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An array is a systematic arrangement of similar objects, usually in rows and columns.
The little push-buttons on the upper part of the right electronic device are arranged in an array with 3 columns and 4 rows. The two devices themselves form a very simple array of 2 columns and 1 row.
Things called an array include:
Music
Science
Astronomy
A telescope array , also called astronomical interferometer.
Biology
Various kinds of multiple biological arrays called microarrays
Visual feature array, a model for the visual cortex
Computer science
Generally, a collection of same type data items that can be selected by indices computed at run-time, including:
Array (data structure) , an arrangement of items at equally spaced addresses in computer memory
Array (data type) , used in a programming language to specify a variable that can be indexed
Associative array , an abstract data structure model composed of key-value pairs, often implemented as a hash table or search tree
or various kinds of the above, such as:
or various related concepts:
Array programming , using matrix algebra notation in programs (not the same as array processing)
Array slicing , the extraction of sub-arrays of an array
or also:
Mathematics and statistics
Technology
Computing
Array data structure , an arrangement of data in computer memory
Asynchronous array of simple processors
Disk array , such as the RAID
Gate array , including a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
ICL Distributed Array Processor , an array processor for the ICL
Integrated circuit packages:
Processor array
Programmable Array Logic (PAL), a systematic way to implement Boolean functions
Reconfigurable datapath array , a flexible data processing architecture
Systolic array , a hardware architecture
Transistor array , an integrated circuit
Video Graphics Array (VGA), a display adapter and many variants thereof
Wi-Fi array , a wireless networking device
Other technologies
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