Node
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Node may mean:
- Node (autonomous system), behaviour for an ordinary differential equation near a critical point
- Node (botany), the place on a plant stem where a leaf is attached
- Node (physics), a spatial locus along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude
- Node (telecommunications), an originating or terminating point of information transfer in a telecommunications network
- Node (mathematics), a vertex in a graph, connecting two or more edges
- Node (networking), a device connected to a network, such as a computer or router
- Node (computer science), a basic unit used to build data structures such as linked lists and trees
- Node (circuits), a region in an electrical circuit where there is no change in potential
- Transport node
- Node (computer gaming), a particular style of adventure game
- Node Magazine, a literary project based on the novel Spook Country by William Gibson
Node may also be:
- Artificial neuron, a basic unit in neural networks
- Vertex, one of the components of a graph
- A value that's used for function interpolation
Nodal may refer to:
- Nodal (protein), a protein involved in TGF beta signaling.
See also
- In other languages, the words for some meanings of "node" and "knot" are the same.
