Tier may refer to:
Groupings
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Organizational
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose.
The word is derived from ...
, a ranking relationship involving order in a collective and its subordinate components
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Ranking
A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second.
In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of o ...
, a relationship involving order between a set of observations or variables
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Data center
A data center (American English) or data centre (British English)See spelling differences. is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunic ...
tiers, Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers, which defines a level in terms of "tiers"
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Multitiered or multilayered, a tier based system in software architecture
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Tier (emission standard), rankings of emission standards in the US
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Standings or rankings are listings which compare sports teams or individuals, institutions, nations, companies, or other entities by ranking them in order of ability or achievement
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Tier list
A tier list is a concept in video game culture where playable characters or other in-game elements are subjectively ranked by their respective viability as part of a list. Characters listed high on a tier list of a specific game are considered to ...
, a list of playable characters ranked by their abilities in competitive settings
*Tiers of suppliers in a
supply chain
In commerce, a supply chain is a network of facilities that procure raw materials, transform them into intermediate goods and then final products to customers through a distribution system. It refers to the network of organizations, people, acti ...
Other
* A row of
moorings or anchorages for ships
*A variant of the surname
Thiers
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Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, one of two major economic research institutes in Taiwan
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"Tier" (song), by German band Rammstein
*A fictional character in Marvel Comics; son of Hrimhari and
Wolfsbane
*TIER Mobility, a
shared e-scooter operator company from Germany
See also
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Tier 1 (disambiguation)
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Tier 2 (disambiguation)
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Tier 3 (disambiguation)
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Tier 4 (disambiguation)
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Northern Tier (disambiguation)
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Tiers (disambiguation)
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