Variant may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

* ''Variant'' (magazine), a former British cultural magazine *

Variant cover In comic books, a variant cover (sometimes variant edition) refers to an issue of a comic book printed with multiple covers, each with unique cover art. The first comic book marketed with a variant cover was the 1986 first issue of '' The Man of St ...

, an issue of comic books with varying cover art * ''Variant'' (novel), a novel by Robison Wells * " The Variant", 2021 episode of the TV series ''Loki'' **

Sylvie (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Sylvie Laufeydottir (born Loki) is a fictional character portrayed by Sophia Di Martino in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, partially based on the characters Lady Loki and Sylvie Lushton from the Marvel Comics. She is an alt ...

, a character who was originally referred to as the Variant

In gaming

* Chess variant, a game derived from, related to or similar to chess in at least one respect *

List of poker variants The card game of poker has many variations, most of which were created in the United States in the mid-1800s through the early 1900s. The standard order of play applies to most of these games, but to fully specify a poker game requires details ...

* List of ''Tetris'' variants

In mathematics and computing

* Variant (logic), a term or formula obtained from another one by consistently renaming all variables * Variant symlinks, a symbolic link to a file that has a variable name embedded in it *

Variant type In computer science, a tagged union, also called a variant, variant record, choice type, discriminated union, disjoint union, sum type or coproduct, is a data structure used to hold a value that could take on several different, but fixed, types. O ...

, in programming languages * Z-variant, unicode characters that share the same etymology but have slightly different appearances

Computer security

* In

network security Network security consists of the policies, processes and practices adopted to prevent, detect and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of a computer network and network-accessible resources. Network security involves th ...

, varieties of

computer worms A computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. It often uses a computer network to spread itself, relying on security failures on the target computer to access it. It wil ...

are called variants.

In biology

Allele An allele (, ; ; modern formation from Greek ἄλλος ''állos'', "other") is a variation of the same sequence of nucleotides at the same place on a long DNA molecule, as described in leading textbooks on genetics and evolution. ::"The chro ...

, a variant of a gene * In microbiology and virology, a variant, or 'genetic variant' is a subtype of a known microorganism.

Vehicles

* Volkswagen Variant, an air-cooled station wagon produced until the early 1980s * TeST TST-5 Variant, a Czech aircraft design of the 1990s

Other uses

* Variant name (geography), a name for a geographic feature that is not in primary use *

Variant Chinese character Variant Chinese characters (; Kanji: ; Hepburn: ''itaiji''; ; Revised Romanization: ''icheja'') are Chinese characters that are homophones and synonyms. Most variants are allographs in most circumstances, such as casual handwriting. Some context ...

, Chinese characters that can be used interchangeably * Orthographical variant, a variant spelling of a botanical name * Varyant, a road in İzmir, Turkey