Flow
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Flow may refer to:
[edit] Science and technology
[edit] Relating to the movement of material
- Fluid dynamics, or fluid flow, the motion of a gas or liquid
- Environmental flow, the amount of water necessary in a watercourse to maintain a healthy ecosystem
- Flow chemistry, a chemical reaction run in a continuous stream
- Flow cytometry, a technique for counting, examining and sorting microscopic particles suspended in a stream of fluid
- Mass flow rate, the movement of mass per time
- Traffic flow, the study of interactions between vehicles, drivers, and infrastructure
- Volumetric flow rate, the volume of a fluid which passes through a given surface per unit of time
[edit] Mathematics
- Flow (mathematics), a variable that depends on time
- Flow network, a directed graph where each edge receives a flow
- Signal-flow graph, a graphical means of showing the relations among the variables of a set of linear algebraic relations
[edit] Computer science
- Packet flow, the flow of packets over a computer network.
- Control flow, or flow of control of an imperative or functional computer program
- Control flow diagram, describing a business process or computer program
- Dataflow, computing term related to the flow of messages between software components
- Data flow diagram, describing the flow of messages between software components
- Calligra Flow, diagramming and flowcharting application, part of the Calligra Suite.
- Traffic flow (computer networking), flow of packets from a source to a destination
- Flow to HDL, tools and methods convert flow-based system design into a hardware description language
- webMethods Flow, a graphical programming language used in the webMethods Integration Server
[edit] Other uses in science and technology
- Flow (psychology), a psychological state where a person is fully immersed and focused on an activity or task
- Flow diagram, with multiple meanings
- Flowchart, a visual representation of procedural programming
- Functional flow block diagram, in systems engineering
- Signal flow, in wave propagation, the path a signal takes from source to output
- Stock and flow, in economics and finance, a quantity measured over an interval of time
- Workflow, a repeatable pattern of activity, usually involving multiple tasks with a specific set of outcomes
[edit] Entertainment
- Flow (television), the sequencing of TV material from one element to the next
- "Flow", a song by Transister
- Flow (Foetus album)
- Flow (Terence Blanchard album)
- Flow (Conception album)
- Flow (band), a Japanese rock group
- Flow (journal), an online journal of television and media studies
- Flow: For Love of Water, a documentary
- Flow (rapping), the delivery of a rap music vocal performance, defined by prosody, cadence, and speed
- Flow (video game), a video game by ThatGameCompany
- CFXJ-FM, known as "The New FLOW 93.5", a radio station in Toronto, Canada
- Flow (1996 film), 1996 American/Canadian film directed by Quentin Lee
- Flow (policy debate), a form of note-taking in policy debate
- Cash flow, the movement of cash into or out of a business, project, or financial product
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