SET

Set has 464 separate definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary, the most of any English word; its full definition comprises 10,000 words making it the longest definition in the OED.

Set may refer to:

In mathematics and science:

• Set, a collection of things in mathematics
• Set (computer science), a datatype that is a collection of values

In the arts:

• Set construction, dramatic settings for theatrical, movie and video production
• Set, the basic square formation in square dancing
• Musical set theory, for tone row and diatonic set theory
• DJ set, a musical performance by a DJ
• Set (Thompson Twins album)

In sport and games:

• Set (game), a card game
• Set, a unit of play in Tennis
• Set (darts), when one player wins three legs

Referring to a deity:

• Set (mythology), an ancient Egyptian deity
• Set (serpent god), a character in the Marvel Universe and Conan the Barbarian stories

In crime

• Set, one of the various sub-groups of street gangs, which have significant differences between them such as gang signals, colors, clothing, and operations, especially of the Crips or the Bloods

Miscellaneous uses:

• Set and setting, coined by Timothy Leary to describe the mindset and location of hallucinogenic experiences
• seṭ root, a term of Sanskrit grammar
• Set (video game), a group of items that adds specific bonuses

Acronyms

SET may stand for:

• Sanlih Entertainment Television, a television channel in Taiwan
• Secure electronic transaction, a protocol used for credit card processing,
• Similarity Enhanced Transfer, a technology used to speed up download rate of files on file sharing networks
• Simulated Emergency Test, an amateur radio training exercise,
• Single-Electron Transistor, a device to amplify currents in nanoelectronics,
• Societatea pentru exploatari technice - a Romanian aircraft manufacturer of the 1920s and 30s
• Society for the Eradication of Television,
• Society of Engineering Technologists, a student organization at Texas Tech University
• Sony Entertainment Television, a television channel owned by Sony,
• South Eastern Trains now run by Southeastern, a public-owned rail company operating in South East England,
• Stock Exchange of Thailand, a national stock exchange of Thailand,
• SET Index, an index for Stock Exchange of Thailand,
• Study of Exceptional Talent, a program for gifted students with high scores on the SAT in middle school,
• Single-Ended Triode, a type of electronic amplifier,
• Social Entropy Theory, application of entropy concept to maintenace or disorganisation in society,
• School of Engineering Technology,
• Selective Employment Tax, a UK tax on non-productive workers introduced in 1966 and abandoned a few years later,
• Southeast Toyota Distributors, the world's largest privately owned distributor of Toyota vehicles,
• Suzuki SET (Suzuki Exhaust Tuning).

SET may also refer to:

• The DOS command to set environment variables.
• The unix command to set variables.

See also

• Seth, a character in the Bible