- Grid
Several fields use or develop the idea of a grid:
Arrays of squares or rectangles
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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 adatabase In science, mathematics and technology
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Mesh (mathematics) or aregular grid orunstructured 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
**LHC Computing Grid , a distribution network designed by CERN to handle the massive amounts of data produced by theLarge Hadron Collider .
* In vacuum-tube technology:
**control grid
**screen grid
**suppressor grid Places
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Grid, Braşov , a village inPârâu Commune,Braşov County ,Romania
*Grid, Hunedoara , a village in the town ofCălan ,Hunedoara County ,Romania In popular culture
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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 originalalbum by theJapan ese bandM.O.V.E
* "", a racingvideo game Other uses
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Grid (Jotun) , a giantess in Norse mythologyAcronym usage
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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 fileSynonyms
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Mesh
*Lattice
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