# Nesting

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'''Nesting''' may refer to:

==Science and technology==
=== Parenting behavior ===
* Building or having a [nest](/source/nest)
** [Nesting instinct](/source/Nesting_instinct), an instinct in pregnant animals to prepare a home for offspring
=== Things within other things of the same kind ===
* [Nesting (computing)](/source/Nesting_(computing)), a concept of information organized recursively
* [Nesting (process)](/source/Nesting_(process)), a process of efficiently manufacturing parts from flat raw material
* [Nesting algorithm](/source/Nesting_algorithm) for optimal packing
* [Nested sampling algorithm](/source/Nested_sampling_algorithm), a method in Bayesian statistics
* [Nested radical](/source/Nested_radical), a radical (i.e. mathematical notation for an ''n''th root) with other radicals inside it
* [Nested intervals](/source/Nested_intervals), in mathematics, intervals within intervals
* ''Nested variation'' or ''nested data'', described at [restricted randomization](/source/restricted_randomization)
** [Nested case-control study](/source/Nested_case-control_study), a case when this occurs

==Other uses==
* [Nesting (child custody)](/source/Nesting_(child_custody)), a child custody arrangement in which the children stay in the home
* [Nesting (voting districts)](/source/Nesting_(voting_districts)), the process of combining or splitting of voting districts
* [Nesting, Shetland](/source/Nesting%2C_Shetland), in Scotland
* ''[The Nesting](/source/The_Nesting)'', a 1981 American slasher film directed by Armand Weston
* [''Nesting'' (2012 film)](/source/Nesting_(2012_film)), an American romantic comedy film directed by John Chuldenko
* [''Nesting'' (2025 film)](/source/Nesting_(2025_film)), a Canadian thriller film directed by Chloé Cinq-Mars

==See also==
* All articles beginning with Nesting
* [Nest (disambiguation)](/source/Nest_(disambiguation))
* [Matryoshka doll](/source/Matryoshka_doll), a Russian nested doll

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