Comparison (disambiguation)

For comparisons within Wikipedia, see Category:Comparisons.

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 (psychology), 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

See also

• Comparability, a mathematical definition
• Comparative (disambiguation)
• Comparator (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Comparison (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Comparison (disambiguation)