Sieve

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Sieve may mean:

Contents 1 Cooking 2 Mathematics 3 Computer science 4 Other uses

[edit] Cooking

• a colander
• a chinoise, or conical sieve

[edit] Mathematics

• sieve theory, technique for counting or filtering sets of numbers
  • sieve of Eratosthenes
  • general number field sieve
  • large sieve
• sieve (category theory), a way of writing down how objects in a category glue to give other one

[edit] Computer science

• Sieve (mail filtering language), a proposed standard for specifying mail filters

[edit] Other uses

• In metaphor and simile, sieve may often be used to refer to things that are leaky, as a sieve used for a bowl. For example, in hockey, a goaltender who lets a lot of goals through is sometimes compared to a sieve.
• On rivers, a sieve is a dangerous obstacle that water can pass through, but people cannot
• In the mineral industry, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones.