The difference between Table and Vector

When used as nouns, table means an item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs, whereas vector means a directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction.

When used as verbs, table means to tabulate, whereas vector means to set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.


check bellow for the other definitions of Table and Vector

  1. Table as a noun (poker, metonym):

    Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs. A flat tray which can be used as a table. The lineup of players at a given table. A group of people at a table, for example for a meal or game. A service of Holy Communion.

    Examples:

    "That's the strongest table I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour event"

  2. Table as a noun (computing, chiefly, databases):

    A two-dimensional presentation of data. A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns. A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table. A lookup table, most often a set of vectors. A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.

    Examples:

    "The children were practising multiplication tables."

    "Don’t you know your tables?"

    "Here is a table of natural logarithms."

  3. Table as a noun (musical instruments):

    The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.

  4. Table as a noun (backgammon):

    One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.

  5. Table as a noun:

    The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.

  1. Table as a verb:

    To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.

    Examples:

    "to table fines"

  2. Table as a verb (now, rare):

    To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  3. Table as a verb (obsolete):

    To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.

  4. Table as a verb (non-US):

    To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.

  5. Table as a verb (chiefly, US):

    To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve .

    Examples:

    "The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later."

    "The [[motion]] was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date."

  6. Table as a verb (carpentry, obsolete):

    To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.

  7. Table as a verb:

    To put on a table.

  8. Table as a verb (nautical):

    To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.

  1. Vector as a noun (mathematics):

    A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.

  2. Vector as a noun (mathematics):

    An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the between two points.

  3. Vector as a noun (mathematics):

    Any member of a (generalized) vector space.

    Examples:

    "The vectors in <math>{\mathbb Q}[X]</math> are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is <math>\textstyle x^{42}+\frac1{137}x-1</math>."

  4. Vector as a noun (aviation):

    A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.

  5. Vector as a noun (epidemiology):

    A carrier of a disease-causing agent.

  6. Vector as a noun (sociology):

    A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.

  7. Vector as a noun (psychology):

    A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.

  8. Vector as a noun:

    The way in which the eyes are drawn across the visual text. The trail that a book cover can encourage the eyes to follow from certain objects to others.

  9. Vector as a noun (computing, operating systems):

    A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.

  10. Vector as a noun (programming):

    A one-dimensional array.

  11. Vector as a noun (computer graphics, attributive):

    A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.

    Examples:

    "coordinate terms raster"

    "a vector image"

    "'vector graphics"

  12. Vector as a noun (molecular biology):

    A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.

  1. Vector as a verb:

    To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.

  2. Vector as a verb (computing):

    To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.

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