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'''Normalization''' or '''normalisation''' refers to a process that makes something more normal or regular.
==Science==
* [[Normalization process theory]], a sociological theory of the implementation of new technologies or innovations
* [[Normalization model]], used in visual neuroscience
* Normalization in quantum mechanics, see {{slink|Wave function|Normalization condition}} and [[Normalized solution (mathematics)|normalized solution]]
* [[Normalization (sociology)]] or social normalization, the process through which ideas and behaviors that may fall outside of [[social norm]]s come to be regarded as "normal"

==Mathematics and statistics==
* [[Normalization of an algebraic variety]], the operation consisting in taking locally the integral closure of the ring of regular functions
* [[Normalization (statistics)]], adjustments of values or distributions in statistics
** [[Quantile normalization]], statistical technique for making two distributions identical in statistical properties
* [[Normalizing (abstract rewriting)]], an abstract rewriting system in which every object has at least one normal form
** [[Normalization property (abstract rewriting)]], a property of a rewrite system in mathematical logic and theoretical computer science
* [[Normalizing constant]], in probability theory a constant to make a non-negative function a probability density function
* [[Noether normalization lemma]], the result of commutative algebra
* [[normalized vector|Vector normalization]]
* [[Normalized number]], a number in [[scientific notation]] with the decimal point in a consistent position
* {{slink|Probability amplitude|Normalization}}

==Technology and computer science==
* A metallurgic process used in [[Annealing (metallurgy)#Normalization|annealing]]
* [[Normalization (image processing)]], changing the range of pixel intensity values
* [[Audio normalization]], a process of uniformly increasing or decreasing the amplitude of an audio signal
* [[Data normalization]], general reduction of data to canonical form
* [[Normal number (computing)|Normal number]], a floating point number that has exactly one bit or digit to the left of the radix point
* [[Database normalization]], used in database theory
* [[Dimensional normalization]], or snowflaking, removal of redundant attributes in a dimensional model
* [[NFD normalization]] (''normalization form canonical decomposition''), a normalization form decomposition for Unicode string searches and comparisons in text processing
* [[Spatial normalization]], a step in image processing for neuroimaging
* [[Text normalization]], modifying text to make it consistent
* [[URL normalization]], process to modify URLs in a consistent manner
* [[Normalization (machine learning)]], a technique in machine learning to change activation patterns to be on a similar scale.
* [[Normalized frequency (digital signal processing)]], unit of frequency cycles/sample in digital signal processing

==Other==
* The process of establishing normal [[diplomatic relationship|diplomatic relations]] between two countries
* [[Normalization (people with disabilities)]], principle to make conditions of everyday living available to people with disabilities
* [[Normalization (Czechoslovakia)]], the restoration of the conditions prevalent before the reform in Czechoslovakia, 1969

==See also==
* [[Normalized frequency (disambiguation)]]
* [[Normal form (disambiguation)]]
* [[Normal (disambiguation)]]
* [[Renormalization]]
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