Vector most often refers to: *

Euclidean vector In mathematics, physics, and engineering, a Euclidean vector or simply a vector (sometimes called a geometric vector or spatial vector) is a geometric object that has magnitude (or length) and direction. Euclidean vectors can be added and scal ...

, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction *

Disease vector In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen such as a parasite or microbe, to another living organism. Agents regarded as vectors are mostly blood-sucking ( hematophagous) arthropods such ...

, an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism Vector may also refer to:

Mathematics and physics

Vector (mathematics and physics) In mathematics and physics, vector is a term that refers to physical quantity, quantities that cannot be expressed by a single number (a scalar (physics), scalar), or to elements of some vector spaces. Historically, vectors were introduced in g ...

Row and column vectors In linear algebra, a column vector with elements is an m \times 1 matrix consisting of a single column of entries, for example, \boldsymbol = \begin x_1 \\ x_2 \\ \vdots \\ x_m \end. Similarly, a row vector is a 1 \times n matrix for some , co ...

, single row or column matrices **

Vector quantity In the natural sciences, a vector quantity (also known as a vector physical quantity, physical vector, or simply vector) is a vector-valued physical quantity. It is typically formulated as the product of a ''unit of measurement'' and a ''vector num ...

Vector space In mathematics and physics, a vector space (also called a linear space) is a set (mathematics), set whose elements, often called vector (mathematics and physics), ''vectors'', can be added together and multiplied ("scaled") by numbers called sc ...

Vector field In vector calculus and physics, a vector field is an assignment of a vector to each point in a space, most commonly Euclidean space \mathbb^n. A vector field on a plane can be visualized as a collection of arrows with given magnitudes and dire ...

, a vector for each point

Molecular biology

Vector (molecular biology) In molecular cloning, a vector is any particle (e.g., plasmids, cosmids, Lambda phages) used as a vehicle to artificially carry a foreign nucleic acid sequence, nucleic sequence – usually DNA – into another Cell (biology), cell, where it can D ...

, a DNA molecule used as a vehicle to artificially carry foreign genetic material into another cell **

Cloning vector A cloning vector is a small piece of DNA that can be stably maintained in an organism, and into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes. The cloning vector may be DNA taken from a virus, the cell of a higher organism, o ...

, a small piece of DNA into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes **

Shuttle vector A shuttle vector is a vector (usually a plasmid) constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species. Therefore, DNA inserted into a shuttle vector can be tested or manipulated in two different cell types. The main advantage of these ...

, a plasmid constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species **

Viral vector A viral vector is a modified virus designed to gene delivery, deliver genetic material into cell (biology), cells. This process can be performed inside an organism or in cell culture. Viral vectors have widespread applications in basic research, ...

, a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic materials into cells

Computer science

* Vector, a one-dimensional

array data structure In computer science, an array is a data structure consisting of a collection of ''elements'' (value (computer science), values or variable (programming), variables), of same memory size, each identified by at least one ''array index'' or ''key' ...

Distance-vector routing protocol A distance-vector routing protocol in data networks determines the best route for data packets based on distance. Distance-vector routing protocols measure the distance by the number of routers a packet has to pass; one router counts as one hop ...

, a class of routing protocols **

Dope vector In computer programming, a dope vector is a data structure used to hold information about a data object, especially its memory layout. Purpose Dope vectors are most commonly used to describe arrays, which commonly store multiple instances of a part ...

, a data structure used to store information about an array **

Feature vector In machine learning and pattern recognition, a feature is an individual measurable property or characteristic of a data set. Choosing informative, discriminating, and independent features is crucial to produce effective algorithms for pattern re ...

, an n-dimensional vector of numerical features that represent some object **

Interrupt vector An interrupt vector table (IVT) is a data structure that associates a list of interrupt handlers with a list of interrupt requests in a table of interrupt vectors. Each entry of the interrupt vector table, called an interrupt vector, is the addre ...

, the location in memory of an interrupt handling routine **

Initialization vector In cryptography, an initialization vector (IV) or starting variable is an input to a cryptographic primitive being used to provide the initial state. The IV is typically required to be random or pseudorandom, but sometimes an IV only needs to be un ...

, a fixed-size input to a cryptographic primitive **

Vector clock A vector clock is a data structure used for determining the partial ordering of events in a distributed system and detecting causality violations. Just as in Lamport timestamps, inter-process messages contain the state of the sending process's ...

, an algorithm **

Vector space model Vector space model or term vector model is an algebraic model for representing text documents (or more generally, items) as vector space, vectors such that the distance between vectors represents the relevance between the documents. It is used in i ...

, an algebraic model for representing text documents **

Vector (C++) 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 a ...

, a type in the C++ Standard Template Library *

, a geometric object with a direction and magnitude **

Vector graphics Vector graphics are a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector displ ...

, images defined by geometric primitives as opposed to bitmaps **

Vector monitor A vector monitor, vector display, or calligraphic display is a display device used for computer graphics up through the 1970s. It is a type of CRT, similar to that of an early oscilloscope. In a vector display, the image is composed of drawn ...

, a display device used for early computers **

Vector game A variety of computer graphic techniques have been used to display video game content throughout the history of video games. The predominance of individual techniques have evolved over time, primarily due to hardware advances and restrictions ...

, any video game that uses a vector graphics display *

Vector (malware) In computer security Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems ...

, approach used, or vulnerability exploited, in attacking a computer system *

Vector (robot) Cozmo is a miniature robot created by the defunct company Anki (American company), Anki. Cozmo's base model, is a small, white and gray robot with red highlights. It makes use of distinct expressions, dubbed the "emotion engine", in order to mi ...

