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Selector is a related term of selection.


As nouns the difference between selector and selection

is that selector is someone or something which selects or chooses different options while selection is the process or act of.

selector

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something which selects or chooses different options.
  • # (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
  • # (internet) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
  • # (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
  • #* 1990 , Byte (volume 15, issues 11-13, page 256)
  • Phar Lap executables provide a protected-mode selector , 34h, that maps to the first megabyte of physical memory.
  • #* 1995 , Lary L. Myers, ?Keith Weiskamp, Amazing 3-D games adventure set (page 235)
  • You will only have to be concerned with DPMI, selectors , and such, if you use Borland C++ in DOS.

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    Derived terms

    * uniselector English agent nouns

    selection

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process or act of .
    • The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.
  • Something selected.
    • My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte.
  • A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
    • I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.
  • A musical piece.
    • For my next selection , I'll play ''Happy Birthday'' in F-sharp minor.

    Derived terms

    * ambidirectional selection * apostatic selection * artificial selection * asexual selection * background selection * balancing selection * compatibility selection * counterselection * deme selection * demic selection * directional selection * disruptive selection * diversifying selection * ecological selection * environmental selection * eugenic selection * fecundity selection * frequency-dependent selection * gametic selection * gene selection * genetic selection * genic selection * group selection * hierarchical selection * higher-level selection * individual selection * inevitable selection * interdeme selection * interdemic selection * intersexual selection * interspecies selection * intrademe selection * intrademic selection * intrasexual selection * intraspecies selection * kin selection * lower-level selection * multilevel selection (MLS) * natural selection * natural selectional * natural selectionary * negative selection * organismal selection * organismic selection * panselection * panselectionism * panselectionist * positive selection * purified selection * purifying selection * selectional * selectionary * selectionism * selectionist * selection rule * sexual selection * simultaneous selection * species selection * stabilising selection, stabilizing selection * strong selection * supraorgamismal selection * survival selection * theory of natural selection * unit of selection * viability selection * weak selection

    Related terms

    * elect * election * elective * elite, * elitism, * elitist, * panselective * panselectivist * select * selectable * selectability * selectance * selectee * selective * selectively * selectiveness * selectivity * selectly * selectman * selectness * selector

    Synonyms

    * choice * (musical piece) number * (something selected) option * (musical piece) piece * (variety from larger collection) subset

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