Diversity

Diversity, diversify, or diverse may refer to:

Sociology, politics and law

• Diversity (politics), the political and social policy of encouraging tolerance for people of different backgrounds
• Multiculturalism, or ethnic diversity, the promotion of multiple ethnic cultures
• Cultural diversity, the respect of different cultures and interculturality
• Functional diversity (disability), a term for special needs, disability, impairment and handicap
• Gerodiversity, a multicultural approach to issues of aging
• Neurodiversity, a movement in support of civil rights of people with atypical neurological characteristics
• Diversity Immigrant Visa or Green Card Lottery, a United States immigration program
• Diversity jurisdiction, a concept under which U.S. federal courts can hear suits between parties from different states
• Diversity training, the process of educating people to function in a diverse environment

Business

• Diversity (business), a business tactic which encourages diversity to better serve diverse customers
• Diversity marketing, marketing communication targeting diverse customers
• Supplier diversity, the use of diverse suppliers

Music

• Diversity (album), a 2010 reggae album by Gentleman
• Diversity (dance troupe), an English dance troupe based in London
• Diversity FM, a radio station in Lancaster, England
• Diverse (rapper)
• "Diverse", a song by Charlie Parker

Science and technology

Biology and ecology

• Biodiversity, degree of variation of life forms within an ecosystem
  • Species diversity, the effective number of species represented in a data set
  • Genetic diversity, the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species
    • Nucleotide diversity, a measure of the degree of polymorphism within a population
  • Phylogenetic diversity, a measure of biodiversity which incorporates phylogenetic difference between species
  • Ecosystem diversity, the diversity of a place at the level of ecosystems
  • Crop diversity, the variance in genetic and phenotypic characteristics of plants used in agriculture
  • Functional diversity (ecology), the elements of biodiversity that influence how ecosystems function
• Diversity index, a statistic to assess the diversity of a population

Telecommunications

• Diversity scheme, a method for improving reliability of a message signal by using multiple communications channels
  • Antenna diversity or space diversity, a method of wireless communication that use two or more antennas to improve reliability
  • Transmit diversity, wireless communication using signals originating from two or more independent sources
  • Cooperative diversity, a multiple antenna technique for improving or maximising total network channel capacities
  • Diversity combining, the combining of multiple received signals into a single improved signal
  • Diversity gain, the increase in signal-to-interference ratio due to a diversity scheme
• Time diversity, a technique used in digital communication systems
• Site diversity, multiple receivers for satellite communication

Other uses in science and technology

• Functional diversity (geography), a term in geography
• Linguistic diversity
• Diversity factor, a concept in electrical engineering
• Diversity University, a virtual reality system for education

See also

• Diversification (disambiguation)

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