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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 "The Variant" is the second episode of the first season of the American television series ''Loki'', based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Loki. It follows an alternate version of the character who cannot return to his own timeline an ...
", 2021 episode of the TV series ''Loki'' **
Sylvie (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Sylvie Laufeydottir (born Loki Laufeydottir) 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's Enchantress from th ...
, a character who was originally referred to as the Variant **"Variant", a fictional term in the Marvel Cinematic Universe pertaining to the
multiverse The multiverse is the hypothetical set of all universes. Together, these universes are presumed to comprise everything that exists: the entirety of space, time, matter, energy, information, and the physical laws and constants that describ ...


Gaming

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Chess variant A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. Such variants can differ from chess in many different ways. "International" or "Western" chess itself is one of a family of games which have related origins and could be co ...
, 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 detail ...
* List of ''Tetris'' variants


Mathematics and computing

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Loop variant In computer science, a loop variant is a mathematical function defined on the state space of a computer program whose value is monotonically decreased with respect to a (strict) well-founded relation by the iteration of a while loop under some inva ...
, a decreasing value ensuring that a loop in a computer programme terminates *
Variant (logic) In mathematical logic, a term denotes a mathematical object while a formula denotes a mathematical fact. In particular, terms appear as components of a formula. This is analogous to natural language, where a noun phrase refers to an object and a wh ...
, a term or formula obtained from another one by consistently renaming all variables *
Variant symlinks In computing, a symbolic link (also symlink or soft link) is a file whose purpose is to point to a file or directory (called the "target") by specifying a path thereto. Symbolic links are supported by POSIX and by most Unix-like operating system ...
, 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. ...
, in programming languages *
Z-variant In Unicode, two glyphs are said to be Z-variants (often spelled zVariants) if they share the same etymology but have slightly different appearances and different Unicode code points. For example, the Unicode characters and are Z-variants. The ...
, unicode characters that share the same etymology but have slightly different appearances


Computer security

* In network security, 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 will ...
are called variants.


Biology

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Allele An allele is a variant of the sequence of nucleotides at a particular location, or Locus (genetics), locus, on a DNA molecule. Alleles can differ at a single position through Single-nucleotide polymorphism, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), ...
, 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 Volkswagen (VW; )English: , . is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937 by The German Labour Front, it was revitalized into the global brand it is today after World War II by British A ...
, an air-cooled station wagon produced until the early 1980s *
TeST TST-5 Variant The TeST TST-5 Variant is a Czech homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by TeST Gliders of Brno, introduced c. 1998. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a completely assembled aircraft, without engine or instruments, ...
, a Czech aircraft design of the 1990s


Other uses

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Variant name (geography) Variant name is a term used to specify the name of a geographic feature that is not the primary name used for that feature. Variant names usually have historical significance but have been superseded by another name that currently has more widespr ...
, a name for a geographic feature that is not in primary use *
Variant Chinese character Chinese characters may have several variant forms—visually distinct glyphs that represent the same underlying meaning and pronunciation. Variants of a given character are ''allographs'' of one another, and many are directly analogous to allog ...
, Chinese characters that can be used interchangeably *
Orthographical variant In biology, within the science of Nomenclature, scientific nomenclature, i.e. the naming of organisms, an orthographical variant (abbreviated orth. var.) in botany or an orthographic error in zoology, is a spelling mistake, typing mistake or writi ...
, a variant spelling of a botanical name *
Varyant Varyant is the more widely known name for the United Nations Avenue (), an avenue in İzmir, Turkey that is well known for its winding route and vista of the city. The road connects Halil Rıfat Paşa Avenue in central Konak, İzmir, Konak to İn ...
, a road in İzmir, Turkey *In an
invitation to tender An invitation to tender (ITT, also known as a call for bids or a request for tenders) is a formal, structured procedure for generating competing offers from different potential suppliers or contractors looking to obtain an award of business activ ...
, a supplier response which in part offers a solution different from that specified by the buyer


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, Changed or Changing may refer to the below. Other forms are listed at 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 ...
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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 (Rachmanin ...
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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 ...
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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 p ...
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Variance In probability theory and statistics, variance is the expected value of the squared deviation from the mean of a random variable. The standard deviation (SD) is obtained as the square root of the variance. Variance is a measure of dispersion ...
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