Layer Explained
Layer or layered may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Science
- Stratum, a layer of rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics
- Thermocline, a layer within a body of water where the temperature changes rapidly with depth
- Layer, an area in the neocortex with specific structure and connection pattern among neurons
Technology
Computing
- Layer (object-oriented design), a group of classes that have the same set of link-time module dependencies to other modules
- Layers (digital image editing), used in digital image editing to separate different elements of an image
- Layers, in 2D computer graphics
- Abstraction layer, a way of hiding the implementation details of a particular set of functionality
- Layer element, a deprecated -like tag, unique to Netscape 4 browsers
- Layer of objects, a term in CAD
- Map layer, a set of graphical information, especially in geographic information systems
- Layer (deep learning), a structure in the architecture of a deep learning model, which take information from the previous layers and then pass information to the next layer
Electronics
- Layer (electronics), a single thickness of some material covering a surface
- Dual layer recording, a DVD layer
- F region, or Appleton Layer in telecommunications
Other uses
- Layer, a tier of archaeological deposits in an excavation
- Layer hen, a hen raised to produce eggs
- Layer cake, a cake consisting of stacked layers
- Layered, Inc., an American software company
- Layered clothing, the wearing of multiple layers of clothing for practical or fashion purposes
- Layered hair, a popular hair-styling technique
- Walter Francis Layer (1907-1965), American politician and U.S. Marine Corps colonel
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