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	Annealing may refer to:- Annealing (metallurgy)Annealing (metallurgy) Annealing, in metallurgy and materials science, is a heat treatment wherein the microstructure of a material is altered, cau... , a heat treatment that alters the microstructure of a material causing changes in properties such as strength and hardness Annealing (glass)Annealing (glass) Annealing, in glassblowing and lampworking, is heating a piece of glass until its temperature reaches a stress-relief point,... , heating a piece of glass to remove stress Annealing (biology)Annealing (biology) Annealing, in genetics, means for DNA or RNA to pair by hydrogen bonds to a complementary sequence, forming a double-strande... , DNA or RNA pairing by hydrogen bonds to a complementary sequence, forming a double-stranded polynucleotide Simulated annealingSimulated annealing Simulated annealing is a generic probabilistic meta-algorithm for the global optimization problem, namely locating a good ap... , a technique for searching for a solution in a space otherwise too large for "ordinary" search methods to yield results Information annealingInformation annealing Information annealing or knowledge annealing, in library and information science, is a network-based information syste... or knowledge annealing, a network-based information system in which all users of the system are permitted to change the system at will Quantum annealingQuantum annealing In mathematics and applications, quantum annealing is a method for finding solutions to combinatorial optimization problems ... , a method for finding solutions to combinatorial optimisation problems and ground states of glassy systems using quantum fluctuations Full annealing, the annealing process of ferrous alloys.