Annealing 1913 205941456 2008-04-16T03:09:32Z Georgelade 6904275 '''Annealing''' may refer to:- *[[Annealing (metallurgy)]], a heat treatment that alters the microstructure of a material causing changes in properties such as strength and hardness *[[Annealing (glass)]], heating a piece of glass to remove stress *[[Annealing (biology)]], DNA or RNA pairing by hydrogen bonds to a complementary sequence, forming a double-stranded polynucleotide *[[Simulated annealing]], a technique for searching for a solution in a space otherwise too large for "ordinary" search methods to yield results *[[Information annealing]] or knowledge annealing, a network-based information system in which all users of the system are permitted to change the system at will *[[Quantum annealing]], a method for finding solutions to combinatorial optimisation problems and ground states of glassy systems using quantum fluctuations *[[Full annealing]], the annealing process of ferrous alloys. {{disambig}} [[fr:Hybridation]]