An array is a systematic arrangement of similar objects, usually in rows and columns.
Things called an array include:
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
- Spiral array model, a music pitch space
Science
Astronomy
A telescope array, also called astronomical interferometer, such as the:
- 4C Array
- Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (AGASA)
- Allen Telescope Array (ATA), formerly known as the One Hectare Telescope (1hT)
- Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA)
- Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
- Australia Telescope Compact Array
- CHARA array
- Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)
- Chicago Air Shower Array (CASA)
- Infrared Optical Telescope Array (IOTA)
- Interplanetary Scintillation Array (IPS array) also called the Pulsar Array
- LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray)
- Modular Neutron Array (MoNA)
- Murchison Widefield Array (MWA)
- Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)
- Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
- Submillimeter Array (SMA)
- Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array (SZA)
- Telescope Array Project
- Very Large Array (VLA)
- Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
- Very Small Array
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
- A standard array in coding theory
- An array or matrix (mathematics)
- A holor
- Intersection array a concept of category theory
Technology
Computing
- Asynchronous array of simple processors
- Disk array, such as the RAID
- Gate array, including a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
- ICL Distributed Array Processor, an array processor for the ICL
- Integrated circuit packages:
- Processor array
- Programmable Array Logic (PAL), a systematic way to implement boolean functions
- Reconfigurable datapath array, a flexible data processing architecture
- Systolic array, a hardware architecture
- Transistor array, an integrated circuit
- Video Graphics Array (VGA), a display adapter and many variants thereof
- Wi-Fi array, a wireless networking device
Other technologies
- Antenna array
- Array gain, a telecommunications parameter
- Array processing of multichannel signals (not to be confused with array programming)
- Color filter array, placed over an imaging array
- Field emitter array, an electron source
- Halbach array, an arrangement of magnets
- Linear diode array used in image scanners
- Microphone array
- Parametric array of transducers
- Phased-array optics
- Photovoltaic array
- Staring array, an imaging sensor
- Towed array sonar
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