Scheme
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Scheme may refer to:
  • Scheme (programming language), a minimalist, multi-paradigm dialect of Lisp
  • Scheme (mathematics)
    Scheme (mathematics)
    In mathematics, a scheme is an important concept connecting the fields of algebraic geometry, commutative algebra and number theory. Schemes were introduced by Alexander Grothendieck so as to broaden the notion of algebraic variety; some consider schemes to be the basic object of study of modern...

    , a concept in algebraic geometry
  • Scheme (linguistics)
    Scheme (linguistics)
    In linguistics, scheme is a figure of speech that changes the normal arrangement of words in a sentence's structure. A good example of a playwright who is notorious for his use of schemes and tropes is William Shakespeare .-Structures of balance:*Parallelism – The use of similar structures in two...

    , a figure of speech that changes a sentence's structure

See also

  • Collective investment scheme
    Collective investment scheme
    A collective investment scheme is a way of investing money alongside other investors in order to benefit from the inherent advantages of working as part of a group...

    , many people investing money together
  • URI scheme
    URI scheme
    In the field of computer networking, a URI scheme is the top level of the Uniform Resource Identifier naming structure. All URIs and absolute URI references are formed with a scheme name, followed by a colon character , and the remainder of the URI called the scheme-specific part...

    , the outermost part of internet URIs
  • Colour scheme
    Colour Scheme
    Colour Scheme is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the twelfth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1943. The novel takes place in New Zealand during World War II; the plot involves suspected Nazi activity at a hot springs resort on the New Zealand coast and a...

    , a set of colours chosen to be used together in some media
  • Numbering scheme
    Numbering scheme
    There are many different numbering schemes for assigning nominal numbers to entities. These generally require an agreed set of rules, or a central coordinator. The schemes can be considered to be examples of a primary key of a database management system table, whose table definitions require a...

    , an agreed-upon method of assigning nominal numbers to entities
  • Rhyme scheme
    Rhyme scheme
    A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme. In other words, it is the pattern of end rhymes or lines...

    , the pattern of rhyming lines in poems and lyrics
  • Get-rich-quick scheme
    Get-rich-quick scheme
    A get-rich-quick scheme is a plan to acquire high rates of return for a small investment. The term "get rich quick" has been used to describe shady investments since at least the early 1900s....

  • Ponzi scheme
    Ponzi scheme
    A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation...

    , a scam paying investors returns from their own or others' money rather than profits
  • Pyramid scheme
    Pyramid scheme
    A pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business model that involves promising participants payment or services, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, rather than supplying any real investment or sale of products or services to the public...

    , a non-sustainable business model involving the exchange of money primarily for enrolling other people
  • Housing scheme
    Council house
    A council house, otherwise known as a local authority house, is a form of public or social housing. The term is used primarily in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Council houses were built and operated by local councils to supply uncrowded, well-built homes on secure tenancies at...

    , a Scottish term for a council housing
    Council house
    A council house, otherwise known as a local authority house, is a form of public or social housing. The term is used primarily in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Council houses were built and operated by local councils to supply uncrowded, well-built homes on secure tenancies at...

     development
  • The Scheme
    The Scheme (TV series)
    The Scheme is a BBC Scotland BAFTA-award winning documentary series which follows the lives of six families on the Onthank and Knockinlaw housing schemes in Kilmarnock...

    , a controversial BBC Scotland
    BBC Scotland
    BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...

     television documentary
    Documentary film
    Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

     series following the lives of six families living in the Onthank Council house in Kilmarnock
    Kilmarnock
    Kilmarnock is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of 44,734. It is the second largest town in Ayrshire. The River Irvine runs through its eastern section, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'...


  • Schema (disambiguation)
  • Scam, an attempt to swindle, as in scheming
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