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Doublet vs Variant - What's the difference?

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In computing|lang=en terms the difference between doublet and variant

is that doublet is (computing) a word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes while variant is (computing) a variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.

As nouns the difference between doublet and variant

is that doublet is a man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves men in europe wore doublets from the 1400s to the 1600s while variant is something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

As an adjective variant is

showing variety, diverse.

doublet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves. Men in Europe wore doublets from the 1400s to the 1600s.
  • a pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
  • (linguistics) one of two or more different words in a language derived from the same origin but coming by different routes (e.g., toucher'' and ''toquer'' in French or ''yard'' and ''garden in English).
  • (literature) In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
  • (lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
  • (printing, US) A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
  • (quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of 1/2, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, -1/2 and +1/2.
  • (computing) A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes
  • (botany) A very small flowering plant,
  • A word ladder puzzle.
  • An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct.
  • * 1855 , Hermann Schacht, Frederick Currey, The Microscope
    • The doublet generally used is that invented by Dr. Wollaston, and consists of two plano-convex lenses placed with their convex sides towards the eye
  • Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost.
    • to throw doublets
  • (uncountable) A game somewhat like backgammon.
    • (Halliwell)

    Quotations

    ; jacket * 1602 : , act 2 scene 1 line 75 *: Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced, *

    See also

    * homolog * pair * twin (coefficient)

    variant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * variaunt (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing variety, diverse.
  • Showing deviation or disagreement.
  • (obsolete) Variable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
    • All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.
    The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
  • (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
  • (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.

    • Related terms

    * variance * variation * vary

    See also

    * alternate * alternative ----