Classification is a process related to categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are
recognized, differentiated and understood. Classification is the grouping of related facts into classes.
It may also refer to:
Contents
 1Business, organizations, and economics
 2Mathematics
 3Media
 4Science
 5Organizations involved in classification
 6Other uses
 7See also
 8External links
Business, organizations, and economics[edit]
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Classification of customers, for marketing (as in Master data management) or for
profitability (e.g. by Activity-based costing)
Classified information, as in legal or government documentation
Job classification, as in job analysis
Standard Industrial Classification, economic activities
Mathematics[edit]
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Attribute-value system, a basic knowledge representation framework
Classification theorems in mathematics
Mathematical classification, grouping mathematical objects based on a property that all
those objects share
Statistical classification, identifying to which of a set of categories a new observation
belongs, on the basis of a training set of data
Media[edit]
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Classification (literature), a figure of speech linking a proper noun to a common noun
using the or other articles
Decimal classification, decimal classification systems
Document classification, a problem in library science, information science and computer
science
o Classified information, sensitive information to which access is restricted by
law or regulation to particular classes of people
o Library classification, a system of coding, assorting and organizing library
materials according to their subject
Image classification in computer vision
Motion picture rating system, for film classification
Science[edit]
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Scientific classification (disambiguation)
o Biological classification of organisms
o Chemical classification
o Medical classification, the process of transforming descriptions of medical
diagnoses and procedures into universal medical code numbers
o Taxonomic classification, also known as classification of species
 Cladistics, an approach using similarities
Organizations involved in classification[edit]
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International Society for Knowledge Organization
Other uses[edit]
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An industrial process such as mechanical screening for sorting materials by size, shape,
and density, etc.
Civil service classification, personnel grades in government
Classification of swords
Classification of wine
Classification society, a non-governmental organization that establishes and maintains
technical standards for the construction and operation of ships and offshore structures
Locomotive classification
Product classification
Security classification, information to which access is restricted by law or regulation
See also[edit]
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Class (disambiguation)
Classified (disambiguation)
Classifier (disambiguation)
Data classification (disambiguation)
Order
Taxonomy
External links[edit]
Look up classification, classifications, classifies, classify, or classifying in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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