Sieve
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Sieve may mean:
Cooking
Mathematics
- sieve theory, technique for counting or filtering sets of numbers
- * sieve of Eratosthenes
- * general number field sieve
- * large sieve
- sieve (category theory), a way of writing down how objects in a category glue to give other ones
Computer science
- Sieve (mail filtering language), a proposed standard for specifying mail filters.
Other uses
- In metaphor and simile, sieve may often be used to refer to things that are leaky, as a sieve used for a bowl.
- On rivers, a sieve is a dangerous obstacle that water can pass through, but people cannot.
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