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Coherence

Coherence is from Latin cohaerere = stick together, to be connected with). See:

Coherence (physics). Coherence is an attribute of physical quantities that can be described in terms of waves when a well-defined wavefront can be defined, as in classical optics.
Coherence (linguistics) . In linguistics, coherence is what makes a text semantically meaningful.
Cache coherence and more general, memory coherence are concepts in computer architecture.
Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy)
Coherentism is an epistemological theory.
Coherent (operating system). A UNIX clone operating system.
Coherence (mathematics)
Coherence (Bayesian statistics). In Bayesian decision theory , an inference system of probabilities and utilities is coherent if it is immune to the possibility of a "Dutch book paradox"; see coherence (philosophical gambling strategy).

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