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Housekeeping is the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a home.

Housekeeping may also refer to:

Homes and buildings

• Homemaking, a mainly American term for the management of a home
• Housekeeper (domestic worker), an individual responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the interior of a residence
• Janitor, a professional who takes care of institutional buildings

Entertainment

• Housekeeping, a 2001 film by Janeane Garofalo
• Housekeeping (novel), a 1980 novel by Marilynne Robinson
  • Housekeeping (film), a 1987 adaptation of the novel, starring Christine Lahti
• "Housekeeping" (NCIS), an episode of NCIS

Biology

• Housekeeping gene, a gene which maintains basic cellular functions

Technology

• Housekeeping (computing), several types of maintenance routines or processes
• Maintenance, repair, and operations, or "housekeeping", in the context of spacecraft operations and other fields

See also

• All pages with titles containing Housekeeping
• Housekeeper (disambiguation)