalation, an increase in the price of goods
  * Conflict escalation, an increase in the intensity of a conflict
  * Escalation of commitment, an aspect of game theory
  * Privilege escalation, a computer security process
  * Technological escalation, a technological version of an arms race
  
  ## Entertainment
  
  * Escalation (1968 Italian film), a 1968 Italian film
  * Escalation (1968 animated film), a 1968 anti-Vietnam War animated cartoon, directed by Ward Kimball
  * Escalation Studios, an American video game developer
  