Vector
Biology
- Vector (epidemiology), an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism; a disease vector
- Vector (molecular biology), a DNA molecule used as a vehicle to artificially carry foreign genetic material into another cell
- Cloning vector, a small piece of DNA into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes
- Shuttle vector, a plasmid constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species
- Viral vector, a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic materials into cells
Business
- Vector Informatik, a software tool and components provider for development of embedded electronics
- Vector Engineering, multinational engineering, procurement, construction management, and operations service provider
- Vector Graphic, an early manufacturer of 8-bit microcomputers
- Vector Group, a publicly traded holding company, focusing on tobacco and real estate
- Vector Limited, 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.
- Vector (company), a telecommunications company based in Poland
Computer science
- A one-dimensional array
- Vector (C++), a type in the C++ Standard Template Library
- Vector (malware), approach used, or vulnerability exploited, in attacking a computer system
- Distance-vector routing protocol, a class of routing protocols
- Dope vector, a data structure used to store information about an array
- Feature vector, an n-dimensional vector of numerical features that represent some object
- Initialization vector, a fixed-size input to a cryptographic primitive
- Interrupt vector, the location in memory of an interrupt handling routine
- Vector clock, an algorithm
- Vector game, any video game that uses a vector graphics display
- Vector graphics, images defined by geometric primitives as opposed to bitmaps
- Vector monitor, a display device used for early computers
- Vector processor, a computer processor which works on arrays of several numbers at once
- Vector space model, an algebraic model for representing text documents
Literature
- Vector (magazine), the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association
- Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular, an online journal
- The Vector (newspaper), a student-run newspaper of the New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Vector (novel), a 1999 novel by Robin Cook
- Vector Prime, a 1999 Star Wars novel written by R. A. Salvatore
- Vector 13, a comic strip in the 2000 AD anthology
Entertainment
Characters and fictional elements
- Vector (Battle Angel Alita), a character in the Battle Angel Alita manga series
- Vector (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics Universe
- Vector (G.I. Joe), a fictional vehicle from the G.I. Joe Battleforce 2000 toy line
- Vector the Crocodile, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series
- Septima Vector, a Hogwarts professor in the Harry Potter universe
- Vector, a Barian Emperor from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
- Vector class, a beginner racing class in Wipeout video game series
- Victor "Vector" Perkins, the main antagonist of the 2010 animated film Despicable Me
- Vector, a character in the video game Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
- Vector, an invisible arm telepathically controlled as a weapon by Diclonii in the series Elfen Lied
- Vector, a robot in "Greetings from Earth" (1979), an episode of the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
- Vector, a location in the video game Final Fantasy VI
- Vector Industries, an organization in the Xenosaga video game series
- Vector manipulation, an ability held by the character "Accelerator" in the series A Certain Magical Index
Games
- Vector (game), a 1970 board game
- Vector (video game), a 2010 platform video game
- Vectorman, a 1995 game for Sega Genesis platform
Music
- Vector (band), a 1980s New Wave rock band
- Vector (Haken album), 2018 album by British progressive metal band Haken
- Vector (rapper) (born 1983), Nigerian rap artist
- Vector Lovers, moniker used by British electronic music producer Martin Wheeler
- "Vectors", a song by the band Area 11
Other entertainment
- Vector, an entertainment robot by the company Anki
Mathematics and physics
- Vector (mathematics and physics)
- Euclidean vector, a geometric object that has magnitude (or length) and direction
- Row and column vectors, matrices consisting of a single column or row
- Vector space, a collection of objects called vectors, which may be added together and multiplied by scalars
- Vector field, assignment of a vector to each point in a subset of space
Transportation
Vehicles
Aircraft
- Aerodyne Systems Vector, an ultralight aircraft
- Hall Vector 1, a glider
Nautical vessels
- MT Vector, a Philippine tanker ship
- CCGS Vector, a 1967 hydrographic survey vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard
Automotive vehicles
- Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) (Vector), a military patrol vehicle
- Vector, a variant of the Saab 9-3 automobile
- Vector Motors sports cars
- Vector M12, a vehicle designed by Vector Motors based on the Lamborghini Diablo
- Vector W2, a concept car created by Vector Motors
- Vector W8, a production car produced by Vector Motors
- Vector WX-3, a prototype automobile created by Vector Motors in 1992
- Vector SRV8, a prototype automobile created by Vector Motors in 1999
Other transportation
- Lift vector, an upwards force acting on aircraft
- Thrust vectoring, the ability of an aircraft or other vehicle to direct the thrust from its main engine(s)
Other uses
- Interval vector, the interval content of a given set in musical set theory
- KRISS Vector, a .45 ACP submachine gun
- Light verb, or vector, in grammar, a verb participating in complex predication
- Parker Vector, a family of pens
- Vector Arena, an arena for sports and cultural events in Auckland, New Zealand
- Vector Map, a vector graphics-based collection of geographic information system data about Earth
- Vector, a programmed call handling scenario on an Avaya telephone exchange
See also
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- Vectra (disambiguation)
- Vectorization (disambiguation)
- Vector graphics (disambiguation)
- Vektor (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing Vector or Vectors
- All pages with titles beginning with Vector
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