Conditioning may refer to:
Science, computing, and technology
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Air conditioning
Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C or AC, is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior environment (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling ...
, the removal of heat from indoor air for thermal comfort
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Automobile air conditioning
Automobile air conditioning systems use air conditioning to cool the air in a vehicle.
History
A company in New York City in the United States first offered installation of air conditioning for cars in 1933. Most of their customers operated l ...
, air conditioning in a vehicle
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Ice storage air conditioning
Ice storage air conditioning is the process of using ice for thermal energy storage. The process can reduce energy used for cooling during times of peak electrical demand. Alternative power sources such as solar can also use the technology to s ...
, air conditioning using ice storage
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Solar air conditioning
Solar air conditioning, or "solar-powered air conditioning", refers to any air conditioning (cooling) system that uses solar power.
This can be done through passive solar design, solar thermal energy conversion, and photovoltaic conversion (sunl ...
, air conditioning using solar power
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Beer conditioning
Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains, the most popular of which is barley) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast. It may be done in a brewery by a commercial brewer ...
, maturation, clarification, and stabilisation of beer
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Bottle conditioning, above conditioning after bottling
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Chemical conditioning
In chemistry, conditioning is a process in which chemical reaction factors are stabilized or enhanced. Examples include increasing the quality of a material by using another material (a conditioner) or improving the ability of solids to captur ...
, improvement and stabilization chemical components
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Data conditioning
Data conditioning is the use of data management and optimization techniques which result in the intelligent routing, optimization and protection of data for storage or data movement in a computer system. Data conditioning features enable enterpr ...
, the use of data management techniques in a computer system
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Flow conditioning Flow conditioning ensures that the “real world” environment closely resembles the “laboratory” environment for proper performance of inferential flowmeters like orifice, turbine, coriolis, ultrasonic etc.
Types of flow
Basically, Flow i ...
, the study of the movement of fluids in pipes
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Signal conditioning
In electronics, signal conditioning is the manipulation of an analog signal in such a way that it meets the requirements of the next stage for further processing.
In an analog-to-digital converter application, signal conditioning includes volta ...
, manipulating an analog signal in such a way that it meets the requirements of the next stage
Biology and physical fitness
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Aerobic conditioning
Aerobic conditioning is a process whereby the heart and lungs are trained to pump blood more efficiently, allowing more oxygen to be delivered to muscles and organs.
Aerobic conditioning is the use of continuous, rhythmic movement of large muscle ...
, exercise which trains the heart and lungs to pump blood more efficiently
*Body conditioning via
physical exercise
Learning
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Classical conditioning
Classical conditioning (also known as Pavlovian or respondent conditioning) is a behavioral procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food) is paired with a previously neutral stimulus (e.g. a triangle). It also refers to the learni ...
or Pavlovian conditioning, a behavioral mechanism in which one stimulus comes to signal the occurrence of a second stimulus
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Eyeblink conditioning
Eyeblink conditioning (EBC) is a form of classical conditioning that has been used extensively to study neural structures and mechanisms that underlie learning and memory. The procedure is relatively simple and usually consists of pairing an audi ...
, classical conditioning involving pairing of a stimulus with an eyeblink-eliciting stimulus
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Fear conditioning
Pavlovian fear conditioning is a behavioral paradigm in which organisms learn to predict aversive events. It is a form of learning in which an aversive stimulus (e.g. an electrical shock) is associated with a particular neutral context (e.g., a ...
, classical conditioning involving aversive stimuli
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Second-order conditioning
In classical conditioning, second-order conditioning or higher-order conditioning is a form of learning in which a stimulus is first made meaningful or consequential for an organism through an initial step of learning, and then that stimulus is us ...
, a two-step process in classical conditioning
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Covert conditioning, classical and operant conditioning in mental health treatment
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Operant conditioning or instrumental conditioning, a form of learning in which behavior is modified by its consequences
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Social conditioning
Social conditioning is the sociological process of training individuals in a society to respond in a manner generally approved by the society in general and peer groups within society. The concept is stronger than that of socialization, which is ...
, operant conditioning training individuals to act in a society
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Evaluative conditioning, a form of learning in which attitude towards one stimulus is learnt by its pairing with a second stimulus
Mathematics
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Condition number also known as Conditioning (numerical analysis), a quantity describing whether or not a numerical problem is well-behaved
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Conditioning (probability)
Beliefs depend on the available information. This idea is formalized in probability theory by conditioning. Conditional probabilities, conditional expectations, and conditional probability distributions are treated on three levels: discrete prob ...
, a concept in probability theory
See also
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Conditioning regimens in transplantation
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