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'''''Region''''' or '''''regional''''' can refer to: '''''Region''''' or '''''regional''''' may refer to:


==Geography== ==Geography==
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*], any airline that services a limited area, or any of several specific regional airlines, including *], any airline that services a limited area, or any of several specific regional airlines, including
**], an airline based in Papua New Guinea **], an airline based in Papua New Guinea
**], a defunct airline formerly based in Kenya **], a defunct airline formerly based in Kenya
**], an airline based in the Czech Republic **], an airline based in the Czech Republic
**], an airline based in Tanzania **], an airline based in Tanzania
**], an airline based in Australia **], an airline based in Australia
**], an airline based in Canada **], an airline based in Canada
**], a defunct airline based in Australia **], a defunct airline based in Australia
**], an airline based in France **], an airline based in France


Regional is also the name of at least two rail lines: Regional is also the name of at least two rail lines:
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==Computer science== ==Computer science==


* ], a ] technique in which allocations are organized into ''regions'' and all objects in a region can be deallocated at once. * ], a memory management technique in which allocations are organized into ''regions'' and all objects in a region can be deallocated at once
* In ], a region is a data structure used to represent an arbitrary set of pixels (in Apple ]) or series of shapes (] ] or ]) to be drawn on the screen. * In ], a region is a data structure used to represent an arbitrary set of pixels (in Apple QuickDraw) or series of shapes (Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface or X Window System to be drawn on the screen
* In ], a region is a reference to a portion of an audio file. * In ], a region is a reference to a portion of an audio file


==Mathematics== ==Mathematics==
*], a ], ], and ] set. *], a non-empty, open, connected set


==Corporations== ==Corporations==
*], a banking and financial services company headquartered in ], ], ] *], a banking and financial services company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama


==Politics== ==Politics==
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==Fiction== ==Fiction==
*], a small location in Tolkien's Middle-earth fictional universe *], a small location in Tolkien's Middle-earth fictional universe
* Regional novel, see ]; ] * Regional novel, see
** ]
** ]


==Media== ==Media==

Revision as of 05:29, 4 June 2013

Region or regional may refer to:

Geography

Region is a term used by contemporary geographers to describe an area of land or water that is part of a larger whole. Several types of geographic regions can be found at Region.

Transportation

Regional is also the name of at least two rail lines:

  • Regional Railways one of the three former passenger sectors of British Rail from 1981 to 1996
  • Regional (Amtrak), a train line that runs between Massachusetts and Virginia

Computer science

  • Region-based memory management, a memory management technique in which allocations are organized into regions and all objects in a region can be deallocated at once
  • In raster graphics, a region is a data structure used to represent an arbitrary set of pixels (in Apple QuickDraw) or series of shapes (Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface or X Window System to be drawn on the screen
  • In digital audio editing, a region is a reference to a portion of an audio file

Mathematics

Corporations

Politics

Fiction

Media

Topics referred to by the same term Disambiguation iconThis disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Region.
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