Support
Encyclopedia
Support may refer to:
- Support (structure)Support (structure)A support can refer to a variety of structures in architecture that includes arches, beams, columns, balconies, and stretchers....
, architectural components that include arches, beams, columns, balconies, and stretchers - Lateral support (disambiguation)
- Life supportLife supportLife support, in medicine is a broad term that applies to any therapy used to sustain a patient's life while they are critically ill or injured. There are many therapies and techniques that may be used by clinicians to achieve the goal of sustaining life...
, in medicine - Technical supportTechnical supportTechnical support or tech support refers to a range of services by which enterprises provide assistance to users of technology products such as mobile phones, televisions, computers, software products or other electronic or mechanical goods...
, help for computer hardware, software, or electronic goods - AdvocacyAdvocacyAdvocacy is a political process by an individual or a large group which normally aims to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions; it may be motivated from moral, ethical or faith principles or simply to protect an...
, in politics
Psychology
- Fan clubFan clubA fan club is a group that is dedicated to a well-known person, group, idea or sometimes even an inanimate object . Most fan clubs are run by fans who devote considerable time and resources to supporting them. There are also "official" fan clubs that are run by someone associated with the person...
- Moral supportMoral supportMoral support is a way of giving support to a person or cause, or to one side in a conflict, without making any contribution beyond the emotional or psychological value of the encouragement....
- Peer supportPeer supportPeer support occurs when people provide knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical help to each other. It commonly refers to an initiative consisting of trained supporters, and can take a number of forms such as peer mentoring, listening, or counseling...
- Support groupSupport groupIn a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic...
- SympathySympathySympathy is a social affinity in which one person stands with another person, closely understanding his or her feelings. Also known as empathic concern, it is the feeling of compassion or concern for another, the wish to see them better off or happier. Although empathy and sympathy are often used...
Mathematics
- Support (mathematics)Support (mathematics)In mathematics, the support of a function is the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set . This concept is used very widely in mathematical analysis...
, subset of the domain of a function where it is non-zero valued - Support (measure theory)Support (measure theory)In mathematics, the support of a measure μ on a measurable topological space is a precise notion of where in the space X the measure "lives"...
, a subset of a measurable space - Support (statistics), the logarithm of a likelihood function
- Method of supportMethod of supportIn statistics, the method of support is a technique that is used to make inferences from datasets.According to A. W. F. Edwards, the method of support aims to make inferences about unknown parameters in terms of the relative support, or log likelihood, induced by a set of data for a particular...
, in statistics, a technique that is used to make inferences from datasets - Support (mobile framework)Support (mobile framework)The work on the Support Framework investigates the problem of communication among mobile hosts, where topological connectivity is subject to frequent, unpredictable change....
, in mobile computing
Military
- Close air supportClose air supportIn military tactics, close air support is defined as air action by fixed or rotary winged aircraft against hostile targets that are close to friendly forces, and which requires detailed integration of each air mission with fire and movement of these forces.The determining factor for CAS is...
- Combat supportCombat supportIn the United States Army, the term combat support refers to units that provide fire support and operational assistance to combat elements. Combat support units provide specialized support functions to combat units in the areas of chemical warfare, combat engineering, intelligence, security, and...
- Combat service supportCombat service supportCombat service support is a subset of military logistics. Combat service support is more limited in depth than logistics, as it primarily addresses those factors directly influencing combat operations.-United States Army:...
- Fire SupportFire supportFire support is long-range firepower provided to a front-line military unit. Typically, fire support is provided by artillery or close air support , and is used to shape the battlefield or, more optimistically, define the battle...