# Feature

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**Feature** may refer to:

## Computing

- [Feature recognition](/source/Feature_recognition), could be a hole, pocket, or notch
- [Feature (computer vision)](/source/Feature_(computer_vision)), could be an edge, corner or blob
- [Feature (machine learning)](/source/Feature_(machine_learning)), in statistics: individual measurable properties of the phenomena being observed
- [Software feature](/source/Software_feature), a distinguishing characteristic of a software program

## Science and analysis

- [Feature data](/source/Feature_data), in geographic information systems, comprise information about an entity with a geographic location
- Features, in [audio signal processing](/source/Audio_signal_processing), an aim to capture specific aspects of audio signals in a numeric way
- [Feature (archaeology)](/source/Feature_(archaeology)), any dug, built, or dumped evidence of human activity
- [Geographical feature](/source/Geographical_feature)

## Media

- [Feature film](/source/Feature_film), a film with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole film to fill a program - [Feature length](/source/Feature_length), the standardized length of such films
- [Feature story](/source/Feature_story), a piece of non-fiction writing about news
- [Radio documentary](/source/Radio_documentary) (feature), a radio program devoted to covering a particular topic in some depth, usually with a mixture of commentary and sound pictures
- A feature as a [guest appearance](/source/Guest_appearance)

## Music

- [*Feature* (band)](/source/Feature_(band)), a British punk trio.
- *[The Features](/source/The_Features)*, an American rock band

## Linguistics

- [Feature (linguistics)](/source/Feature_(linguistics)), a property of a class of linguistic items which describes individual members of that class
- [Distinctive feature](/source/Distinctive_feature), the most basic unit of structure that can be analyzed by phonetics and phonology

## Other uses

- *[The Feature](/source/The_Feature)*, a film collaboration between filmmakers Michel Auder and Andrew Neel
- [*The Feature*](/source/Instapaper#The_Feature) (originally named *Give Me Something to Read*), a standalone website that features a few high-quality, long-form, nonfiction articles every day from Instapaper's most frequently saved articles

## See also

- [Featurette](/source/Featurette)

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