Specialization or Specialized may refer to:

Academia

Academic specialization In academy, academia, specialization (or American and British English spelling differences#-ise.2C_-ize_.28-isation.nffe2C_-ization.29, specialisation) may refer to a course of study or Academic major, major at an academic institution, or may refe ...

, may be a course of study or major at an academic institution or may refer to the field in which a specialist practices *

Specialty (medicine) A medical specialty is a branch of medical practice that is focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, or philosophy. Examples include those branches of medicine that deal exclusively with children (pediatrics), cancer (oncology), ...

, a branch of medical practice

Biology

* Cellular differentiation, the process by which a less specialized cell becomes a more specialized cell type *

, a branch of medical science *

Generalist and specialist species A generalist species is able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and can make use of a variety of different resources (for example, a heterotroph with a varied diet). A specialist species can thrive only in a narrow range of en ...

, in biology and ecology

Computer science

* Partial template specialization, a particular form of class template specialization * Template specialization, a style of computer programming which allows alternative implementations to be provided based on certain characteristics of the parameterized type that is being instantiated

Economics and industry

Departmentalization Departmentalization (or departmentalisation) refers to the process of "grouping the organizational activities and structure into departments". Division of labour creates Expert, specialists who need :wikt:coordination, coordination and the coordi ...

, refers to the process of grouping activities into departments *

Division of labour The division of labour is the separation of the tasks in any economic system or organisation so that participants may specialise ( specialisation). Individuals, organisations, and nations are endowed with or acquire specialised capabilities, a ...

, the specialization of cooperative labour in specific, circumscribed tasks and roles * Economic specialization, the separation of tasks within an economy * Flexible Specialization (Post-Fordism), a name given to the dominant system of economic production, consumption and associated socio-economic phenomena, in most industrialized countries since the late 20th century * Network governance, also known as Flexible Specialization

Linguistics

* Specialization (linguistics) * Specialized English, a controlled version of the English language used for radio broadcasting, easier for non-native speakers

Mathematics

* Specialization (pre)order, a natural preorder on the set of the points of a topological space * Ring of symmetric functions#Specializations, an algebra homomorphism from the ring of symmetric functions to a commutative algebra. * Specialization (logic)

Organizations

* SCT Logistics, transport company in Australia that formally traded as Specialised Container Transport * Specialised Technical Committees of the African Union *

Specialized Technology Resources Specialized Technology Resources, abbreviated as STR, was an American corporation headquartered in Enfield, Connecticut. It had two divisions – Solar Cell Encapsulant Manufacturing and Quality Assurance Services for Consumer Products. On Septembe ...

, an American corporation headquartered in Enfield, Connecticut * Specialized System Consultants, a private media company that publishes magazines and reference manuals *

Specialized Bicycle Components Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., colloquially known as and stylized as SPECIALIZED, is an American company that designs, manufactures and markets bicycles, bicycle components and related products under the brand name "Specialized", the prem ...

, a company making bicycles and bicycle components

Psychology

* Cognitive specialization, refers to the theory that learning certain skills inhibits the ability to learn related but dissimilar skills * Interactive specialization, a theory of brain development

Other uses

* Specialized Mobile Radio, analog or digital trunked two-way radio system