Factor
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A factor, a Latin word meaning 'who/which acts' can refer to:
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- A factor (agent), a person who acts for another, notably a mercantile and/or colonial agent
- a factor (Scotland) is a person or firm managing a Scottish estate
- A phenomenon presumed to affect an experiment (see design of experiments);
- An authentication factor used to identify an object or person;
- In mathematics,
- A coefficient;
- A divisor of a particular number;
- a von Neumann algebra with a trivial center;
- An enzyme, in biochemistry;
- A factor of production, in economics;
- In object-oriented programming, "Functionality, Application domain, Conditions, Technology, Objects and Responsibility;"
- The Factor programming language
- Human factors refers to cognitive ergonomics.
- In finance, a factor (finance) is an entity which advances finance against receivable.
