Feature

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A feature is a distinct property or piece, which may refer to:

Science and technology

• Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch
• Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob
• Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing characteristic of a software item (in performance, portability, or - especially - functionality)
• Features (pattern recognition), in statistics: individual measurable properties of the phenomena being observed
• Feature data, in geographic information systems, comprise information about an entity with a geographic location
• Features, in audio signal processing, an aim to capture specific aspects of audio signals in a numeric way

Media

• Feature film, a film intended for initial distribution in theaters
• Feature story, a piece of journalistic writing that covers a selected issue in-depth
• The Feature, a film collaboration between filmmakers Michel Auder and Andrew Neel
• The Feature (originally named Give Me Something to Read), a standalone website that features a few high-quality, long-form, nonfiction articles every day from Instapaper's most frequently saved articles
• Radio documentary (feature), a radio program devoted to covering a particular topic in some depth, usually with a mixture of commentary and sound pictures

Linguistics

• Feature (linguistics), a property of a class of linguistic items which describes individual members of that class
• Distinctive feature, the most basic unit of structure that can be analyzed by phonetics and phonology

Other uses

• Feature (archaeology), any dug, built, or dumped evidence of human activity
• The Features, an American rock band

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