Vector most often refers to:
- Disease vector, an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism
- Euclidean vector, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction
Vector may also refer to:
Computer science
- Vector, a one-dimensional array data structure
- Distance-vector routing protocol, a class of routing protocols
- Dope vector, a data structure used to store information about an array
- Feature vector, an n-dimensional vector of numerical features that represent some object
- Interrupt vector, the location in memory of an interrupt handling routine
- Initialization vector, a fixed-size input to a cryptographic primitive
- Vector (C++), a type in the C++ Standard Template Library
- Vector clock, an algorithm
- Vector space model, an algebraic model for representing text documents
- Euclidean vector, a geometric object with a direction and magnitude
- Vector graphics, images defined by geometric primitives as opposed to bitmaps
- Vector monitor, a display device used for early computers
- Vector game, any video game that uses a vector graphics display
- Vector (malware), approach used, or vulnerability exploited, in attacking a computer system
- Vector (robot), a 2018 robot by Anki
Entertainment
Characters and fictional elements
Games
Literature
Music
Mathematics and physics
Molecular biology
- Vector (molecular biology), a DNA molecule used as a vehicle to artificially carry foreign genetic material into another cell
- Cloning vector, a small piece of DNA into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes
- Shuttle vector, a plasmid constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species
- Viral vector, a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic materials into cells
Transportation
Vehicles
Aircraft
Automotive vehicles
Nautical vessels
- , a 1967 hydrographic survey vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard
- , a Philippine tanker ship
Other transportation
Business
- State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, a biological research center in Russia
- Vector Engineering, multinational engineering, procurement, construction management, and operations service provider
- Vector Graphic, an early manufacturer of 8-bit microcomputers
- Vector Group, a publicly traded holding company, focusing on tobacco and real estate
- Vector Informatik, a software tool and components provider for development of embedded electronics
- Vector Launch, an American space technology company, 2016âÂÂ2019
- Vector Limited, a New Zealand gas and electricity supplier
- Vector Marketing, a multi-level knife marketing company
- Vector Motors, an automobile manufacturer
Other uses
See also