Matching

Matching may refer to:

Geographical names

 * Matching, Essex, England
 * Matching Green
 * Matching Tye

Mathematics and computer science

 * Matching (graph theory), in graph theory, a set of edges without common vertices
 * Graph matching, detection of similarity between graphs
 * Matching (statistics), a technique for reducing bias when analyzing data from observational studies
 * Pattern matching, in computer science, a way to recognize patterns in strings or more general sequences of tokens
 * String matching algorithm, in computer science, another simpler way to recognize patterns in strings
 * Stable matching theory, the study of matching markets

Economics and finance

 * Matching funds, funds set to be paid in equal amount to funds available from other sources
 * Matching principle, an accounting method
 * Matching theory (economics), the assigning of job candidates to vacancies
 * Matching corresponding trades, the basic operation for clearing (finance)
 * Employer matching program in the United States

Law and society

 * Matching law, in behaviorism and learning, the matching law suggests that an animal's response rate to a scenario will be proportionate to the amount/duration of reinforcement delivered
 * National Resident Matching Program, the process of allocating medical graduates to internship programs
 * Matchmaking, the process of introducing people for the purpose of marriage

Engineering

 * Impedance matching, in electronics, attempting to make the output impedance of a source equal to the input impedance of the load to which it is ultimately connected