Consistency (disambiguation)

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Consistency, in logic, is a quality of no contradiction.

Consistency may also refer to:

In computer science

• Consistency (database systems)
• Consistency (knowledge bases)
• Consistency (user interfaces)
• Consistent hashing
• Consistent heuristic
• Consistency model

In logic

• Equiconsistency

In statistics

• Consistency (statistics), a property of an estimation technique giving the right answer with an infinite amount of data.
  • Consistent estimator
  • Fisher consistency
  • Consistent test: see Statistical hypothesis testing

In physics

• The viscosity of a thick fluid, e.g. of batter (cooking)
• Consistency (suspension) of a suspension (for example a pulp suspension)
• Consistent histories (quantum mechanics)

In mathematics

• Consistent and inconsistent equations

Others

• Consistency (negotiation), the psychological need to be consistent with prior acts and statements
• "Consistency", an 1887 speech by Mark Twain
• The consistency criterion, a measure of a voting system requiring that where one is elected by all segments of the voters, one must win the election
• Consistency Theory, an album by 1200 Techniques
• Consistent Life Ethic, an ideology stating that life is sacred
• Mr. Consistency (foaled 1958), American Thoroughbred racehorse

See also

• Constancy