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Cell most often refers to: * Cell (biology), the functional basic unit of life Cell may also refer to:


Locations

* Monastic cell, a small room, hut, or cave in which a religious recluse lives, alternatively the small precursor of a monastery with only a few monks or nuns * Prison cell, a room used to hold people in prisons


Groups of people

* Cell, a group of people in a cell group, a form of Christian church organization * Cell, a unit of a
clandestine cell system A clandestine cell system is a method for organizing a group of people (such as resistance fighters, sleeper agents, mobsters, or terrorists) such that such people can more effectively resist penetration by an opposing organization (such as l ...
, a penetration-resistant form of a secret or outlawed organization * Cellular organizational structure, such as in business management


Science, mathematics, and technology


Computing and telecommunications

* Cell (EDA), a term used in an electronic circuit design schematics *
Cell (microprocessor) Cell is a multi-core microprocessor microarchitecture that combines a general-purpose PowerPC core of modest performance with streamlined coprocessing elements which greatly accelerate multimedia and vector processing applications, as well as ma ...
, a microprocessor architecture developed by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM * Memory cell (computing), the basic unit of (volatile or non-volatile) computer memory * Cell, a unit in a database table or spreadsheet, formed by the intersection of a row and a column * Cell, a wireless connection within a limited area, referred to as a cell, or Basic Service Set * Cell, a fixed-length data frame used in the Asynchronous Transfer Mode protocol * Cell phone or mobile phone, a phone connected to a cellular network ** Cell, area of radio coverage in a
cellular network A cellular network or mobile network is a communication network where the link to and from end nodes is wireless. The network is distributed over land areas called "cells", each served by at least one fixed-location transceiver (typically thre ...


Mathematics

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Cell (geometry) In solid geometry, a face is a flat surface (a planar region) that forms part of the boundary of a solid object; a three-dimensional solid bounded exclusively by faces is a ''polyhedron''. In more technical treatments of the geometry of polyhedra ...
, a three-dimensional element, part of a higher-dimensional object *Cell, an element of an abstract cell complex *Cell, a basic unit of a cellular automaton *Cell, an element of a CW complex *Cell, a k-face of a
simplicial complex In mathematics, a simplicial complex is a set composed of points, line segments, triangles, and their ''n''-dimensional counterparts (see illustration). Simplicial complexes should not be confused with the more abstract notion of a simplicial set ...


Other uses in science and technology

* Electrochemical cell, a device used to convert chemical energy to electrical energy **
Fuel cell A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (often hydrogen) and an oxidizing agent (often oxygen) into electricity through a pair of redox reactions. Fuel cells are different from most batteries in requ ...
, a device used to convert chemical energy from a fuel like hydrogen to electricity ** Galvanic cell or voltaic cell, a particular kind of electrochemical cell * Photodetector, or photo cell, a sensor which detects light * Solar cell, a component of photovoltaic systems used to convert the energy of light into electricity *
Storm cell A storm cell is an air mass that contains up and down drafts in convective loops and that moves and reacts as a single entity, functioning as the smallest unit of a storm-producing system. An organized grouping of thunder clouds will thus be consi ...
, the smallest unit of a storm-producing system


Arts, entertainment, and media


Fictional entities

* Cell (comics), a Marvel comic book character * Cell (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the manga series ''Dragon Ball''


Literature

* ''Cell'' (novel), a 2006 horror novel by Stephen King * "Cells", poem, about a hungover soldier in gaol, by Rudyard Kipling * ''The Cell'' (play), an Australian play by Robert Wales


Music

* Cell (music), a small rhythmic and melodic design that can be isolated, or can make up one part of a thematic context * Cell (American band) *
Cell (Japanese band) was a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in May 2012 by Kon, former vocalist of the bands La'Mule and NightingeiL. Biography Vocalist KON (ex.La'Mule), guitarists SIN and NAO (both ex. La'Mule), and bassist YUKI came together and formed the ...
* ''Cell'' (album), a 2004 album by Plastic Tree * ''Cells'', a 1998 album by Cex * ''Cells'', a 2012 album by Fake Blood * "Cells", an art song composed by
G. F. Cobb Gerard Francis Cobb (Nettlestead, Kent, 15 October 1838 – 31 March 1904) was Junior Bursar of Trinity College, Cambridge. He was active as an Anglican layman, organist and amateur composer. Life He was the fourth son of William Francis Cobb, re ...
and named after the poem by Kipling * "Cells", a song by
Bloem de Ligny Bloem de Wilde de Ligny (born 7 July 1978) is a Dutch singer-songwriter, producer, visual artist and musician based in the United Kingdom. de Ligny has released music as a solo artist and as a member of various bands, including Fono & Serafina, Po ...
* "Cells", a song by The Servant *
The Cells The Cells is a 3-piece American rock band based in Chicago, currently made up of singer/guitarist Cory Hance, bassist Johnny Furman and drummer Mark Doyle. The band was formed in 1998 by singer/guitarist Cory Hance and bassist Brede Hovland. Hovl ...
, an American rock band * "The Cell" (song), a 2006 song by Jandek


Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''The Cell'' (film), a 2000 psychological thriller film starring Jennifer Lopez * ''Cell'' (film), a 2016 film based on the Stephen King novel * ''Cell'' (journal), a scientific journal * Animation cel, a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation * "The Cell" (''The Vampire Diaries''), an episode of the TV series ''The Vampire Diaries'' * "The Cell" (''The Walking Dead''), a 2016 television episode of ''The Walking Dead'' * ''The Cell'' (BBC Four), Adam Rutherford's 3-part documentary series that aired on BBC Four * ''The Cell'', the original title of the TV series '' Sleeper Cell''


See also

* CEL (disambiguation) * Cellular (disambiguation) * Macrocell {{disambiguation