Array

An array is a systematic arrangement of similar objects, usually in rows and columns.

The little push-buttons on the upper part of the right electronic device are arranged in an array with 3 columns and 4 rows. The two devices themselves form a very simple array of 2 columns and 1 row.

Array may refer to:

Music

• In twelve-tone and serial composition, the presentation of simultaneous twelve-tone sets such that the sums of their horizontal segments form a succession of twelve-tone aggregates
• Array mbira, a musical instrument
• Spiral array model, a music pitch space

Science

• Telescope array, a group of telescopes, mirror segments, or radio telescope antennas used to provide high resolution images of astronomical objects
• Microarray, a lab-on-a-chip which can measure multiple analytes

Mathematics and statistics

• Standard array in coding theory
• Matrices, a rectangular array of numbers in rows and columns
  • Costas array
  • Monge array
• Holors
• Orthogonal array
• Intersection array, a kind of regular graph

Computing

• Array (data structure), an arrangement of data in computer memory
• Array (data type), used in a programming language to specify a variable that can be indexed

or various kinds of the above, such as:

• Bit array or bit vector
• Dynamic array, allocated at run time
• Jagged array, an array of member arrays which can be of different lengths
• Parallel array of records, with each field stored as a separate array
• Sparse array, with most elements omitted, to store a sparse matrix
• Variable-length array
• Associative array, an abstract data structure model composed of key-value pairs, often implemented as a hash table or search tree
• Asynchronous array of simple processors
• Disk array, such as the RAID
• Gate array, including a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
• ICL Distributed Array Processor, an array processor for the ICL
• Integrated circuit packages:
  • Ball grid array
  • pin grid array
  • land grid array
• Processor array
• Programmable Array Logic (PAL), a systematic way to implement Boolean functions
• Reconfigurable datapath array, a flexible data processing architecture
• Systolic array, a hardware architecture
• Transistor array, an integrated circuit
• Video Graphics Array (VGA), a display adapter and many variants thereof
• Wi-Fi array, a wireless networking device

Technology

• Antenna array
• Array gain, a telecommunications parameter
• Array processing of multichannel signals (not to be confused with array programming)
• Color filter array, placed over an imaging array
• Field emitter array, an electron source
• Halbach array, an arrangement of magnets
• Linear diode array used in image scanners
• Microphone array
• Parametric array of transducers
• Phased-array optics
• Photovoltaic array
• Staring array, an imaging sensor
• Towed array sonar

Organisations

• ARRAY, an independent film distribution company
• Array Networks, a computer networking company
• Array Collective, a Belfast-based artist-activist collaborative project