Factor
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A factor, a Latin word meaning 'who/which acts' may refer to:
- Factor (agent), a person who acts for another, notably a mercantile and/or colonial agent
- Factor (Scotland), a person or firm managing a Scottish estate
- FACTOR, the Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records
- Factors of production, a resource used in the production of goods and services
- An entity providing commercial finance services known as Factoring (finance)
- Max Factor, Sr., a Polish-American businessman and cosmetician
- Max Factor, Jr., son of the above, born Francis Factor
- Max Factor, a cosmetics company founded by Max Factor, Sr.
- John Factor, a Prohibition-era gangster
In science:
- An enzyme, proteins that catalyze chemical reactions
- Coagulation factors, substances essential for blood coagulation
- A phenomenon presumed to affect an experiment; see design of experiments
In mathematics:
- Factorization the decomposition of an object into a product of other objects
- Integer factorization, the process of breaking down a composite number into smaller non-trivial divisors
- a coefficient
- a divisor of a particular number
- a von Neumann algebra with a trivial center
- In easier words: A number that you can multiply into bigger numbers.
In technology:
- Factor (programming language), a dynamically typed concatenative programming language
- Factor (Unix), a Unix command for numbers factorization
- Authentication factor, a piece of information used to verify a person's identity for security purposes
- Human factors, a profession that focuses on how people interact with products, tools, or procedures
- "Functionality, Application domain, Conditions, Technology, Objects and Responsibility;", In object-oriented programming
In television:
- The O'Reilly Factor, an American talk show hosted by Bill O'Reilly on Fox News.
- The Krypton Factor, a British game show hosted by Gordon Burns, formally on ITV. Also had an American version.
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