Collection or Collections may refer to:

Computing

Collection (abstract data type) In computer programming, a collection is an abstract data type that is a grouping of items that can be used in a Polymorphism (computer science), polymorphic way. Often, the items are of the same data type such as Integer (computer science), int ...

, the abstract concept of collections in computer science *

Collection (linking) A linker or link editor is a computer program that combines intermediate software build files such as object and library files into a single executable file such as a program or library. A linker is often part of a toolchain that includes a comp ...

, the act of linkage editing in computing *

Garbage collection (computing) In computer science, garbage collection (GC) is a form of automatic memory management. The ''garbage collector'' attempts to reclaim memory that was allocated by the program, but is no longer referenced; such memory is called ''garbage''. Gar ...

, automatic memory management method

Mathematics

Set (mathematics) In mathematics, a set is a collection of different things; the things are '' elements'' or ''members'' of the set and are typically mathematical objects: numbers, symbols, points in space, lines, other geometric shapes, variables, or other se ...

Class (set theory) In set theory and its applications throughout mathematics, a class is a collection of sets (or sometimes other mathematical objects) that can be unambiguously defined by a property that all its members share. Classes act as a way to have set-like ...

Family of sets In set theory and related branches of mathematics, a family (or collection) can mean, depending upon the context, any of the following: set, indexed set, multiset, or class. A collection F of subsets of a given set S is called a family of su ...

Indexed family In mathematics, a family, or indexed family, is informally a collection of objects, each associated with an index from some index set. For example, a family of real numbers, indexed by the set of integers, is a collection of real numbers, wher ...

Multiset In mathematics, a multiset (or bag, or mset) is a modification of the concept of a set that, unlike a set, allows for multiple instances for each of its elements. The number of instances given for each element is called the ''multiplicity'' of ...

Parametric family In mathematics and its applications, a parametric family or a parameterized family is a indexed family, family of objects (a set of related objects) whose differences depend only on the chosen values for a set of parameters. Common examples are p ...

Albums

Collection

* ''Collection'' (Soccer Mommy album), 2017 * ''Collection'' (2NE1 album), 2012 * ''Collection'' (Agnes album), 2013 * ''Collection'' (Arvingarna album), 2002 * ''Collection'' (Jason Becker album), 2008 * ''Collection'' (Tracy Chapman album), 2001 * ''Collection'' (The Charlatans album) * ''Collection'' (Dave Grusin album), 1989 * ''Collection'' (The Jam album) * ''Collection'' (Wynonna Judd album) * ''Collection'' (Magnus Uggla album), 1985 * ''Collection'' (Men Without Hats album), 1996 * ''Collection'' (MFÖ album), 2003 * ''Collection'' (Mike Oldfield album), 2002 * ''Collection'' (Praxis album), 1998 * ''Collection'' (The Rankin Family album), 1996 * ''Collection'' (Lee Ritenour album), 1991 * ''Collection'' (Joe Sample album), 1991 * ''Collection'' (Spyro Gyra album), 1991 * ''Collection'' (The Stranglers album), 1998 * ''Collection'' (Suicidal Tendencies album), 1993 * ''Collection'' (Thee Michelle Gun Elephant album), 2001 * ''Collection'' (The Warratahs album), 2003 * ''Collection: The Shrapnel Years'' (Greg Howe album), 2006 * ''Collection: The Shrapnel Years'' (Tony MacAlpine album), 2006 * ''Collection: The Shrapnel Years'' (Vinnie Moore album), 2006 * '' Collection I'', a 1986 compilation album of songs by the Misfits * ''

Collection II ''Collection II'', also known as ''Misfits II'', a compilation album of songs by the American punk rock band Misfits. Released on November 14, 1995, it serves as a companion album to the band's previous compilation, '' Collection I''. Both com ...

'', a 1995 companion album to the Misfits' ''Collection I''

Collections

* Collections (Alexia album), ''Collections'' (Alexia album) * Collections (Rick Astley album), ''Collections'' (Rick Astley album), 2006 * Collections (Cypress Hill album), ''Collections'' (Cypress Hill album) * Collections (Terence Trent D'Arby album), ''Collections'' (Terence Trent D'Arby album), 2006 * Collections (Delphic album), ''Collections'' (Delphic album), 2013 * Collections (Amanda Marshall album), ''Collections'' (Amanda Marshall album), 2006 * Collections (Charlie Major album), ''Collections'' (Charlie Major album), 2006 * Collections (Red Norvo, Art Pepper, Joe Morello and Gerry Wiggins album), ''Collections'' (Red Norvo, Art Pepper, Joe Morello and Gerry Wiggins album), 1957 * Collections (Yanni album), ''Collections'' (Yanni album), 2008 * Collections (The Young Rascals album), ''Collections'' (The Young Rascals album), 1967

Fashion

* Cruise collection * Texas Fashion Collection

Other uses

* Cash collection, the function of an accounts receivable department * Collection (church), money donated by the congregation during a church service * Collection agency, agency to collect cash * Collections management (museum) ** Collection (museum), objects in a particular field forms the core basis for the museum ** Fonds in archives ** Private collection, sometimes just called "collection" * Collection (Oxford colleges), a beginning-of-term exam or Principal's Collections * Collection (horse), a horse carrying more weight on his hindquarters than his forehand * Collection (racehorse), an Irish-bred, Hong Kong–based Thoroughbred racehorse * Collection (publishing), a gathering of books under the same title at the same publisher * Scientific collection, any systematic collection of objects for scientific study * Collection (film), ''Collection'' (film), a 2021 film starring Alex Petttyfer * Collection No. 1, Collection #1, a database of sets of email addresses and passwords * Collections care, to prevent or delay the deterioration of cultural heritage * Collection class, in object-oriented programming * Generated collection, a musical scale formed by repeatedly adding a constant interval around the chromatic circle