Seed (disambiguation)

Seed, seeds or seeding may refer to:
* Seed, an encased plant embryo
* SEEDS, a non-governmental organization
* Sperm or semen

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
* Seed (BitTorrent), a peer that has a complete copy of a torrent and still offers it for upload

Business

* The seed stage, an early stage in the development of an entrepreneurial firm. This term is used often in the venture capital financing world.

In film

*Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, and its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, two Japanese anime series
*"Seed" (1931 film), a 1931 film, notable as an early film featuring the actress, Bette Davis
*"Seed" (2007 film), written and directed by Uwe Boll
*Seed Productions, Hugh Jackman's film production company

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 (computer game), a now-closed MMORPG that was developed by Runestone Game Development
* Seeds (CA), 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

In music

* The Seeds, a 1960s rock 'n' roll band
* Seeds (album), an album by the rock band Brother Cane
* Seeed, a German band
* Seed, a song by Sublime
* Seed (album), an album by Afro Celt Sound System
* Seed Records, a record label

In publishing

* "Seed" (magazine), a U.S. science magazine
* "The Seed" (underground newspaper), 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 sports

* The process used to rank competitors in a single-elimination tournament or other forms of playoffs

As a surname

* Graham Seed
* Huck Seed
* Jimmy Seed
* John Seed