Seed (disambiguation)

Seed is an encased plant embryo

Seed, seeds or seeding may refer to:

• SEEDS, a non-governmental organization
• Sperm or semen

Business

• The Seed stage, an early stage in the development of an entrepreneurial firm. This term is used often in the venture capital financing world.

Culture

Arts

Fine arts

• Seed Series (1998), and Seeds (2006), sculptures by Singaporean sculptor Han Sai Por

Film and television

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, and its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, two Japanese anime series
• Seed (1931 film), a 1931 film, notable as an early film featuring the actress, Bette Davis
• The Seed, a 2005 short film produced and directed by Joe Hahn of Linkin Park
• Seed (2007 film), written and directed by Uwe Boll
• Seed Productions, Hugh Jackman's film production company
• "Seeds" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• "Seeds" (Sons of Anarchy), an episode of Sons of Anarchy

Music

• The Seeds, a 1960s rock 'n' roll band
• Seeed, a German band
• Seed Records, a record label
• Seed, an Austin TX band from the 90s

Albums

• Seed (Afro Celt Sound System album), or the title song
• Seed (Nick Harper album)
• Seed (Mami Kawada album)
• Seeds (Brother Cane album)
• Seeds (Hey Rosetta! album)

Songs

• "Seed", a song by Korn from their third album Follow The Leader
• "Seed", a song by Sublime from their self-titled album
• "Seeds", a song by Bruce Springsteen from the album Live/1975–85
• "The Seed (2.0)", a song by The Roots and Cody Chesnutt

Gaming

• SeeD, a mercenary working for Garden in the video game Final Fantasy VIII
• Seed (computer game), a 2006 now-closed MMORPG that was developed by Runestone Game Development
• Seeds (cellular automaton), a cellular automaton rule similar to Conway's Game of Life
• SEED, the unknown, plant-like life form that features in the video game Phantasy Star Universe

Education

• SEED Foundation, operates boarding schools for disadvantaged youth in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland
• SEED School (Toronto), a Toronto District School Board alternative high school located in Toronto, Canada

Publishing

• Seed (magazine), a U.S. science magazine
• The Seed (underground newspaper), an underground newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois in the late 1960s
• Seed (student newspaper), a student newspaper published at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia

Religion

• Bīja, literally "seed", a metaphor for the origin or cause of things in Buddhism and Hinduism

Sports

• Seed (sports), The process used to rank competitors in a single-elimination tournament or other forms of playoffs

Science

• Cloud seeding, a method of causing clouds to produce rain
• Seed crystal, a small crystal from which a larger single crystal is to be grown

Computing and technology

• AOL Seed, an open content submission website and platform where writers and photographers can submit their work, and then get paid for each work submitted
• Random seed, a value used to initialize a pseudo-random number generator
• SEED, a Korean block cipher
• Seed or Seeder (BitTorrent), a peer that has a complete copy of a torrented file and still offers it for upload
• Seed (sculpture), a USB flash drive or other digital object in which media such as music, movies, literature, and software has been embedded for resale
• Seed (programming), a JavaScript library of the GNOME project

Fluid dynamics

• Seeding (fluid dynamics) is applied to visualize flow patterns

Surname

• Graham Seed (born 1950), English actor
• Huck Seed (born 1969), American professional poker player best known for winning the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker
• Patricia Seed, American historian, and author of the books To Love, Honor, and Obey in Colonial Mexico, Ceremonies of Possession in the New World, and American Pentimento
• Jimmy Seed (1895–1966), English footballer and football manager
• John Seed, Australian environmentalist and director of the Rainforest Information Centre which successfully campaigned to save the sub-tropical rainforests of New South Wales