Set, The Set, SET or SETS may refer to:

Science, technology, and mathematics

Mathematics

Set (mathematics) A set is the mathematical model for a collection of different things; a set contains '' elements'' or ''members'', which can be mathematical objects of any kind: numbers, symbols, points in space, lines, other geometrical shapes, variables, or ...

, a collection of elements * Category of sets, the category whose objects and morphisms are sets and total functions, respectively

Electronics and computing

* Set (abstract data type), a data type in computer science that is a collection of unique values **

Set (C++) Set, The Set, SET or SETS may refer to: Science, technology, and mathematics Mathematics *Set (mathematics), a collection of elements *Category of sets, the category whose objects and morphisms are sets and total functions, respectively Electro ...

, a set implementation in the C++ Standard Library *

Set (command) This article presents a list of commands used by DOS operating systems, especially as used on x86-based IBM PC compatibles (PCs). Other DOS operating systems are not part of the scope of this list. In DOS, many standard system commands were pro ...

, a command for setting values of environment variables in Unix and Microsoft operating-systems *

Secure Electronic Transaction Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) is a communications protocol standard for securing credit card transactions over networks, specifically, the Internet. SET was not itself a payment system, but rather a set of security protocols and formats that ...

, a standard protocol for securing credit card transactions over insecure networks *

Single-electron transistor A single-electron transistor (SET) is a sensitive electronic device based on the Coulomb blockade effect. In this device the electrons flow through a tunnel junction between source/drain to a quantum dot (conductive island). Moreover, the electri ...

, a device to amplify currents in nanoelectronics *

Single-ended triode A single-ended triode (SET) is a vacuum tube electronic amplifier that uses a single triode to produce an output, in contrast to a push-pull amplifier which uses a pair of devices with antiphase inputs to generate an output with the wanted sig ...

, a type of electronic amplifier *

Set! Scheme is a dialect of the Lisp family of programming languages. Scheme was created during the 1970s at the MIT AI Lab and released by its developers, Guy L. Steele and Gerald Jay Sussman, via a series of memos now known as the Lambda Papers. It ...

, a programming syntax in the scheme programming language

Biology and psychology

Set (psychology) In psychology, a set is a group of expectations that shape experience by making people especially sensitive to specific kinds of information. A ''perceptual set'', also called ''perceptual expectancy'', is a predisposition to perceive things in a c ...

, a set of expectations which shapes perception or thought *Set or sett, a badger's den *Set, a small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, especially: **

Potato The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...

set **

Onion An onion (''Allium cepa'' L., from Latin ''cepa'' meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus ''Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion ...

set *

SET (gene) Protein SET, also known as Protein SET 1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SET'' gene. Interactions Protein SET has been shown to interact with: * Acidic leucine-rich nuclear phosphoprotein 32 family member A, * CDK5R1, * KLF ...

, gene for a human protein involved in apoptosis, transcription and nucleosome assembly * Single Embryo Transfer, used in ''in vitro'' fertilization

Physics and chemistry

* A chemical change in an

adhesive Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation. The use of adhesives offers certain advant ...

from unbonded to bonded ** Set, to make/become solid; see

Solidification Freezing is a phase transition where a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. In accordance with the internationally established definition, freezing means the solidification phase change of a liquid o ...

Stress–energy tensor The stress–energy tensor, sometimes called the stress–energy–momentum tensor or the energy–momentum tensor, is a tensor physical quantity that describes the density and flux of energy and momentum in spacetime, generalizing the stress ...

, a physical quantity in the theory of fields * Single electron transfer

Other uses in science and technology

Saw set A saw set is a tool or part of the tool kit for tuning saw blades. It adjusts the ''set'', or distance the saw tooth is bent away from the saw blade. The magnitude of set determines the cut width and prevents the blade of the saw from binding in ...

, the process of setting the teeth of a saw so each tooth protrudes to the side of the blade * Scalar expectancy theory, a model of the processes that govern behavior controlled by time * Science, Engineering & Technology, e.g. The Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year Awards * Setting (typesetting), the act of typesetting a publication for print or display * Simulated Emergency Test, an amateur radio training exercise * Software Engineer in Test, a

Quality Assurance Quality assurance (QA) is the term used in both manufacturing and service industries to describe the systematic efforts taken to ensure that the product(s) delivered to customer(s) meet with the contractual and other agreed upon performance, design ...

job title in some software companies * Strategic Energy Technologies Plan of the European Union * Suzuki SET, Suzuki Exhaust Tuning of motorcycles

Arts and entertainment

Dance

*Set, the basic square formation in square dancing *Set, the basic longwise, square or triangular formation in Scottish Country dancing *Set, the basic formation of more than one couple in Scottish, English and Irish Céilidh

Film, television and theatre

Set (film and TV scenery) A set is artificially constructed scenery used in theatre, film and TV. In the latter two cases there are many reasons to build or use a set instead of travelling to a real location, such as budget, time, the need to control the environment, or t ...

* Theatrical scenery * Set construction, construction of scenery for theatrical, movie, television production, and video game production * ''The Set'' (film), a 1970 Australian movie * ''The Set'' (TV series), an Australian music television show *

Sanlih Entertainment Television Sanlih Entertainment Television or Sanlih E-Television (SET; ) is a nationwide cable TV network operated in Taiwan which was founded in May 1993. It also produces Taiwanese drama that are broadcast on free-to-air channels e.g. Taiwan Television, ...

