Comparison (disambiguation)

Comparison is the act of examining the similarities and differences between things. Comparison may also refer to:

Computer science and technology

Comparison (computer programming), a code that makes decisions and selects alternatives based on them
Comparison microscope, a dual microscope for analyzing side-by-side specimens
Comparison sort, a type of data sort algorithm
File comparison, the automatic comparison of data such as files and texts by computer programs
Price comparison service, an Internet service

Language

Comparison (grammar), the modification of adjectives and adverbs to express the relative degree
Mass comparison, a test for the relatedness of languages

Mathematics

Comparison (mathematics), a notation for comparing variable values
Comparison of topologies, an order relation on the set of all topologies on one and the same set
Multiple comparisons, a procedure of statistics
a synonym for co-transitivity, in constructive mathematics

Psychology

Pairwise comparison, a test of psychology
Social comparison theory, a branch of social psychology

Other uses

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Cross-cultural studies, which involve cross-cultural comparisons

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