Column (disambiguation)
# Column (disambiguation)

A column is a vertical structural element in architecture.

Column or columns may also refer to:

## Art and entertainment

* Column (periodical), a recurring piece or article in a newspaper or magazine
* "Columns" (How I Met Your Mother), a 2007 episode of How I Met Your Mother
* Columns (video game), a puzzle video game

## Computing, informatics and mathematics

* Column (data store), a NoSQL object
* Column (database), a set of data values of a particular type in a relational database
* Column(s) in a table (information), a data arrangement with rows and columns
* Column vector, an m × 1 matrix in linear algebra
* Miller Columns, the data tree structure visualization technique

## Military

* Column (formation), a military formation
* Flying column, a combined arms independent military formation of a temporary nature

## Science

* Column (botany) or gynostemium, a part of an orchid
* Column chromatography, a method used to purify individual chemical compounds from mixtures of compounds
* Column-based nucleic acid purification
* Cortical column, a group of neurons in the brain cortex
* Fractionating column, an essential item used in distillation of liquid mixtures
* Packed bed column, an apparatus used in column chromatography, absorption, scrubbing and distillation
* Stalagnate (or pillar or sinter column), a limestone cave formation comprising a column from the ceiling to the floor
* Vertebral column, a column of vertebrae situated in the dorsal aspect of the abdomen
* Column (fluid dynamics), a vertical body of one fluid moving through another
   * Eruption column, a cloud of super-heated material suspended in gases after a volcanic eruption

## Other uses

* Columns (juggling), a juggling pattern
* Column (typography), a vertical block of text positioned on a page
* Columns of Gediminas, one of the earliest symbols of Lithuania and its historical coats of arms.
* Fifth Column, group of people who undermine a larger group, city or nation
