Vector

Vector may refer to:

Natural sciences in general

• Any device of transportation or movement.

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 Dynamic array, a data structure, based on an array, which is able to grow or shrink as needed
  • Vector (STL), a data type in the Standard Template Library used in the C++ programming language
• 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

Biology

A vector in biology has several meanings:

• An organism (biotic vector, pollinator) or medium (abiotic vector, e.g. wind) which transports pollen to a stigma.
  • An organism that transmits disease by conveying pathogens from one host to another (vector insect)
  • A virus used to deliver genetic material into a cell
  • A piece of DNA meant to carry DNA fragments into a host cell
• Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology

Computer Game/Anime

• 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
• Vectorman, the protagonist of the video game of the same name for the Sega Genesis
• Vectors are invisible weapon-like hands of the Diclonius in the anime series Elfen Lied

Miscellaneous

• The secondary element in a verb-verb compound or compound verb.
• 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, an automobile manufacturer
• Vector (novel), a 1999 novel by Robin Cook
• Vector, a 1970 novel by Henry Sutton
• 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
• In aviation, a vector (noun) is a specific direction, expressed in degrees relative to magnetic north
• Septima Vector is the name of the Hogwarts Arithmancy teacher in the Harry Potter universe