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Vector



Vector may refer to:

Mathematics and Physics

* An element in a vector space
* Vector (spatial), an object defined by both magnitude and direction
* Probability vector

Philosophy

* Truth Vectors

Computer Science

* A List or one-dimensional array (and a data structure, based on an array, which is able to grow or shrink as needed, though not efficiently)
* 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
* Vector (STL), a data type in the Standard Template Library used in the C++ programming language

Biology

*A vector in biology has many several meanings::*An organism that transmits disease by conveying pathogens from one host to another:*A virus used to deliver genetic material into a cell:*A piece of DNA meant to carry DNA fragments into a host cell

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
* 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.



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