Convergence

Convergence may refer to:

Computing and technology

Convergence (evolutionary computing), a means of modeling the tendency for genetic characteristics of populations to stabilize over time
Convergence (routing), the status of a set of routers having the same knowledge of the surrounding network topology
Convergence (SSL), a distributed replacement for the CA system used by Secure Sockets Layer
Convergence (telecommunications), the combination of multiple services through lines of telecommunication from a single provider
Technological convergence, the tendency for different technological systems to evolve toward performing similar tasks

Convergence (economics), a possible phenomenon also known as the Catch-up effect
Convergence (accounting), the goal of and work towards establishing a single set of accounting standards that will be used internationally
Digital convergence, the convergence of the information technology, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and entertainment industries into digital media conglomerates

Convergence (goth festival), the annual net.goth party
CONvergence (convention), a speculative fiction convention in Minnesota
Convergence (Net-25 program), an I.T. Show on NET25 in the Philippines
Convergence (ABC convention), an annual gathering of gay men of size and their admirers in North America
Convergence Festival, an annual sustainable living festival in Ireland

Convergence (book series), edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen
Convergence (novel), by Charles Sheffield
Convergence (comics), the name for two separate events published by DC Comics:

Convergence (logic), the property that different transformations of the same state have a transformation to the same end state
Convergence (mathematics), the process of some functions and sequences approaching a limit under certain conditions
Convergence of random variables, different forms of stochastic convergence
A property of dynamical systems studied in stability theory

Convergent boundary, the movement of two tectonic plates coming closer
Convergent evolution, the acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages
Convergence (eye), simultaneous inward movement of eyes toward each other
Convergence (sustainability science), progress towards equity within biological planetary limits in sustainability science
Convergence of evidence

Convergence (Mexico), a political party in Mexico
Convergence (relationship), the tendency to become more alike as a relationship progresses
Convergence (New Jersey), an office campus in Whippany, New Jersey
Convergence (painting), a 1952 oil painting by Jackson Pollock
Convergence (journal), an academic journal that covers the fields of communications and media
Language convergence, the tendency of languages whose speaker communities overlap significantly to influence each other and become more similar as a result
Convergence (Christianity), a movement or trend within the theology and/or practice of Christianity