Comparison (disambiguation)

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Comparison is the act of examining the similarities and differences between things. Comparison may also refer to:

Computer science and technology

  • Comparison (computer programming), a code that makes decisions and selects alternatives based on them
  • Comparison microscope, a dual microscope for analyzing side-by-side specimens
  • Comparison sort, a type of data sort algorithm
  • File comparison, the automatic comparison of data such as files and texts by computer programs
  • Price comparison service, an Internet service

Language

  • Comparison (grammar), the modification of adjectives and adverbs to express the relative degree
  • Mass comparison, a test for the relatedness of languages

Mathematics

  • Comparison (mathematics), a notation for comparing variable values
  • Comparison of topologies, an order relation on the set of all topologies on one and the same set
  • Multiple comparisons, a procedure of statistics
  • a synonym for co-transitivity, in constructive mathematics

Psychology

  • Pairwise comparison (psychology), a test of psychology
  • Social comparison theory, a branch of social psychology

Other uses

  • Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
  • Cross-cultural studies, which involve cross-cultural comparisons

See also

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  • Comparability, a mathematical definition
  • Comparative (disambiguation)
  • Comparator (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Comparison (disambiguation)
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