Diversity, diversify, or diverse may refer to:

Business

Diversity (business) The business case for diversity stems from the progression of the models of diversity within the workplace since the 1960s. In the United States, the original model for diversity was situated around affirmative action drawing from equal opportunit ...

, the inclusion of people of different identities (ethnicity, gender, age) in the workforce * Diversity marketing, marketing communication targeting diverse customers *

Supplier diversity Supplier diversity refers to the use of Minority business enterprise, minority-owned businesses as suppliers, and a supplier diversity program is a proactive business program which encourages such use within an organisation's supply chain. Minorit ...

, the use of diverse suppliers

Politics

* Diversity (politics), the political and social policy of encouraging tolerance for people of different cultural and racial backgrounds * Diversity Immigrant Visa or Green Card Lottery, a United States immigration program * Diversity jurisdiction, a concept under which U.S. federal courts can hear suits between parties from different states * Diversity training, the process of educating people to function in a diverse environment * Cultural diversity, the respect of different cultures and interculturality *

Functional diversity (disability) Functional diversity is a politically and socially correct term for special needs, disability, impairment and handicap, which began to be used in Spain in scientific writing, at the initiative of those directly affected, in 2005. Usage This ter ...

, a term for special needs, disability, impairment and handicap *

Gerodiversity Gerodiversity is the multicultural approach to issues of aging. This approach provides a theoretical foundation for the medical and psychological treatment of older adults within an ecological context that includes their cultural identity and heri ...

, a multicultural approach to issues of aging * Multiculturalism, or ethnic diversity, the promotion of multiple ethnic cultures *

Neurodiversity Neurodiversity refers to diversity in the human brain and cognition, for instance in sociability, learning, attention, mood and other mental functions. It was coined in 1998 by sociologist Judy Singer, who helped popularize the concept alo ...

, a movement in support of civil rights of people with atypical neurological characteristics

Science

Diversity factor In the context of electricity, the diversity factor is the ratio of the sum of the individual non-coincident maximum loads of various subdivisions of the system to the maximum demand of the complete system. : f_\text = \frac The diversity factor ...

, a concept in electrical engineering * Functional diversity, a term in geography *

Linguistic diversity Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met ...

Diversity (mathematics) In mathematics, a diversity is a generalization of the concept of metric space. The concept was introduced in 2012 by Bryant and Tupper, who call diversities "a form of multi-way metric". The concept finds application in nonlinear analysis. G ...

, a generalization of metric space

Biology

* Biodiversity, degree of variation of life forms within an ecosystem * Crop diversity, the variance in genetic and phenotypic characteristics of plants used in agriculture * Diversity index, a statistic to assess the diversity of a population * Ecosystem diversity, the diversity of a place at the level of ecosystems *

Functional diversity (ecology) Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (''genetic variability''), species (''species diversity''), and ecosystem (''ecosystem diversity'') le ...

, the elements of biodiversity that influence how ecosystems function *

Genetic diversity Genetic diversity is the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species, it ranges widely from the number of species to differences within species and can be attributed to the span of survival for a species. It is dis ...

, the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species * Nucleotide diversity, a measure of the degree of polymorphism within a population *

Phylogenetic diversity Phylogenetic diversity is a measure of biodiversity which incorporates phylogenetic difference between species. It is defined and calculated as "the sum of the lengths of all those branches that are members of the corresponding minimum spanning path ...

, a measure of biodiversity which incorporates phylogenetic difference between species * Species diversity, the effective number of species represented in a data set * ''Diversity'' (journal), an academic journal published by MDPI

Technology

Diversity combining Diversity combining is the technique applied to combine the multiple received signals of a diversity reception device into a single improved signal. Various techniques Various diversity combining techniques can be distinguished: * Equal-gain co ...

, the combining of multiple received signals into a single improved signal *

Diversity gain Diversity gain is the increase in signal-to-interference ratio due to some diversity scheme, or how much the transmission power can be reduced when a diversity scheme is introduced, without a performance loss. Diversity gain is usually expressed in ...

, the increase in signal-to-interference ratio due to a diversity scheme *

Diversity scheme In telecommunications, a diversity scheme refers to a method for improving the reliability of a message signal by using two or more Channel (communications), communication channels with different characteristics. Diversity is mainly used in radio ...

, a method for improving reliability of a message signal by using multiple communications channels *

Antenna diversity Antenna diversity, also known as space diversity or spatial diversity, is any one of several wireless diversity schemes that uses two or more antennas to improve the quality and reliability of a wireless link. Often, especially in urban and ind ...

or space diversity, a method of wireless communication that use two or more antennas to improve reliability *

Cooperative diversity Cooperative diversity is a cooperative multiple antenna technique for improving or maximising total network channel capacities for any given set of bandwidths which exploits user diversity by decoding the combined signal of the relayed signal and t ...

, a multiple antenna technique for improving or maximising total network channel capacities *

Site diversity Site diversity is one of six techniques used to improve the reliability of satellite communications by limit atmospheric effects, particularly those caused by rain fade. A diversity scheme is typically required when using frequencies in the Ka, V, ...

, multiple receivers for satellite communication * Time diversity, a technique used in digital communication systems *

Transmit diversity Transmit diversity is radio communication using signals that originate from two or more independent sources that have been modulated with identical information-bearing signals and that may vary in their transmission characteristics at any given ...

, wireless communication using signals originating from two or more independent sources

As a proper name

Music

* ''Diversity'' (album), a 2010 reggae album by Gentleman * Diversity (dance troupe), an English dance troupe based in London *

Diversity FM Diversity FM was a community radio station based in Lancaster, north Lancashire, which covered the Lancaster and Morecambe district. It broadcast a mixture of live and pre-recorded shows and music 24/7 on 103.5FM and via the Internet ...

, a radio station in Lancaster, England *

Diverse (rapper) Kenny Jenkins, better known by his stage name Diverse, is an American rapper. An underground hip hop artist, he has received critical acclaim "from knowledgeable heads worldwide". Career Diverse got his start in the Chicago hip-hop scene wh ...

*"Diverse", a song by Charlie Parker

Other

*'' Diversity University'', a virtual reality system for education