cell

词源: celle, from Latin cella 'small room'

Cell may refer to:

Closed spaces

• Monastic [隐修院的] cell, a small room, hut, or cave in which a monk or religious recluse lives
• Prison cell, a room used to hold people in prisons

Groups of people

• Cell, a group of people in a cell group, a form of Christian church organization
• Cell, a unit of a clandestine [秘密的]cell system, a penetration-resistant form of a secret or outlawed organization
• Cellular organizational structure, such as in business management

Computing and telecommunications

• Cell (EDA), a term used in an electronic circuit design schematics
• Cell (microprocessor), a microprocessor architecture developed by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM
• Cell, the basic unit of Flash memory
• Cell, a unit in a database table or spreadsheet, formed by the intersection of a row and a column
• Cell, a wireless connection within a limited area, referred to as a cell, or Basic Service Set
• Cell, a fixed length data frame used in the Asynchronous Transfer Mode protocol
• Cell phone or mobile phone, a phone connected to a cellular network
• Cell, area of radio coverage in a cellular network

Mathematics

• Cell (geometry), a three-dimensional element, part of a higher-dimensional object

Cell (biology), the functional basic unit of life

Electrochemical cell, a device used to convert chemical energy to electrical source of energy

Fuel cell. a device used to convert chemical energy from a fuel example hydrogen to electricity

Photodetector, or photo cell, a sensor which detects light

Solar cell, a component of photovoltaic systems used to convert the energy of light into electricity

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