Diversity
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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
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