Vector
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Vector may refer to:
[edit] Natural sciences in general
- Any device of transportation or movement.
[edit] Mathematics and Physics
- An element in a vector space
- Vector (spatial), an object defined by both magnitude and direction
- Probability vector
[edit] Philosophy
- Truth Vectors
[edit] Computer Science
- A Dynamic array, a data structure, based on an array, which is able to grow or shrink as needed
- Vector (STL), a data type in the Standard Template Library used in the C++ programming language
- Vector processor, a computer processor which works on arrays of several numbers at once
- Dope vector
- Vector graphics, computer graphics defined by geometric primitives instead of pixels
- Vector (computing), the method that malicious code (viruses, etc) uses to propagate itself
[edit] Biology
A vector in biology has several meanings:
- An organism (biotic vector, pollinator) or medium (abioti vector, e.g. wind) which transports pollen to a stigma.
- An organism that transmits disease by conveying pathogens from one host to another (vector insect)
- A virus used to deliver genetic material into a cell
- A piece of DNA meant to carry DNA fragments into a host cell
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Vector Institute, another name for the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology
- The Vector, the New Jersey Institute of Technology's school newspaper
- Vector Limited, a New Zealand multi-network infrastructure company
- Vector Marketing, the multi-level marketing firm that sells Cutco knives
- Vector (food) is a cereal manufactured by Kellogg's
- Vector Supercars, or a model they once produced
- Vector, the capital of the Empire in the videogame Final Fantasy VI
- Vector Industries, the interplanetary conglomerate in the Xenosaga videogame series
- Vector the Crocodile, a character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series of videogames
- Vectorman, the protagonist of the video game of the same name for the Sega Genesis
- Figaro Continental Vector, the city that covers half of the planet Eae in the videogame and animated series, Monkeyfellas
- Vector, a 1970 novel by Henry Sutton
- Vector, a 1999 novel by Robin Cook
- Vector (band), a 1980s New Wave/Rock band
- Vector is the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association
- Vector magazine is the journal of the British APL Association
- Vectors are invisible weapon-like hands of the Diclonius in the anime series Elfen Lied.
- In aviation, a vector (noun) is a specific compass heading, expressed in degrees relative to magnetic north, assigned to an aircraft by air traffic control. The transitive verb 'to vector' means to assign such a heading to an aircraft
- In the Harry Potter universe, Septima Vector is the name of the Hogwarts Arithmancy teacher
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