Collection

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Collection or Collections may refer to:

• Cash collection, the function of an accounts receivable department
• Collection agency, agency to collect cash
• Collection (abstract data type), the abstract concept of collections in computer science
• Collection (artwork), objects in a particular field forms the core basis for the museum
  • 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 may also refer to:

Mathematics

• Set (mathematics)
• Class (set theory)
• Family of sets
• Indexed family
• Multiset
• Parametric family

Albums

Other uses

• 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

See also

• A Collection (disambiguation)
• Aggregate (disambiguation)
• Collected (disambiguation)
• Collector (disambiguation)