Cell most often refers to: *

Cell (biology) The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all life, forms of life. Every cell consists of cytoplasm enclosed within a Cell membrane, membrane; many cells contain organelles, each with a specific function. The term comes from the ...

, the functional basic unit of life * Cellphone, a phone connected to a cellular network * Clandestine cell, a penetration-resistant form of a secret or outlawed organization *

Electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell is a device that either generates electrical energy from chemical reactions in a so called galvanic cell, galvanic or voltaic cell, or induces chemical reactions (electrolysis) by applying external electrical energy in an ...

, a device used to convert chemical energy to electrical energy * Prison cell, a room used to hold people in prisons Cell may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Cell (comics), a Marvel comic book character * Cell (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the manga series ''Dragon Ball''

Literature

* ''Cell'' (novel), a 2006 horror novel by Stephen King * "Cells", poem, about a hungover soldier in gaol, by

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British Raj, British India, which inspired much ...

* ''The Cell'' (play), an Australian play by Robert Wales

Music

* Cell (music), a small rhythmic and melodic design that can be isolated, or can make up one part of a thematic context * Cell (American band) * Cell (Japanese band) * ''Cell'' (album), a 2004 album by Plastic Tree * ''Cells'', a 1998 album by Cex * ''Cells'', a 2012 album by Fake Blood * "Cells", an art song composed by G. F. Cobb and named after the poem by Kipling * "Cells", a song by Bloem de Ligny * "Cells", a song by I Monster from the album ''

Neveroddoreven ''Neveroddoreven'' (sometimes stylised as ''NeveroddoreveN'') is the second studio album by English electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music tec ...

'' * "Cells", a song by The Servant * The Cells, an American rock band * "The Cell" (song), a 2006 song by Jandek

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''The Cell'' (film), a 2000 psychological thriller film starring Jennifer Lopez * ''Cell'' (film), a 2016 film based on the Stephen King novel * Animation cel, a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation * "The Cell" (''The Vampire Diaries''), an episode of the TV series ''The Vampire Diaries'' * "The Cell" (''The Walking Dead''), a 2016 television episode of ''The Walking Dead'' * ''The Cell'' (BBC Four),

Adam Rutherford Adam David Rutherford (born January 1975) is a British geneticist and science populariser. He was an audio-visual content editor for the journal ''Nature'' for a decade, and is a frequent contributor to the newspaper ''The Guardian''. He former ...

's 3-part documentary series that aired on BBC Four * ''The Cell'', the original title of the TV series '' Sleeper Cell''

Groups of people

* Cell, a group of people in a

cell group The cell group is a form of church organization that is used in many Christian churches. Cell groups are generally intended to teach the Bible and personalize Christian fellowship. They are always used in cell churches, but also occur in para ...

, a form of Christian church organization *

Cellular organizational structure A non-biological entity with a cellular organizational structure (also known as a cellular organization, cellular system, nodal organization, nodal structure, et cetera) is set up in such a way that it mimics how Natural science, natural systems ...

, such as in business management

Rooms

Monastic cell A cell is a small room used by a hermit, monk, nun or anchorite to live and as a devotional space. Cells are often part of larger cenobitic monastic communities such as Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Orthodox Christian monasteries, as well ...

, a small room, hut, or cave in which a religious recluse lives, alternatively the small precursor of a monastery with only a few monks or nuns

Science, mathematics, and technology

Computing and telecommunications

Cell (EDA) A cell in the context of electronic design automation Electronic design automation (EDA), also referred to as electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), is a category of software tools for designing Electronics, electronic systems such as integr ...

, a term used in an electronic circuit design schematics * Cell (microprocessor), a microprocessor architecture developed by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM * Cell, a unit in a database table or spreadsheet, formed by the intersection of a row and a column * Cell, in wireless local area networking standards (including Wi-Fi), a wireless connection within a limited area, referred to as a cell or Basic Service Set * Cell, a fixed-length data frame used in the

Asynchronous Transfer Mode Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a telecommunications standard defined by the American National Standards Institute and International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T, formerly CCITT) for digital trans ...

protocol * Cell (network), area of radio coverage in a cellular network * Memory cell (computing), the basic unit of (volatile or non-volatile) computer memory

Mathematics

* Cell (geometry), a three-dimensional element, part of a higher-dimensional object *Cell, an element of an abstract cell complex *Cell, a basic unit of a

cellular automaton A cellular automaton (pl. cellular automata, abbrev. CA) is a discrete model of computation studied in automata theory. Cellular automata are also called cellular spaces, tessellation automata, homogeneous structures, cellular structures, tessel ...

*Cell, an element of a

CW complex In mathematics, and specifically in topology, a CW complex (also cellular complex or cell complex) is a topological space that is built by gluing together topological balls (so-called ''cells'') of different dimensions in specific ways. It generali ...

*Cell, a k-face of a

simplicial complex In mathematics, a simplicial complex is a structured Set (mathematics), set composed of Point (geometry), points, line segments, triangles, and their ''n''-dimensional counterparts, called Simplex, simplices, such that all the faces and intersec ...

Other uses in science and technology

* ''Cell'' (journal), a scientific journal *

Fuel cell A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (often hydrogen fuel, hydrogen) and an oxidizing agent (often oxygen) into electricity through a pair of redox reactions. Fuel cells are different from most bat ...

, a device used to convert chemical energy from a fuel like hydrogen to electricity * Galvanic cell or voltaic cell, a particular kind of electrochemical cell *

Photodetector Photodetectors, also called photosensors, are devices that detect light or other forms of electromagnetic radiation and convert it into an electrical signal. They are essential in a wide range of applications, from digital imaging and optical ...

, or photo cell, a sensor which detects light *

Solar cell A solar cell, also known as a photovoltaic cell (PV cell), is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by means of the photovoltaic effect.

, a component of photovoltaic systems used to convert the energy of light into electricity * Storm cell, the smallest unit of a storm-producing system