Variant Explained

Variant may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Variant (magazine), a former British cultural magazine
Variant cover, an issue of comic books with varying cover art
Variant (novel), a novel by Robison Wells
"The Variant", 2021 episode of the TV series Loki
- Sylvie (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a character who was originally referred to as the Variant
- "Variant", a fictional term in the Marvel Cinematic Universe pertaining to the multiverse

Gaming

Chess variant, a game derived from, related to or similar to chess in at least one respect
List of poker variants
List of Tetris variants

Mathematics and computing

Variant (logic), a term or formula obtained from another one by consistently renaming all variables
Variant symlinks, a symbolic link to a file that has a variable name embedded in it
Variant type, in programming languages
Z-variant, unicode characters that share the same etymology but have slightly different appearances

Computer security

In network security, varieties of computer worms are called variants.

Biology

Allele, a variant of a gene
In microbiology and virology, a variant, or 'genetic variant' is a subtype of a known microorganism.

Vehicles

Volkswagen Variant, an air-cooled station wagon produced until the early 1980s
TeST TST-5 Variant, a Czech aircraft design of the 1990s

Other uses

Variant name (geography), a name for a geographic feature that is not in primary use
Variant Chinese character, Chinese characters that can be used interchangeably
Orthographical variant, a variant spelling of a botanical name
Varyant, a road in İzmir, Turkey
In an invitation to tender, a supplier response which in part offers a solution different from that specified by the buyer

See also