Layer or layered may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Layers'' (Kungs album) * ''Layers'' (Les McCann album) * ''Layers'' (Royce da 5′9″ album) *“Layers”, the title track of Royce da 5′9″’s sixth studio album * Layer, a female Maverick Hunter in the ''Mega Man X'' series *Layer, an element in a

digital painting Digital painting is either a physical painting made with the use of digital electronics and spray paint robotics within the digital art fine art context or pictorial art imagery made with pixels on a computer screen that mimics artworks from th ...

* ''Layer'' (film), a 2022 Russian film * LAYER, the stage name of Rei Wakana, a fictional character from ''BanG Dream!''

Science

Stratum In geology and related fields, a stratum (: strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as ...

, a layer of rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics * Thermocline, a layer within a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth *Layer, an area in the

neocortex The neocortex, also called the neopallium, isocortex, or the six-layered cortex, is a set of layers of the mammalian cerebral cortex involved in higher-order brain functions such as sensory perception, cognition, generation of motor commands, ...

with specific structure and connection pattern among neurons

Technology

Computing

Layer (object-oriented design) In software object-oriented design, a layer is a group of classes that have the same set of link-time module dependencies to other modules. In other words, a layer is a group of reusable components that are reusable in similar circumstances. ...

, a group of classes that have the same set of link-time module dependencies to other modules * Layers (digital image editing), used in digital image editing to separate different elements of an image * Layers, in 2D computer graphics * Abstraction layer, a way of hiding the implementation details of a particular set of functionality **

Internet protocol suite The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria. The foundational protocols in the suite are ...

layers **

OSI model The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is a reference model developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that "provides a common basis for the coordination of standards development for the purpose of systems inter ...

layers * Layer element, a deprecated -like tag, unique to Netscape 4 browsers * Layer of objects, a term in CAD * Map layer, a set of graphical information, especially in

geographic information system A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and Geographic information system software, software that store, manage, Spatial analysis, analyze, edit, output, and Cartographic design, visualize Geographic data ...

s * Layer (deep learning), a structure in the architecture of a deep learning model, which take information from the previous layers and then pass information to the next layer

Electronics

* Layer (electronics), a single thickness of some material covering a surface * Dual layer recording, a DVD layer *

F region The F region of the ionosphere is home to the F layer of ionization, also called the Appleton–Barnett layer, after the English physicist Edward Appleton and New Zealand physicist and meteorologist Miles Barnett. As with other ionospheric secto ...

, or Appleton Layer in telecommunications

Other uses