Pattern (disambiguation)

A pattern is an original object used to make copies, or a set of repeating objects in a decorative design and in other disciplines.

Pattern, patterns, or patterning may also refer to:

Computing

 * Software design pattern, a standard form for a solution to common problems in software design.
 * Architectural pattern, for software architecture
 * Interaction design pattern, used in interaction design / human-computer interaction
 * Pattern recognition, in machine learning
 * In machine learning, a non-null finite sequence of constant and variable symbols
 * Regular expression, often called a pattern

Other

 * Airfield traffic pattern, the traffic flow immediately surrounding a runway
 * Design pattern, a standard form for a solution to common problems in design
 * Pattern book, a book of architectural designs
 * Pattern (architecture), a standard form (pattern language) for a solution to common problems in architecture
 * Software design pattern (see above)
 * Pattern formation, the processes and mechanisms by which patterns such as the stripes of animals form; also, a science dealing with outcomes of self-organisation
 * Pattern language, a structured method of describing good design practices
 * Pattern theory, a mathematical formalism to describe knowledge of the world as patterns
 * Patterns in nature, the visible regularities of form found in nature and explained by science
 * Pedagogical patterns
 * In ethnomethodology, a (generally non-rigid) routine

Manufacturing

 * Multiple patterning, a class of technologies for manufacturing integrated circuits
 * Pattern (casting), a replica of the object to be cast
 * Pattern coin, a coin struck to test a new design, alloy, or method of manufacture
 * Pattern (sewing), the original garment, or a paper template, from which other garments are copied and produced

Fiction

 * Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre), a 1955 live television drama written by Rod Serling
 * Patterns (film), a 1956 film based on the TV show
 * Patterns, a 1989 novel by American science fiction author Pat Cadigan

Music

 * Patterns, a 1975 album by Kiki Dee
 * Patterns (album), by Bobby Hutcherson, released in 1980
 * Patterns (EP), an EP by Repeater
 * Patterns, an alternative title of the Modern Jazz Quartet's album Music from Odds Against Tomorrow
 * "Patterns" (song), by Simon and Garfunkel
 * "Patterns", a polka song by "Weird Al" Yankovic
 * "Patterns", a 1967 song by the Small Faces

Other uses

 * Pattern (devotional), in Irish Catholicism, the devotional practices associated with a patron saint
 * Patterns II, a pencil and paper game designed by Sid Sackson
 * Patterns (video game), a building game for personal computers
 * Juggling pattern, a trick performed while juggling