Coherence

Coherence or coherent can refer to:

In mathematics

• Coherent sheaf
• Coherence (statistics)
• Coherence (signal processing)
• Mutual coherence (linear algebra), sometimes referred to as coherence
• Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy), a concept in Bayesian statistics

In philosophy

• Coherentism describes an epistemologic theory

In computational science

• Memory coherence, a concept in computer architecture
• Cache coherence, a special case of memory coherence
• An experimental programming language based on Subtext.

As name of IT products

• Coherence, a component of Parallels Desktop for Mac, the Windows virtualization software
• Coherence, a software by Oracle Corporation that manages data in Java virtual machine memory
• Coherence, some free DLNA/UPnP tools (MediaServer/MediaRender) with a Python framework. Run on Linux/BSD/Windows
• Coherence, a UNIX-clone operating system

Other uses

• Coherence (cognitive science), a property of mental/cognitive states
• Coherence (linguistics), what makes a text semantically meaningful
• Coherence (music theory), a synonym for strict Rothenberg propriety in diatonic set theory
• Coherence (physics), a property of waves
• Coherence time (communications systems), duration when a communication channel can be assumed to be constant
• Coherent, an EU-funded research project to create a true 3-D display, the HoloVizio
• Coherent (company), a company specializing in equipment to make and measure coherent light
• Coherent sampling, a condition for the creation of a sampled data series with certain properties in DFT
• Quantum coherence

See also

• Cohesion disambiguation page
• Coherency disambiguation page
• Mutual coherence disambiguation page