Factor, a

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...

word meaning "who/which acts", may refer to:

Commerce

* Factor (agent), a person who acts for, notably a mercantile and colonial agent *

Factor (Scotland) In Scotland a factor (or property manager) is a person or firm charged with superintending or managing properties and estates—sometimes where the owner or landlord is unable to or uninterested in attending to such details personally, or in ten ...

, a person or firm managing a Scottish estate * Factors of production, such a factor is a resource used in the production of goods and services

Science and technology

Biology

* Coagulation factors, substances essential for blood coagulation * Environmental factor, any abiotic or biotic factor that affects life *

Enzyme Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrate (chemistry), substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecule ...

, proteins that catalyze chemical reactions * Factor B, and factor D, peptides involved in the alternate pathway of immune system complement activation *

Transcription factor In molecular biology, a transcription factor (TF) (or sequence-specific DNA-binding factor) is a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA, by binding to a specific DNA sequence. The fu ...

, a protein that binds to specific DNA sequences

Computer science and information technology

Factor (programming language) Factor is a stack-oriented programming language created by Slava Pestov. Factor is dynamically typed and has automatic memory management, as well as powerful metaprogramming features. The language has a single implementation featuring a self-hos ...

, a concatenative stack-oriented programming language *

Factor (Unix) On Unix, Plan 9, and Unix-like computer systems, factor is a utility for factoring an integer into its prime factors. History ''factor'' first appeared on 5th edition Research Unix in 1974, as a "user maintained" utility (section 6 of the manu ...

, a utility for factoring an integer into its prime factors * Factor, a substring, a subsequence of consecutive symbols in a string * Authentication factor, a piece of information used to verify a person's identity for security purposes * Decomposition (computer science), also known as factoring, the organization of computer code *

Enumerated type In computer programming, an enumerated type (also called enumeration, enum, or factor in the R programming language, and a categorical variable in statistics) is a data type consisting of a set of named values called ''elements'', ''members'', ' ...

: a data type consisting of a set of named values, called factor in the R programming language

Other uses in science and technology

* Factor, in the

design of experiments The design of experiments (DOE, DOX, or experimental design) is the design of any task that aims to describe and explain the variation of information under conditions that are hypothesized to reflect the variation. The term is generally associ ...

, a phenomenon presumed to affect an experiment * Human factors, a profession that focuses on how people interact with products, tools, or procedures *

Sun protection factor Sunscreen, also known as sunblock or sun cream, is a photoprotective topical product for the skin that mainly absorbs, or to a much lesser extent reflects, some of the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation and thus helps protect against sunburn and ...

, a unit describing reduction in transmitted ultraviolet light

Mathematics

General mathematics

* A term in

multiplication Multiplication (often denoted by the cross symbol , by the mid-line dot operator , by juxtaposition, or, on computers, by an asterisk ) is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being ad ...

for a whole number by which a larger whole number can be divided *

Divisor In mathematics, a divisor of an integer n, also called a factor of n, is an integer m that may be multiplied by some integer to produce n. In this case, one also says that n is a multiple of m. An integer n is divisible or evenly divisible by ...

, an integer which evenly divides a number without leaving a remainder * Factorization, the decomposition of an object into a product of other objects * Integer factorization, the process of breaking down a composite number into smaller non-trivial divisors * A

coefficient In mathematics, a coefficient is a multiplicative factor in some term of a polynomial, a series, or an expression; it is usually a number, but may be any expression (including variables such as , and ). When the coefficients are themselves ...

, a multiplicative factor in an expression, usually a number * The act of forming a factor group or quotient ring in abstract algebra * A von Neumann algebra, with a trivial center * Factor (graph theory), a spanning sub graph * Any finite contiguous sub sequence of a word in group theory

Statistics

* An

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independe ...

categorical variable. ** In

experimental design The design of experiments (DOE, DOX, or experimental design) is the design of any task that aims to describe and explain the variation of information under conditions that are hypothesized to reflect the variation. The term is generally associ ...

, the factor is a category of treatments controlled by the experimenter. * In

factor analysis Factor analysis is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved variables called factors. For example, it is possible that variations in six observed ...

, the factors are unobserved underlying ''hidden'' variables that explain variability in a set of correlated variables. The factor by which a vector A Is multipled could be a scalar having its own physical dimension

People

* Factor (producer), Canadian hip hop artist * John Factor (1892–1984), British-American Prohibition-era gangster *

Max Factor Sr. Maksymilian Faktorowicz (September 15, 1877 – August 30, 1938), also known as Max Factor Sr., was a Polish-American businessman, beautician, entrepreneur and inventor. As a founder of the cosmetics giant Max Factor & Company, he largely ...

(1872–1938), Polish-American businessman and cosmetician ** Max Factor Jr. (1904–1996), son of the above, born Francis Factor

Places

* Factor, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a barrio

Other uses

* Factor (chord), a member or component of a chord *

FACTOR Factor, a Latin word meaning "who/which acts", may refer to: Commerce * Factor (agent), a person who acts for, notably a mercantile and colonial agent * Factor (Scotland), a person or firm managing a Scottish estate * Factors of production, ...

, the Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records