Bundle or Bundling may refer to:
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Bundling (packaging), the process of using straps to bundle up items
Biology
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Bundle of His
The bundle of His (BH) or His bundle (HB) ( "hiss"Medical Terminology for Health Professions, Spiral bound Version'. Cengage Learning; 2016. . pp. 129–.) is a collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction. As part of t ...
, a collection of heart muscle cells specialized for electrical conduction
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Bundle of Kent, an extra conduction pathway between the atria and ventricles in the heart
* Hair bundle, a group of cellular processes resembling hair, characteristic of a
hair cell
Hair cells are the sensory receptors of both the auditory system and the vestibular system in the ears of all vertebrates, and in the lateral line organ of fishes. Through mechanotransduction, hair cells detect movement in their environment. ...
Computing
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Bundle (OS X)
In NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, GNUstep, and their lineal descendants macOS and iOS, a bundle is a file directory with a defined structure and file extension, allowing related files to be grouped together as a conceptually single item.
Examples of bundles ...
, a type of directory in
NEXTSTEP
NeXTSTEP is a discontinued object-oriented, multitasking operating system based on the Mach kernel and the UNIX-derived BSD. It was developed by NeXT Computer in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was initially used for its range of propri ...
and
OS X
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Bundle (software distribution)
In marketing, product bundling is offering several products or services for sale as one combined product or service package. It is a common feature in many imperfectly competitive product and service markets. Industries engaged in the practice ...
, a package containing a software and everything it needs to operate
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Bundle adjustment
In photogrammetry and computer stereo vision, bundle adjustment is simultaneous refining of the 3D coordinates describing the scene geometry, the parameters of the relative motion, and the optical characteristics of the camera(s) employed to acqui ...
, a photogrammetry/computer vision technique
Economics
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Bundled payment Bundled payment is the reimbursement of health care providers (such as hospitals and physicians) "on the basis of expected costs for defined episodes of care." It has been described as "a middle ground" between fee-for-service reimbursement (in w ...
, a method for reimbursing health care providers
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Product bundling
In marketing, product bundling is offering several products or services for sale as one combined product or service package. It is a common feature in many imperfectly competitive product and service markets. Industries engaged in the practice ...
, a marketing strategy that involves offering several products for sale as one combined product
Mathematics and engineering
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Bundle (mathematics), a generalization of a fiber bundle dropping the condition of a local product structure
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Bundle conductor (power engineering)
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Fiber bundle, a topology space that looks locally like a product space
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Optical fiber bundle
A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable, but containing one or more optical fibers that are used to carry light. The optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with ...
, a cable consisting of a collection of fiber optics
Music
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''Bundles'' (album), a 1975 album by Soft Machine, including a song of the same title
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The Bundles, an anti-folk supergroup
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The Bundles (album)
The Bundles is the only studio album by the supergroup of the same name, released on March 9, 2010 on K Records.
Background and recording
Fellow anti-folk artists Jeffrey Lewis and Kimya Dawson first met in 2001, and created their first five son ...
, a 2010 album by the group
Politics
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Bundling (fundraising), when donations from many individuals are collected by one person and presented to the recipient
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Bundling (public choice)
Bundling is a concept used for studying the selection of candidates for public office. A voter typically chooses a candidate (or party) for the legislature, rather than directly voting for specific policies. When doing so, the voter is essentially ...
, a similar concept to product bundling that occurs in electoral republics
Law
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Bundle of rights
The bundle of rights is a metaphor to explain the complexities of property ownership. Law school professors of introductory property law courses frequently use this conceptualization to describe "full" property ownership as a partition of var ...
(property law)
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Bundling (antitrust law), setting the total price of several products or services from one seller
Other uses
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Bundle Brent
Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent is a fictional character of two of the Agatha Christie novels, ''The Secret of Chimneys'' (1925) and '' The Seven Dials Mystery'' (1929), described as a spirited "it girl".
Family
Bundle was the eldest daughter of Clem ...
, an Agatha Christie character
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Bundle theory, in philosophy
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Bundling (tradition), the traditional practice of wrapping one person in a bed accompanied by his/her courter
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Sacred bundle
A sacred bundle or a medicine bundle is a wrapped collection of sacred items, held by a designated carrier, used in Indigenous American ceremonial cultures.
According to Patricia Deveraux, a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta, "These ...
, a wrapped collection of sacred items held by a designated carrier in Indigenous American cultures
See also
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