Discrete
# Discrete

Discrete may refer to:

* Discrete particle or quantum in physics, for example in quantum theory
* Discrete device, an electronic component with just one circuit element, either passive or active, other than an integrated circuit
* Discrete group, a group with the discrete topology
* Discrete category, category whose only arrows are identity arrows
* Discrete mathematics, the study of structures without continuity
* Discrete optimization, a branch of optimization in applied mathematics and computer science
* Discrete probability distribution, a random variable that can be counted
* Discrete space, a simple example of a topological space
* Discrete spline interpolation, the discrete analog of ordinary spline interpolation
* Discrete time, non-continuous time, which results in discrete-time samples
* Discrete variable, non-continuous variable
* Discrete pitch, a pitch with a steady frequency, rather than an indiscrete gliding, glissando or portamento, pitch