, a 2018 robot by Anki

Transportation

Vehicles

Aircraft

Aerodyne Systems Vector The Aerodyne Systems Vector is a family of American ultralight aircraft that was designed by Berndt Petterson, Mike McCarron and Paul Yarnell and produced by Aerodyne Systems, introduced in 1982. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateu ...

, an ultralight aircraft *

Hall Vector 1 The Hall Vector 1 is an American high-wing, ultralight glider that was designed by Stan Hall for serious cross-country flights.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 44. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. US ...

, a glider * A brand of reconnaissance drone produced by

Quantum-Systems Quantum-Systems Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH is a German technology company headquartered in Gilching, founded in 2015. The company specializes in the development, design and production of small unmanned aircraft vehicles (Unmanne ...

Radar vector In aviation, instrument flight rules (IFR) is one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other is visual flight rules (VFR). The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) ''Instrument Fl ...

, headings assigned by air traffic control for navigation

Nautical vessels

* , a Philippine tanker ship * , a 1967 hydrographic survey vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard

Automotive vehicles

Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle The Pinzgauer is a family of high-mobility off-road vehicle, all-terrain four-wheel drive, 4WD (4×4) and six-wheel drive, 6WD (6×6) military utility vehicles. The vehicle was originally developed in the late 1960s and manufactured by Steyr-D ...

(ATV) (Vector), a military patrol vehicle *

VECTOR 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 a ...

, a Dutch light utility vehicle * Vector, a variant of the Saab 9-3 automobile * Vector Motors sports cars ** Vector M12 ** Vector W2 ** Vector W8 ** Vector WX-3 ** Vector SRV8

Other transportation

Thrust vectoring Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the thrust from its engine(s) or motor(s) to Aircraft flight control system, control the Spacecra ...

, directing engine thrust

Entertainment

Characters and fictional elements

* Vector (''Battle Angel Alita'') * Vector (comics), Marvel Comics * Vector (G.I. Joe), vehicle *

Vector the Crocodile The ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise began in 1991 with the video game ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic against a rotund male human villain named Doctor Eggman (or ...

, 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 , stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, is a Japanese manga and anime series and the third spin-off of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, after the preceding ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''. The manga began serialization in Shueisha's ''V Jump'' magazine from Decem ...

'' * Vector class in '' Wipeout'' games * Victor "Vector" Perkins in ''

Despicable Me (film) ''Despicable Me'' is a 2010 American animated comedy film directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. Produced by Illumination Entertainment as its first feature film, it stars the voices of Steve C ...

'', 2010 * Vector, in the game '' Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City'' * Vector, a weapon in the series ''

Elfen Lied is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2002 to August 2005, with its 107 chapters collected into twelve volumes. ''El ...

'' * Vector, a location in the video game ''Final Fantasy VI'' * Vector Industries, an organization in the ''Xenosaga'' video game series

Games

* ''Vector'' (video game), 2012 video game * '' Vectorman'', 1995, for Sega

Music

* Vector (band), 1980s * ''Vector'' (album), a 2018 album by Haken * Vector (rapper) (b. 1983), Nigerian * Martin Wheeler, aka Vector Lovers

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

Vector Informatik {{Infobox company , name = Vector Informatik , logo = , type = GmbH , slogan = , foundation = April 1, 1988, location = Stuttgart, Germany, key_people = Managing directors * Dr. Thomas Beck * Dr. Matthias ...

, a software tool and components provider for development of embedded electronics * Vector Engineering, multinational engineering, procurement, construction management, and operations service provider *

Vector Graphic Vector graphics are a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector display ...

, an early manufacturer of 8-bit microcomputers *

Vector Group In electrical engineering, a vector group, officially called a connection symbol, is the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) method of categorizing the high voltage (HV) windings and low voltage (LV) winding configurations of three-ph ...

, a publicly traded holding company, focusing on tobacco and real estate *

Vector Limited Vector Limited is a New Zealand energy company, which runs a portfolio of businesses delivering energy and communication services across Australasia and the Pacific. Its primary business is electricity distribution, along with distributing pi ...

, a New Zealand gas and electricity supplier * Vector Marketing, a multi-level knife marketing company * Vector Motors, an automobile manufacturer * Vector Launch, an American space technology company, 2016–2019 *

State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR The State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR of Rospotrebnadzor (), also known as the Vector Institute, is a biological research center under Rospotrebnadzor in Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It has research facilit ...

, a biological research center in Russia

Other uses

Interval vector In musical set theory, an interval vector is an array of natural numbers which summarize the intervals present in a set of pitch classes. (That is, a set of pitches where octaves are disregarded.) Other names include: ic vector (or interv ...

in musical set theory *

KRISS Vector The KRISS Vector is a series of weapons based upon the parent submachine gun design developed by the American company KRISS USA, formerly Transformational Defense Industries (TDI). Designed in 2006 and seeing limited production since 2009, the K ...

, a .45 ACP submachine gun *

Light verb In linguistics, a light verb is a verb that has little semantic content of its own and forms a predicate with some additional expression, which is usually a noun. Common verbs in English that can function as light verbs are ''do'', ''give'', ''hav ...

, or ''vector verb'', in grammar * Parker Vector, pens *

Vector Arena Spark Arena (also known as Auckland City Arena, and formerly as Vector Arena) is a multipurpose arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The venue is located at Quay Park, Parnell, very close to Britomart Transport Centre and The Strand Station. The ...

, Auckland, New Zealand * Vector Map, a collection of Earth GIS data * Vector 2022, a Wikipedia skin