Grid
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Several fields use or develop the idea of a grid:
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[edit] Arrays of squares or rectangles
- Grid plan, a city plan in which streets run at right angles to form a grid of city blocks
- Grid view or datagrid, a graphical-user-interface element that presents a tabular view of data
- Grid graph, in graph theory
- Grid (typography), laying out of a page using a grid of different-sized and -shaped rectangles
- Grid (spatial index), a method for organizing information: for example in a database
[edit] In science, mathematics and technology
- Mesh (mathematics) or a regular grid or unstructured grid
- Electric power transmission, a long-distance high-voltage network for power transmission, also known as the:
- transmission grid or
- the electrical grid
- Smart Grid, an upgraded power grid
- In computing:
- grid computing, an example of distributed computing
- World Community Grid, a platform for distributed computing projects
- Grid (computer manufacturer), a maker of laptop computers in the 1980s
- In vacuum-tube technology:
[edit] Places
- Grid, Braşov, a village in Pârâu Commune, Braşov County, Romania
- Grid, Hunedoara, a village in the town of Călan, Hunedoara County, Romania
[edit] In popular culture
- The Grid, a late eighties/early nineties electronic dance group
- The Grid (arcade game), an arcade game released in 2001
- The Grid (TV series), a television series produced in 2004
- Grid (album), the eighth original album by the Japanese band M.O.V.E
- Race Driver: GRID, a racing video game
[edit] Other uses
- Grid (Jotun), a giantess in Norse mythology
[edit] Acronym usage
- BioGRID, a database of biological interactions hosted at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada
- Gay related immune deficiency (GRID), a name used for AIDS until 1982
- Global Release Identifier (GRid)
- Group for Rural India Development (GRID)
- GRID, the short-hand name for an ESRI GRID file
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