Vector most often refers to: *

Euclidean vector In mathematics, physics, and engineering, a Euclidean vector or simply a vector (sometimes called a geometric vector or spatial vector) is a geometric object that has magnitude (or length) and direction. Euclidean vectors can be added and scal ...

, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction *

Disease vector In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen such as a parasite or microbe, to another living organism. Agents regarded as vectors are mostly blood-sucking ( hematophagous) arthropods such ...

, an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism Vector may also refer to:

Mathematics and physics

Vector (mathematics and physics) In mathematics and physics, vector is a term that refers to physical quantity, quantities that cannot be expressed by a single number (a scalar (physics), scalar), or to elements of some vector spaces. Historically, vectors were introduced in g ...

** Row and column vectors, single row or column matrices ** Vector quantity **

Vector space In mathematics and physics, a vector space (also called a linear space) is a set (mathematics), set whose elements, often called vector (mathematics and physics), ''vectors'', can be added together and multiplied ("scaled") by numbers called sc ...

Vector field In vector calculus and physics, a vector field is an assignment of a vector to each point in a space, most commonly Euclidean space \mathbb^n. A vector field on a plane can be visualized as a collection of arrows with given magnitudes and dire ...

, a vector for each point

Molecular biology

Vector (molecular biology) In molecular cloning, a vector is any particle (e.g., plasmids, cosmids, Lambda phages) used as a vehicle to artificially carry a foreign nucleic acid sequence, nucleic sequence – usually DNA – into another Cell (biology), cell, where it can D ...

, a DNA molecule used as a vehicle to artificially carry foreign genetic material into another cell **

Cloning vector A cloning vector is a small piece of DNA that can be stably maintained in an organism, and into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes. The cloning vector may be DNA taken from a virus, the cell of a higher organism, o ...

, a small piece of DNA into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes ** Shuttle vector, a plasmid constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species ** Viral vector, a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic materials into cells

Computer science

* Vector, a one-dimensional

array data structure In computer science, an array is a data structure consisting of a collection of ''elements'' (value (computer science), values or variable (programming), variables), of same memory size, each identified by at least one ''array index'' or ''key' ...

** Distance-vector routing protocol, a class of routing protocols ** Dope vector, a data structure used to store information about an array ** Feature vector, an n-dimensional vector of numerical features that represent some object ** Interrupt vector, the location in memory of an interrupt handling routine **

Initialization vector In cryptography, an initialization vector (IV) or starting variable is an input to a cryptographic primitive being used to provide the initial state. The IV is typically required to be random or pseudorandom, but sometimes an IV only needs to be un ...

, a fixed-size input to a cryptographic primitive **

Vector clock A vector clock is a data structure used for determining the partial ordering of events in a distributed system and detecting causality violations. Just as in Lamport timestamps, inter-process messages contain the state of the sending process's ...

, an algorithm **

Vector space model Vector space model or term vector model is an algebraic model for representing text documents (or more generally, items) as vector space, vectors such that the distance between vectors represents the relevance between the documents. It is used in i ...

, an algebraic model for representing text documents ** Vector (C++), a type in the C++ Standard Template Library *

, a geometric object with a direction and magnitude **

Vector graphics Vector graphics are a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector displ ...

, images defined by geometric primitives as opposed to bitmaps **

Vector monitor A vector monitor, vector display, or calligraphic display is a display device used for computer graphics up through the 1970s. It is a type of CRT, similar to that of an early oscilloscope. In a vector display, the image is composed of drawn ...

, a display device used for early computers ** Vector game, any video game that uses a vector graphics display *

Vector (malware) In computer security Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems ...

, approach used, or vulnerability exploited, in attacking a computer system *

Vector (robot) Cozmo is a miniature robot created by the defunct company Anki (American company), Anki. Cozmo's base model, is a small, white and gray robot with red highlights. It makes use of distinct expressions, dubbed the "emotion engine", in order to mi ...

, a 2018 robot by Anki

Transportation

Vehicles

Aircraft

* Aerodyne Systems Vector, an ultralight aircraft * Hall Vector 1, a glider * A brand of reconnaissance drone produced by Quantum-Systems * Radar vector, headings assigned by air traffic control for navigation

Nautical vessels

* , a Philippine tanker ship * , a 1967 hydrographic survey vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard

Automotive vehicles

Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle The Pinzgauer is a family of high-mobility off-road vehicle, all-terrain four-wheel drive, 4WD (4×4) and six-wheel drive, 6WD (6×6) military utility vehicles. The vehicle was originally developed in the late 1960s and manufactured by Steyr-D ...

(ATV) (Vector), a military patrol vehicle *

VECTOR Vector most often refers to: * Euclidean vector, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction * Disease vector, an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism Vector may also refer to: Mathematics a ...

, a Dutch light utility vehicle * Vector, a variant of the Saab 9-3 automobile * Vector Motors sports cars ** Vector M12 ** Vector W2 ** Vector W8 ** Vector WX-3 ** Vector SRV8

Other transportation

Thrust vectoring Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the thrust from its engine(s) or motor(s) to Aircraft flight control system, control the Spacecra ...

, directing engine thrust

Entertainment

Characters and fictional elements

* Vector (''Battle Angel Alita'') * Vector (comics), Marvel Comics * Vector (G.I. Joe), vehicle * Vector the Crocodile, in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series * Septima Vector, a Hogwarts professor in the ''Harry Potter'' universe * Vector, a Barian Emperor from ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal , stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, is a Japanese manga and anime series and the third spin-off of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, after the preceding ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''. The manga began serialization in Shueisha's ''V Jump'' magazine from Decem ...

'' * Vector class in '' Wipeout'' games * Victor "Vector" Perkins in '' Despicable Me (film)'', 2010 * Vector, in the game '' Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City'' * Vector, a weapon in the series '' Elfen Lied'' * Vector, a location in the video game ''Final Fantasy VI'' * Vector Industries, an organization in the ''Xenosaga'' video game series

Games

* ''Vector'' (video game), 2012 video game * '' Vectorman'', 1995, for Sega

Music

* Vector (band), 1980s * ''Vector'' (album), a 2018 album by Haken * Vector (rapper) (b. 1983), Nigerian * Martin Wheeler, aka Vector Lovers

Literature

* ''Vector'' (magazine), the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association * ''Vectors'' (journal), a defunct online journal covering digital humanities * ''The Vector'' (newspaper), a student-run newspaper of the New Jersey Institute of Technology * ''Vector'' (novel), a 1999 novel by Robin Cook

Business

* Vector Informatik, a software tool and components provider for development of embedded electronics * Vector Engineering, multinational engineering, procurement, construction management, and operations service provider * Vector Graphic, an early manufacturer of 8-bit microcomputers * Vector Group, a publicly traded holding company, focusing on tobacco and real estate * Vector Limited, a New Zealand gas and electricity supplier * Vector Marketing, a multi-level knife marketing company * Vector Motors, an automobile manufacturer * Vector Launch, an American space technology company, 2016–2019 * State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, a biological research center in Russia

Other uses

* Interval vector in musical set theory * KRISS Vector, a .45 ACP submachine gun * Light verb, or ''vector verb'', in grammar * Parker Vector, pens * Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand * Vector Map, a collection of Earth GIS data * Vector 2022, a Wikipedia skin