, a television channel in Taiwan *

Sony Entertainment Television Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel, that was launched on 30 September 1995, and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony. SET India's You ...

, a Hindi-language television channel

Music

*DJ set or

DJ mix A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. DJ mixes are usually performed using a DJ mixer and multiple sounds sources, such as turntables, CD players, digital audio players ...

, a musical performance by a DJ * Set theory (music), dealing with concepts for categorizing musical objects and describing their relationships *

Set (music) A set (pitch set, pitch-class set, set class, set form, set genus, pitch collection) in music theory, as in mathematics and general parlance, is a collection of objects. In musical contexts the term is traditionally applied most often to collect ...

, a collection of discrete entities, for example pitch sets, duration sets, and timbre sets * ''Set'' (Thompson Twins album) * ''Set'' (Alex Chilton album) * Set list, a list of songs to be played during musical performances

Other arts

Set (video game) In pencil and paper games and computer and video games, an item is an object within the game world that can be collected by a player character, player or, occasionally, a non-player character. These items are sometimes called pick-ups. Items are m ...

, a group of items that adds specific bonuses

Businesses and organizations

Societatea Pentru Exploatări Tehnice ''Societatea Pentru Exploatări Technice'' or SET ("Technical Development Society") was a Romanian aircraft manufacturer. It was the second biggest Romanian pre-war aircraft manufacturer, after Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR). History The ...

, a Romanian aeronautics company of the 1920s to 1940s * South Eastern Trains, former train operator England *

Stock Exchange of Thailand The Stock Exchange of Thailand ( th, ตลาดหลักทรัพย์แห่งประเทศไทย), or SET, is the only stock exchange in Thailand. Founded on 30 April 1975, it is ASEAN’s 2nd largest after Singapore and the ...

, the national stock exchange of Thailand * SET Index, an index for the Stock Exchange of Thailand *

Study of Exceptional Talent The Julian C. Stanley Study of Exceptional Talent (SET) is an outgrowth of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) at Johns Hopkins University. Founded in 1971 by Professor Julian Stanley, SMPY pioneered the concept of above-grade-leve ...

, a program for gifted students *

Sydney Electric Train Society Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, an electric train preservation society in Sydney, Australia

Religion

* Set (deity) or Seth, an ancient Egyptian deity *Set or

Seth Seth,; el, Σήθ ''Sḗth''; ; "placed", "appointed") in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Mandaeism, and Sethianism, was the third son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, their only other child mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible. A ...

, a Biblical character, a son of Adam and Eve

Sport and games

Set (darts) A set in darts consists of a sequence of legs (games) played, ending when the count of legs won meets certain criteria. Throwing first is considered an advantage in a leg, so players alternate who throws first in each leg during the set. General ...

, a sequence of games *

Set (card game) ''Set'' (stylized as ''SET'') is a real-time card game designed by Marsha Falco in 1974 and published by Set Enterprises in 1991. The deck consists of 81 unique cards that vary in four features across three possibilities for each kind of fea ...

Set (cards) A set or group in card games is a scoring combination consisting of three or more playing cards of the same rank;Parlett (2008) p. 489. in some games, such as Bieten, a set may also comprise just two cards (a 'pair'). Description Sets are one o ...

, two or more cards of the same rank *

Set (dominoes) The following is a glossary of terms used in dominoes. Besides the terms listed here, there are numerous regional or local slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific, i.e. specific to one particular version of dominoes, but ap ...

, the first play in dominoes *Set, a signal used in

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

*The set, a

pitching position In baseball, there are two legal pitching positions: the windup, and the set. Colloquially, the set is often referred to as "the stretch", although this term actually only refers to one part of the pitching motion when pitching from the set. Defi ...

in baseball *Set, a unit of play in

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

*Set, a team's second contact with the ball in

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

*Set, a group of repetitions in

weight training Weight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength, size of skeletal muscles and maintenance of strength.Keogh, Justin W, and Paul W Winwood. “Report for: The Epidemiology of Injuries Across the Weight-Traini ...

* Three of a kind (poker), a type of poker hand

Other uses

* Set and setting, coined by Timothy Leary to describe the mindset and location of hallucinogenic experiences * Seṭ and aniṭ roots, in Sanskrit grammar *

Set (river) The Set (''riu de Set'' in Catalan) is a river in Catalonia (northeastern Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(Eng ...

, a river in northeastern Spain *

Selective Employment Tax Selective Employment Tax (SET) was a weekly payroll tax in the United Kingdom. It was levied against employers at a flat rate of per man, and per woman. SET was intended to subsidise manufacturing industry from the proceeds of the services ind ...

, a tax in the United Kingdom from 1966 to 1973 *

Senate Electoral Tribunal The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests in the Senate of the Philippines. It consists of 6 senators nominated by the Senate, and 3 justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, who are design ...

, decides election protests for the Senate of the Philippines *A set, set meal, set menu, or table d'hôte: a meal offered at a fixed price *Set, slang term for a subgroup within a gang