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* [[Surrogate key]], a unique database identification key |
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* [[Surrogate proxy]], a type of server network setup |
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* Surrogate character, any of a range of [[Unicode]] codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane. |
* Surrogate character, any of a range of [[Unicode]] codepoints which are used in pairs in [[UTF-16]] to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane. |
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* [[Surrogate data testing]], a technique for identifying possible nonlinearity in data. |
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Revision as of 17:53, 23 April 2014
Look up surrogate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
A surrogate is a substitute or deputy for another person in a specific role and may refer to:
Relationships
- Surrogate pregnancy, an arrangement for a woman to carry and give birth to a child who will be raised by others
- Sexual surrogate, in sexual therapy
- Surrogate marriage, a custom in African culture
Economics
- Ersatz, an artificial replacement differing in kind from and inferior in quality to what it replaces.
Arts
- Author surrogate or audience surrogate, reciprocal literary techniques
- The Surrogates, a comic book series
- Surrogates (film), a 2009 film based on the comic book series
- The Surrogate (1995 film), a TV movie starring Alyssa Milano
- The Surrogate, original title of The Sessions, a 2012 film starring John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, and William H. Macy
- "Surro-Gate", an episode of the cartoon series American Dad!
- "The Surrogate" (The Outer Limits), an episode of the 1990s version of The Outer Limits series
- Surrogate Paintings, a series by American artist Allan McCollum
Science and technology
- Surrogate model, used in engineering design
- Surrogate endpoint, a measure of effect in clinical trials
- Surrogate key, a unique database identification key
- Surrogate proxy, a type of server network setup
- Surrogate character, any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- Surrogate data testing, a technique for identifying possible nonlinearity in data.
Other uses
- Surrogate (clergy), a deputy of a bishop or ecclesiastical judge
- Surrogate Court, a court primarily concerned with the distribution of assets of a decedent
- Surrogate alcohol, a substance containing alcohol that is consumed, though it is not meant for human consumption