Variant may refer to:
In arts and entertainment
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''Variant'' (magazine), a former British cultural magazine
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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
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''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
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Chess variant, a game derived from, related to or similar to chess in at least one respect
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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 ...
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List of ''Tetris'' variants
In mathematics and computing
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Variant (logic), a term or formula obtained from another one by consistently renaming all variables
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Variant symlinks, a symbolic link to a file that has a variable name embedded in it
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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
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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
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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
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Volkswagen Variant, an air-cooled station wagon produced until the early 1980s
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TeST TST-5 Variant, a Czech aircraft design of the 1990s
Other uses
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Variant name (geography), a name for a geographic feature that is not in primary use
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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
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Orthographical variant, a variant spelling of a botanical name
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Varyant, a road in İzmir, Turkey
See also
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Variety (disambiguation)
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
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Variation (disambiguation)
Variation or Variations may refer to:
Science and mathematics
* Variation (astronomy), any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite, particularly of the moon
* Genetic variation, the difference in DNA among individuals ...
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Change (disambiguation)
Change or Changing may refer to:
Alteration
* Impermanence, a difference in a state of affairs at different points in time
* Menopause, also referred to as "the change", the permanent cessation of the menstrual period
* Metamorphosis, or change, ...
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Variations on a Theme (disambiguation) Variations on a Theme may refer to:
* Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
* Carmen Variations (Horowitz), subtitled "Variations on a Theme from ''Carmen''"
* Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Mompou)
* Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Rachmaninof ...
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Rate of change (disambiguation) Rate of change may refer to:
* Rate of change (mathematics), either average rate of change or instantaneous rate of change
** Instantaneous rate of change, rate of change at a given instant in time
* Rate of change (technical analysis), a simple te ...
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Repetition (disambiguation)
Repetition may refer to:
* Repetition (rhetorical device), repeating a word within a short space of words
*Repetition (bodybuilding), a single cycle of lifting and lowering a weight in strength training
*Working title for the 1985 slasher film '' ...
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Variability (disambiguation) Variability is how spread out or closely clustered a set of data is.
Variability may refer to:
Biology
*Genetic variability, a measure of the tendency of individual genotypes in a population to vary from one another
*Heart rate variability, a phy ...
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Variance
In probability theory and statistics, variance is the expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its population mean or sample mean. Variance is a measure of dispersion, meaning it is a measure of how far a set of numbers ...
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