Factor

A factor, a Latin word meaning "who/which acts", may refer to:

In commerce:ng (finance)]], an entity providing commercial finance services

• Max Factor, a cosmetics company founded by Max Factor, Sr.

In biology:

• Factor B and factor D, peptides involved in the alternate pathway of immune system complement activation
• Coagulation factnd), a person or firm managing a Scottish estate
• Factors of production, a resource used in the production of goods and services
• ors, substances essential for blood coagulation
• Environmental factor, any abiotic or biotic factor that affects life
• An enzyme, proteins that catalyze chemical reactions

In mathematics:

• A term in multiplication
• Divisor, an integer which evenly divides a number without leaving a remainder
• Factorization, the decomposition of an object into a product of other objects
• Integer factorization, the process of breaking down a composite number into smaller non-trivial divisors
• A coefficient, a multiplicative factor in an expression, usually a number
• The act of forming a factor group or quotient ring in abstract algebra
• A von Neumann algebra with a trivial center
• Factor (graph theory), a spanning subgraph
• Any finite contiguous subsequence of a word

In statistics:

• An independent variable, either categorical or continuous, controlled by the experimenter. However, "factor" is sometimes used synonymously with categorical variable, regardless whether it is controlled.
• Factor analysis is the study of how factors or certain variables affect other variables

In physics:

• Sun protection factor, a unit describing reduction in transmitted ultraviolet light

In technology:

• Human factors, a profession that focuses on how people interact with products, tools, or procedures.

In computer science and information technology:

• Authentication factor, a piece of information used to verify a person's identity for security purposes
• Factor (programming language), a concatenative stack-oriented programming language
• A substring, a subsequence of consecutive symbols in a string
• The organization of c

In television:

• The O'Reilly Factor, an American talk show hosted by Bill O'Reilly on Fox News
• [[The Krypton Facto]

Organizations:

• FACTOR, the Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records