Vector

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Vector (disambiguation)
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Vector most often refers to:

  • Euclidean vector, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction
  • Disease vector, an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism

Vector may also refer to:

Mathematics and physics

Molecular biology

  • Vector (molecular biology), a DNA molecule used as a vehicle to artificially carry foreign genetic material into another cell
    • Cloning vector, a small piece of DNA into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes
    • Shuttle vector, a plasmid constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species
    • Viral vector, a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic materials into cells

Computer science

  • Vector, a one-dimensional
    array data structure
    • Distance-vector routing protocol, a class of routing protocols
    • Dope vector, a data structure used to store information about an array
    • Feature vector
      , an n-dimensional vector of numerical features that represent some object
    • Interrupt vector
      , the location in memory of an interrupt handling routine
    • Initialization vector, a fixed-size input to a cryptographic primitive
    • Vector clock, an algorithm
    • Vector space model, an algebraic model for representing text documents
    • Vector (C++)
      , a type in the C++ Standard Template Library
  • Euclidean vector, a geometric object with a direction and magnitude
    • Vector graphics, images defined by geometric primitives as opposed to bitmaps
    • Vector monitor, a display device used for early computers
    • Vector game
      , any video game that uses a vector graphics display
  • Vector (malware)
    , approach used, or vulnerability exploited, in attacking a computer system
  • Vector (robot)
    , a 2018 robot by Anki

Transportation

Vehicles

Aircraft

Nautical vessels

  • MT Vector, a Philippine tanker ship
  • CCGS Vector, a 1967 hydrographic survey vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard

Automotive vehicles

Other transportation

Entertainment

Characters and fictional elements

  • Vector (Battle Angel Alita)
  • Vector (comics)
    , Marvel Comics
  • Vector (G.I. Joe)
    , vehicle
  • Vector the Crocodile
    , in the Sonic the Hedgehog series
  • Septima Vector, a
    Hogwarts professor in the Harry Potter universe
  • Vector, a Barian Emperor from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
  • Vector class in
    Wipeout
    games
  • Victor "Vector" Perkins in Despicable Me (film), 2010
  • Vector, in the game Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
  • Vector, a weapon in the series Elfen Lied
  • Vector, a
    location in the video game Final Fantasy VI
  • Vector Industries, an
    organization in the Xenosaga video game series

Games

Music

Literature

  • Vector (magazine)
    , the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association
  • Vectors (journal), a defunct online journal covering digital humanities
  • The Vector (newspaper)
    , a student-run newspaper of the New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Vector (novel)
    , a 1999 novel by Robin Cook

Business

Other uses

  • Interval vector in musical set theory
  • KRISS Vector, a .45 ACP submachine gun
  • Light verb, or vector verb, in grammar
  • Parker Vector
    , pens
  • Vector Arena
    , Auckland, New Zealand
  • Vector Map, a collection of Earth GIS data
  • Vector 2022
    , a Wikipedia skin

See also