Factor (Latin, ) may refer to:
Commerce Factor (agent), a person who acts for, notably a mercantile and colonial agent Factor (Scotland), a person or firm managing a Scottish estate Factors of production, such a factor is a resource used in the production of goods and services Factor, a brand of the meal-kit company HelloFresh Factor Bikes, a British bicycle manufacturer Risk factor, in finance, a source of systematic risk and return
Science and technology Biology Coagulation factors, substances essential for blood coagulation Environmental factor, any abiotic or biotic factor that affects life Enzyme, proteins that catalyze chemical reactions Factor B, and factor D, peptides involved in the alternate pathway of immune system complement activation Transcription factor, a protein that binds to specific DNA sequences
Computer science and information technology Factor (programming language), a concatenative stack-oriented programming language Factor (Unix), a utility for factoring an integer into its prime factors Factor, a substring, a subsequence of consecutive symbols in a string Authentication factor, a piece of information used to verify a person's identity for security purposes Decomposition (computer science), also known as factoring, the organization of computer code Enumerated type: a data type consisting of a set of named values, called factor in the R programming language
Other uses in science and technology Factor, in the design of experiments, a phenomenon presumed to affect an experiment Human factors, a profession that focuses on how people interact with products, tools, or procedures Sun protection factor, a unit describing reduction in transmitted ultraviolet light
Mathematics General mathematics Factor (arithmetic), either of two numbers involved in a multiplication Divisor, an integer which evenly divides a number without leaving a remainder Factorization, the decomposition of an object into a product of other objects Integer factorization, the process of breaking down a composite number into smaller non-trivial divisors A coefficient, a multiplicative factor in an expression, usually a number The act of forming a factor group or quotient ring in abstract algebra A von Neumann algebra, with a trivial center Factor (graph theory), a spanning sub graph Any finite contiguous sub-sequence of a word in combinatorics or of a word in group theory.
Statistics An independent categorical variable. In experimental design, the factor is a category of treatments controlled by the experimenter. In factor analysis, the factors are unobserved underlying hidden variables that explain variability in a set of correlated variables.
People Factor Chandelier, Canadian hip hop artist John Factor (1892–1984), British-American Prohibition-era gangster Max Factor Sr. (1872–1938), Polish-American businessman and cosmetician Max Factor Jr. (1904–1996), son of the above, born Francis Factor
Other uses Factor, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a barrio Factor (chord), a member or component of a chord FACTOR, the Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records The Factor, an April 2017 TV show on Fox News Channel
See also
Co-factor (disambiguation) Factoring (disambiguation)