Yield

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Yield may refer to:

Measures of output/function

Computer science

Yield in programming context simply means "brings". It is usually used when some kind of execution context surrenders control flow to a different execution context. In some cases, upon surrendering control, the first execution context may send (i.e., yield) a data value to the second execution context. See Generator (computer programming).

Physics/chemistry

• Yield (chemistry), the amount of product obtained in a chemical reaction
  • The arrow symbol in a chemical equation
• Yield (engineering), yield strength of a material as defined in engineering and material science
• Fission product yield
• Nuclear weapon yield

Earth science

• Crop yield
  • Yield (wine)
• Specific yield, a measure of aquifer capacity

Production/manufacturing

• Yield (casting)
• Throughput yield, a manufacturing evaluation method
• A measure of functioning devices in semiconductor testing, see Semiconductor device fabrication#Device test
• The number of servings provided by a recipe and hulk

Finance

• Yield (finance), a rate of return for a security
• Dividend yield, a measure of dividends paid on stock

Other uses

• Yield (college admissions), a statistic describing what percent of applicants choose to enroll
• Yield (engineering), the plastic deformation of a material
  • Yield surface
• Yield (album), by Pearl Jam
• Yield sign, a traffic sign
• Terminal yield, a sequence of leaves in a tree data structure
• Yield, a feature of a coroutine in computer programming
• Yield, an element of the TV series The Amazing Race