Grid
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Several fields use or develop the idea of a '''grid''':
== Arrays of squares or rectangles ==
* [[Grid plan]], a city plan in which streets run at right angles to form a grid of city blocks
* [[Grid view]] or datagrid, a graphical-user-interface element that presents a tabular view of data
* [[Grid graph]], in graph theory
* [[Grid (typography)]], laying out of a page using a grid of different-sized and -shaped rectangles
* [[Grid (spatial index)]], a method for organizing information: for example in a [[database]]
== In science, mathematics and technology ==
* [[Mesh (mathematics)]] or a [[regular grid]] or [[unstructured grid]]
** [[Cartesian grid]]
** [[rectilinear grid]]
** [[curvilinear grid]]
** [[structured grid]]
* [[Electric power transmission]], a long-distance high-voltage network for power transmission, also known as the:
** transmission grid or
** the electrical grid
** [[Smart Grid]], an upgraded power grid
* In computing:
** [[grid computing]], an example of distributed computing
** [[World Community Grid]], a platform for distributed computing projects (an example of grid computing)
** [[Grid (computer manufacturer)]], a maker of laptop computers in the 1980s
* In [[vacuum tube | vacuum-tube]] technology:
** [[control grid]]
** [[screen grid]]
** [[suppressor grid]]
== Places ==
* [[Grid, Braşov]], a village in [[Pârâu]] Commune, [[Braşov County]], [[Romania]]
* [[Grid, Hunedoara]], a village in the town of [[Călan]], [[Hunedoara County]], [[Romania]]
== In popular culture ==
* [[The Grid]], a late eighties/early nineties electronic dance group
* [[The Grid (arcade game)]], an arcade game released in 2001
* [[The Grid (TV series)]], a television series produced in 2004
* [[Grid (album)]], the eighth original [[album]] by the [[Japan]]ese [[band (music)|band]] [[M.O.V.E]]
* ''[[Race Driver: GRID]]'', a racing [[video game]]
== Other uses ==
* [[Grid (Jotun)]], a giantess in Norse mythology
== Acronym usage ==
* [[BioGRID]], a database of biological interactions hosted at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada
* [[Gay related immune deficiency]] (GRID), a name used for AIDS until 1982
* [[Global Release Identifier]] (GRid)
* [[Group for Rural India Development]] (GRID)
* GRID, the short-hand name for an [[ESRI grid|ESRI GRID]] file
== Synonyms ==
*[[Mesh]]
*[[Lattice]]
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'''In computer science:''
* [[Cartesian grid]]
* [[regular grid]]
* [[rectilinear grid]]
* [[curvilinear grid]]
* [[structured grid]].
* [[unstructured grid]]
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