Vector

Vector most often refers to:
 Euclidean vector, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction 
 Disease vector, an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism

Vector may also refer to:

 Mathematics and physics 
 Vector (mathematics and physics)
 Row and column vectors, single row or column matrices
 Vector space
 Vector field, a vector for each point

 Molecular biology 
 Vector (molecular biology), a DNA molecule used as a vehicle to artificially carry foreign genetic material into another cell
 Cloning vector, a small piece of DNA into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted for cloning purposes
 Shuttle vector, a plasmid constructed so that it can propagate in two different host species
 Viral vector, a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic materials into cells

 Computer science 
 Vector, a one-dimensional array data structure
 Distance-vector routing protocol, a class of routing protocols
 Dope vector, a data structure used to store information about an array
 Feature vector, an n-dimensional vector of numerical features that represent some object
 Interrupt vector, the location in memory of an interrupt handling routine
 Initialization vector, a fixed-size input to a cryptographic primitive
 Vector clock, an algorithm
 Vector space model,  an algebraic model for representing text documents
 Vector (C++), a type in the C++ Standard Template Library
 Euclidean vector, a geometric object with a direction and magnitude
 Vector graphics, images defined by geometric primitives as opposed to bitmaps
 Vector monitor, a display device used for early computers
 Vector game, any video game that uses a vector graphics display
 Vector (malware), approach used, or vulnerability exploited, in attacking a computer system

 Transportation 
 Vehicles 
 Aircraft 
 Aerodyne Systems Vector, an ultralight aircraft
 Hall Vector 1, a glider
 A brand of reconnaissance drone produced by Quantum-Systems

 Nautical vessels 
 , a Philippine tanker ship
 , a 1967 hydrographic survey vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard

 Automotive vehicles 
 Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) (Vector), a military patrol vehicle
 VECTOR, a Dutch light utility vehicle
 Vector, a variant of the Saab 9-3 automobile
 Vector Motors sports cars
 Vector M12
 Vector W2
 Vector W8
 Vector WX-3
 Vector SRV8

 Other transportation 
 Thrust vectoring, directing aircraft jet thrust

 Entertainment 
 Characters and fictional elements 
 Vector (Battle Angel Alita)
 Vector (comics), Marvel Comics
 Vector (G.I. Joe), vehicle
 Vector the Crocodile, in the Sonic the Hedgehog series
 Septima Vector, a Hogwarts professor in the Harry Potter universe
 Vector, a Barian Emperor from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
 Vector class in Wipeout games
 Victor "Vector" Perkins in Despicable Me (film), 2010
 Vector, in the game Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
 Vector, a weapon in the series Elfen Lied
 Vector, a location in the video game Final Fantasy VI
 Vector Industries, an organization in the Xenosaga video game series

 Games 
 Vector (video game), 2012 video game
 Vectorman, 1995, for Sega

 Music 
 Vector (band), 1980s
 Vector (Haken album), 2018
 Vector (rapper) (b. 1983), Nigerian
 Martin Wheeler, aka Vector Lovers

 Literature 
 Vector (magazine), the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association
 Vectors (journal), a defunct online journal covering digital humanities
 The Vector (newspaper), a student-run newspaper of the New Jersey Institute of Technology
 Vector (novel), a 1999 novel by Robin Cook
 Vector Prime, a 1999 Star Wars novel written by R. A. Salvatore
 Vector 13, a comic strip in the 2000 AD anthology

 Business 
 Vector Informatik, a software tool and components provider for development of embedded electronics
 Vector Engineering, multinational engineering, procurement, construction management, and operations service provider
 Vector Graphic, an early manufacturer of 8-bit microcomputers
 Vector Group, a publicly traded holding company, focusing on tobacco and real estate
 Vector Limited, a New Zealand gas and electricity supplier
 Vector Marketing, a multi-level knife marketing company
 Vector Motors, an automobile manufacturer
 Vector Launch, an American space technology company, 2016–2019
 State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, a biological research center in Russia

 Other uses 
 Interval vector in musical set theory
 KRISS Vector, a .45 ACP submachine gun
 Light verb, or vector verb, in grammar
 Parker Vector, pens
 Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
 Vector Map, a collection of Earth GIS data
 Vector 2022, a Wikipedia skin

 See also 

 Vectra (disambiguation)
 Vectorization (disambiguation)
 Vector graphics (disambiguation)
 Vektor (disambiguation)