Coherence
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de:Kohärenz Coherence is from Latin cohaerere = stick together, to be connected with. See:
- Coherence (physics). Coherence is an attribute of physical quantities that can be described in terms of waves when a well-defined wavefront can be defined, as in classical optics.
- Coherence (linguistics). In linguistics, coherence is what makes a text semantically meaningful.
- Cache coherence and (more generally) memory coherence are concepts in computer architecture.
- Coherentism is an epistemological theory.
- Coherent (operating system). A UNIX clone operating system.
- Coherence (mathematics)
- Coherence (Bayesian statistics). In Bayesian decision theory, an inference system of probabilities and utilities is coherent if it is immune to the possibility of a "Dutch book paradox"; see coherence (philosophical gambling strategy).