Coherence

Coherence, coherency, or coherent can refer to:

Contents 1 In physics 2 In mathematics 3 In financial economics 4 In philosophy 5 In computational science 6 As name of IT products 7 Other uses 8 See also

In physics

• Coherence (physics)
  • Polarization
  • Quantum
  • Spatial
  • Spectral
  • Temporal
• Coherence time

In mathematics

• Mutual coherence (linear algebra), sometimes referred to as coherence
• Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy), a concept in Bayesian statistics
• Coherence (signal processing)
• Coherence (statistics)
• Coherence condition
• Coherent sampling, a relationship used in Fast Fourier Transforms
• Coherent sheaf

In financial economics

• Coherent risk measures, a class of risk measures

In philosophy

• Coherentism is an epistemological theory
• There is also the coherence theory of truth

In computational science

• Cache coherence, a special case of memory coherence
• Coherence (programming language), an experimental programming language based upon Subtext
• Memory coherence, a concept in computer architecture

As name of IT products

• Coherence (software), a component of Parallels Desktop for Mac, the Windows virtualization software
• Coherence (UPNP), some free DLNA/UPnP tools (MediaServer/MediaRender) with a Python framework
• Coherent (operating system), a UNIX-clone operating system
• Oracle Coherence, an in-memory data grid product from Oracle

Other uses

• Coherence (cognitive science), a property of mental/cognitive states
• Coherence (linguistics), what makes a text semantically meaningful
• Coherence (music theory), a synonym for strict Rothenberg propriety in diatonic set theory
• Coherence time (communications systems), duration when a communication channel can be assumed to be constant
• Coherent (company), a company specializing in equipment to make and measure coherent light

See also

• Cohesion (disambiguation)
• Mutual coherence (disambiguation)

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