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