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Distribution may refer to:
[edit] Mathematics / Physics
- Distribution (mathematics), for generalized functions
- Probability distribution
- Frequency distribution
- Distribution function, in physics describes the number of particles per unit volume in phase space.
- Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
- Distribution (differential geometry), a subbundle of a vector bundle defining the integrability conditions of a set of differential equations.
- Distributed parameter systems, systems that have an infinite-dimensional state-space.
[edit] Economics
- distribution (business)
- Distribution of wealth
- Distribution of property
- Food distribution
- Good Distribution Practice
[edit] Computer science
- Distributed computing
- Software distribution
[edit] Distributor/Distribution
The term distributor has several uses:
- for the ignition system of an internal combustion engine, see distributor;
- for the distribution of film, see film distributor;
- for the distribution of records, see record distributor;
- Electricity distribution, in electrical engineering
- for the notion of category theory, see profunctor.
[edit] Other usages
- Complementary distribution, in grammar
- Purse Distribution, in horse racing
- Distribution (pharmacology)
- Population distribution - how the demographics of a population break down
- Range (biology) the area a species inhabits
[edit] See also
- Apportionment
- Key distribution center
- Trip distribution
- Distribution of terms
- Electronic brakeforce distribution
- Range
