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An array is a systematic arrangement of similar objects, usually in rows and columns.
Things called an array include:
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Music
- In twelve-tone and serial composition, the presentation of simultaneous twelve-tone sets such that the sums of their horizontal segments form a succession of twelve-tone aggregates
- Array mbira, a musical instrument
- Array system layout, on the array mbira
- Spiral array model, a music pitch space
Science
Astronomy
A telescope array, also called astronomical interferometer, such as the:
Biology
- Various kinds of multiple biological arrays called microarrays
- Visual feature array, a model for the visual cortex
Computer science
Generally, a collection of same type data items that can be selected by indices computed at run-time, including:
- Array data structure, an arrangement of items at equally spaced addresses in computer memory
- Array data type, used in a programming language to specify a variable that can be indexed
- Associative array, an abstract data structure model composed of key-value pairs, often implemented as a hash table or search tree
or various kinds of the above, such as:
- Bit array or bit vector
- Dynamic array, allocated at run time
- Jagged array, a multidimensional array where the rows have different lengths individually
- Parallel array of records, with each field stored as a separate array
- Sparse array, with most elements omitted, to store a sparse matrix
- Variable-length array
or various related concepts:
- Array programming, using matrix algebra notation in programs (not the same as array processing)
- Array slicing, the extraction of sub-arrays of an array
or also:
- Global Arrays, a library for parallel processing
- Intel Array Visualizer, a piece of scientific graphics software
Mathematics and statistics
Technology
Computing
Other technologies
Other
- A Commission of Array, a commission for mustering a militia
- ARRAY, an independent film distribution company
- ARRAY Magazine, about interior design
- Array DVD magazine, focused on black actors and actresses
- Array Networks, a computer networking company
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