For Column we have terms and definitions in 11 topics. The topics are Architecture, Computing and Social Science, Construction, Furniture, Interior Design, Landscape, Newspaper Design, Speleological, Technology, Tradeshow, Exhibitor and Tudor, Architecture.

Column (Architecture)

A slender, upright structure, usually a supporting member in a building. Freestanding or self-supporting structural element carrying forces mainly in compression; either stone, steel, or brick, or more recently, concrete.

Column (Computing and Social Science)

In a data file, a single vertical column each being one byte in length. Fixed format data files are traditionally described as being arranged in lines and columns. In a fixed format file, column locations describe the locations of variables.

Column (Construction)

A vertical structural compression member which supports loads.

Column (Furniture)

A supporting pillar; especially: one consisting of a usually round shaft, a capital (if Greek or Roman) or an ornamented bracket (if Oriental), and a base.

Column (Interior Design)

Round or square slender pillars, which are often used as structural supports, but can also be purely decorative

Column (Landscape)

A cylindrical, upright structural support in architecture, consisting of a base, shaft, and capital; an engaged column is one half-embedded in the wall behind it.

Column (Newspaper Design)

A vertical stack of text; also called a leg.

Column (Speleological)

A speleothem joining floor to ceiling, formed when a stalactite and stalagmite grow and join, or when either grow to meet bedrock.
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Column (Technology)

1. A series of items arranged vertically within some type of framework--for example, a continuous series of cells running from top to bottom in a spreadsheet, a set of lines of specified width on a printed page, a vertical line of pixels on a video screen, or a set of values aligned vertically in a table or matrix. Compare row. 2. In a relational database management system, the name for an attribute. The collection of column values that form the description of a particular entity is called a tuple or row. A column is equivalent to a field in a record in a nonrelational file system. See also entity, field (definition 1), row, table (definition 2).

Column (Tradeshow, Exhibitor)

A pillar in an exposition facility which supports the roof or other overhead structures. Usually shown on a floor plan as a solid square.

Column (Tudor, Architecture)

A vertical weight-carrying architectural member, cuircular in cross section and consisting of a base (sometimes omitted) a shaft, and a capital.

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