Comparison

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Contents 1 Computer science 2 Language 3 Mathematics 4 Psychology 5 Other 6 See also

Comparison may refer to:

[edit] Computer science

• File comparison, the automatic comparison of file data by a computer program
• Comparison (computer programming), code that makes decisions and selects alternatives based on them
• Comparison of file archivers, selective criteria for the archiving of computer files by humans
• Comparison of audio codecs, criteria for human selection of audio codecs
• Comparison of feed aggregators, criteria for human selection of feed aggregators
• Comparison of subnotebooks, criteria for human selection on subnotebooks
• Comparison of text editors, criteria for the human selection of text editors
• Comparison of video codecs, criteria for human selection of video codecs
• Comparison sort, a type of data sort used in computer programming

[edit] Language

• Comparison (grammar), a feature of many languages
• Degree of comparison, an English language grammatical feature
• Mass comparison, a test for the relatedness of languages
• Three degrees of comparison, a grammatical feature of the English language

[edit] Mathematics

• Comparison (mathematics), mathematical notation for comparing variable values
• Comparison of topologies, the comparison of topology structures
• Multiple comparisons, a procedure of statistics

[edit] Psychology

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

[edit] Other

• Comparison microscope, a microscope fo rthe side-by-side viewing of specimens
• Price comparison service, an Internet service

[edit] See also

• Comparison of media players
• Comparability, a mathematical definition
• Comparator (disambiguation)
• Comparative (disambiguation)

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