The word schema comes from the Greek word ('), which means ''shape'', or more generally, ''plan''. The plural is ('). In English, both ''schemas'' and ''schemata'' are used as plural forms.
Schema may refer to:
Science and technology
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SCHEMA (bioinformatics) SCHEMA is a computational algorithm used in protein engineering to identify fragments of proteins (called ''schemas'') that can be recombined without disturbing the integrity of the proteins' three-dimensional structure. The algorithm calcula ...
, an algorithm used in protein engineering
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Schema (genetic algorithms)
A schema () is a template in computer science used in the field of genetic algorithms that identifies a subset of strings with similarities at certain string positions. Schemata are a special case of cylinder sets, forming a basis for a product ...
, a set of programs or bit strings that have some genotypic similarity
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Schema.org, a web markup vocabulary
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Schema (logic)
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Axiom schema, in formal logic
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Image schema, a recurring pattern of spatial sensory experience
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Database schema
The database schema is the structure of a database described in a formal language supported by the database management system (DBMS). The term "schema" refers to the organization of data as a blueprint of how the database is constructed (divide ...
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XML schema
Other
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Body schema, a neural representation of one's own bodily posture
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Galant Schemata Galant Schemata, as described by Robert Gjerdingen in '' Music in the Galant Style'', are "stock musical phrases" in Galant music. The concept of a musical schema is based on schema theory in psychology. Each schema has discernible internal charact ...
, stock phrases in
Galant music
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Schema (Kant)
In Kantian philosophy, a transcendental schema (plural: ''schemata''; from grc-gre, σχῆμα, "form, shape, figure") is the procedural rule by which a category or pure, non-empirical concept is associated with a sense impression. A private, ...
, in philosophy
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Schema (psychology), a mental set or representation
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Schema Records, a jazz record label in Milan, Italy
*, a solemn vow of asceticism of a monk in Orthodox monasticism
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Great Schema
The degrees of Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic monasticism are the stages an Eastern Orthodox monk or nun passes through in their religious vocation.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the process of becoming a monk or nun is intentionally slo ...
, the highest degree of Orthodox monasticism
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''Schema'' (fly), a genus of insects
See also
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Scheme (disambiguation) A scheme is a systematic plan for the implementation of a certain idea.
Scheme or schemer may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''The Scheme'' (TV series), a BBC Scotland documentary series
* The Scheme (band), an English pop band
* ''The Schem ...
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Schematic
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Skema (disambiguation)
SKEMA Business School (School of Knowledge Economy and Management) is a French business school, devoted to higher education and research. It has the legal status of a non-profit association under the French "1901 law". It was founded in 2009 as a ...
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