Pattern (disambiguation)

A pattern is an original object used to make copies, or a set of repeating objects in a decorative design and in other disciplines.

Pattern, patterns, or patterning may also refer to:

Mathematics, science, and technology

Computing

• Software design pattern, a standard form for a solution to common problems in software design.
  • Architectural pattern, for software architecture
  • Interaction design pattern, used in interaction design / human-computer interaction
• Pattern recognition, in machine learning
• In machine learning, a non-null finite sequence of constant and variable symbols
• Regular expression, often called a pattern

Other

• Airfield traffic pattern, the traffic flow immediately surrounding a runway
• Design pattern, a standard form for a solution to common problems in design
  • Pattern book, a book of architectural designs
  • Pattern (architecture), a standard form (pattern language) for a solution to common problems in architecture
  • Software design pattern (see above)
• Pattern formation, the processes and mechanisms by which patterns such as the stripes of animals form; also, a science dealing with outcomes of self-organisation
• Pattern language, a structured method of describing good design practices
• Pattern theory, a mathematical formalism to describe knowledge of the world as patterns
• Patterns in nature, the visible regularities of form found in nature and explained by science
• Pedagogical patterns
• In ethnomethodology, a (generally non-rigid) routine

Manufacturing

• Multiple patterning, a class of technologies for manufacturing integrated circuits
• Pattern (casting), a replica of the object to be cast
• Pattern coin, a coin struck to test a new design, alloy, or method of manufacture
• Pattern (sewing), the original garment, or a paper template, from which other garments are copied and produced

Fiction

• Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre), a 1955 live television drama written by Rod Serling
• Patterns (film), a 1956 film based on the TV show
• Patterns, a 1989 novel by Pat Cadigan

Music

• Patterns, a 1975 album by Kiki Dee
• Patterns (Bobby Hutcherson album), by Bobby Hutcherson, released in 1980
• Patterns (Kelsea Ballerini album), by Kelsea Ballerini, released in 2024
• Patterns (EP), an EP by Repeater
• Patterns, an alternative title of the Modern Jazz Quartet's album Music from Odds Against Tomorrow
• "Patterns" (Paul Simon song)
• "Patterns", a polka song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Patterns (Small Faces song), 1967

Other uses

• Pattern (devotional), in Irish Catholicism, the devotional practices associated with a patron saint
• Patterns II, a pencil and paper game designed by Sid Sackson
• Patterns (video game), a building game for personal computers
• Juggling pattern, a trick performed while juggling

See also

• The Pattern (disambiguation)
• Pattrn, a media division of The Weather Channel that is focused on climate, sustainability, and environmental news