(mathematics, computing) An ordered tuple, originally one representing a directed quantity, but by extension any one-dimensional matrix.
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Computers store many types of data as vectors for ease of processing.
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A row vector is a matrix whose M dimension is 1. In fact, a row vector is a matrix consisting of a single row, and a column vector a matrix consisting of a single column.
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2003 February 26, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, The PC Graphics Handbook, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 62:
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Color is stored as a vector attribute (R, G, B).
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2011 March 8, Lee Lanier, Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 97:
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GPU cores are essentially vector-processing units, capable of applying the same instruction on a large collection of operands.
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2022 February 9, Gerassimos Barlas, Multicore and GPU Programming: An Integrated Approach, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 398: