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
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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"
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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."
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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.
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Table as a noun (backgammon):
One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
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Table as a noun:
The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
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Table as a verb:
To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
Examples:
"to table fines"
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Table as a verb (now, rare):
To supply (a guest, client etc.) with food at a table; to feed.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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Table as a verb (obsolete):
To delineate; to represent, as in a picture; to depict.
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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.
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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."
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Table as a verb (carpentry, obsolete):
To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
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Table as a verb:
To put on a table.
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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.
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Vector as a noun (mathematics):
A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
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Vector as a noun (mathematics):
An ordered tuple representing a directed quantity or the between two points.
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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>."
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Vector as a noun (aviation):
A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
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Vector as a noun (epidemiology):
A carrier of a disease-causing agent.
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Vector as a noun (sociology):
A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
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Vector as a noun (psychology):
A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
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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.
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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.
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Vector as a noun (programming):
A one-dimensional array.
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Vector as a noun (computer graphics, attributive):
A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
Examples:
"coordinate terms raster"
"a vector image"
"'vector graphics"
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Vector as a noun (molecular biology):
A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
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Vector as a verb:
To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
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Vector as a verb (computing):
To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.