Seed (disambiguation)

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Seed, seeds or seeding may refer to:

• Seed, an encased plant embryo
• SEEDS, a non-governmental organization
• A poetic term for sperm

In Buddhism and Hinduism:

• Bija, literally "seed", a metaphor for the origin or cause of things

In computing and technology:

• Random seed, a value used to initialize a pseudo-random number generator
• SEED, a Korean block cipher
• Self electro-optic effect device
• Seed (BitTorrent), a peer that has a complete copy of a torrent and still offers it for upload
• Standard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data, a standard format for transmission and exchange of waveform data, such as that produced by seismometers or infrasound microphones.

In film:

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, and its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, two Japanese anime series
• Seed, a 1931 film, notable as an early film featuring the actress, Bette Davis
• Seed, a 2007 film, written and directed by Uwe Boll

In fluid dynamics:

• A flow is seeded so that one may visualize the flow patterns

In games

• SeeD, a mercenary working for Garden in the video game Final Fantasy VIII
• Seed, a now-closed MMORPG that was developed by Runestone Game Development
• Seeds, a cellular automaton rule similar to Conway's Game of Life
• SEED, the unknown, plant-like life form that features in the video game Phantasy Star Universe
• Seeds Inc, a video game company based in Japan

In music:

• The Seeds, a 1960s rock 'n' roll band
• Seeds, an album by the rock band Brother Cane
• Seeds, an album by the trance-rock band Sky Cries Mary
• Seed, a song by Sublime (band)
• Seed Records, a record label

In publishing:

• Seed (magazine), a U.S. science magazine
• Seed (newspaper), the student newspaper of Victoria University of Technology
• The Seed, an underground newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois in the late 1960s.

In science:

• Seed crystal, a small crystal from which a larger single crystal is to be grown
• Cloud seeding, a method of causing clouds to produce rain

In science fiction:

• Adding lifeforms, usually genetically engineered, to a previously lifeless environment. This may be done for a number of reasons, such as to assist terraforming, or for biological research.

In sports:

• The process used to rank competitors in a single-elimination tournament

As a surname (last name):

• Graham Seed
• Huck Seed
• Jimmy Seed
• John Seed

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