Pattern (disambiguation)

A pattern is an original object used to make copies, or a set of repeating objects in a decorative design and in other disciplines.

Pattern, patterns, or patterning may also refer to:

Mathematics, science, and technology[edit]

Software design pattern, a standard form for a solution to common problems in software design.
- Architectural pattern, for software architecture
- Interaction design pattern, used in interaction design / human-computer interaction
Pattern recognition, in machine learning
In machine learning, a non-null finite sequence of constant and variable symbols
Regular expression, often called a pattern

Airfield traffic pattern, the traffic flow immediately surrounding a runway
Design pattern, a standard form for a solution to common problems in design
- Pattern book, a book of architectural designs
- Pattern (architecture), a standard form (pattern language) for a solution to common problems in architecture
- Software design pattern (see above)
Pattern formation, the processes and mechanisms by which patterns such as the stripes of animals form; also, a science dealing with outcomes of self-organisation
Pattern language, a structured method of describing good design practices
Pattern theory, a mathematical formalism to describe knowledge of the world as patterns
Patterns in nature, the visible regularities of form found in nature and explained by science
Pedagogical patterns
In ethnomethodology, a (generally non-rigid) routine

Multiple patterning, a class of technologies for manufacturing integrated circuits
Pattern (casting), a replica of the object to be cast
Pattern coin, a coin struck to test a new design, alloy, or method of manufacture
Pattern (sewing), the original garment, or a paper template, from which other garments are copied and produced

Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre), a 1955 live television drama written by Rod Serling
Patterns (film), a 1956 film based on the TV show
Patterns, a 1989 novel by Pat Cadigan

Patterns, a 1975 album by Kiki Dee
Patterns (album), by Bobby Hutcherson, released in 1980
Patterns (EP), an EP by Repeater
Patterns, an alternative title of the Modern Jazz Quartet's album Music from Odds Against Tomorrow
"Patterns" (Paul Simon song)
"Patterns", a polka song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Patterns (Small Faces song), 1967

Pattern (devotional), in Irish Catholicism, the devotional practices associated with a patron saint
Patterns II, a pencil and paper game designed by Sid Sackson
Patterns (video game), a building game for personal computers
Juggling pattern, a trick performed while juggling