# Specialization

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'''Specialization''' or '''Specialized''' may refer to:

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== Academia ==
* [Academic specialization](/source/Academic_specialization), may be a course of study or major at an academic institution or may refer to the field in which a specialist practices
* [Specialty (medicine)](/source/Specialty_(medicine)), a branch of medical practice

== Biology ==
* [Cellular differentiation](/source/Cellular_differentiation), the process by which a less specialized cell becomes a more specialized cell type
* [Specialty (medicine)](/source/Specialty_(medicine)), a branch of medical science
* [Generalist and specialist species](/source/Generalist_and_specialist_species), in biology and ecology

== Computer science ==
* [Partial template specialization](/source/Partial_template_specialization), a particular form of class template specialization
* [Template specialization](/source/Template_specialization), a style of computer programming which allows alternative implementations to be provided based on certain characteristics of the parameterized type that is being instantiated

== Economics and industry ==
* [Departmentalization](/source/Departmentalization), refers to the process of grouping activities into departments
* [Division of labour](/source/Division_of_labour), the specialization of cooperative labour in specific, circumscribed tasks and roles
* [Economic specialization](/source/Economic_specialization), the separation of tasks within an economy
* [Flexible Specialization (Post-Fordism)](/source/Flexible_Specialization_(Post-Fordism)), a name given to the dominant system of economic production, consumption and associated socio-economic phenomena, in most industrialized countries since the late 20th century
* [Network governance](/source/Network_governance), also known as Flexible Specialization

== Linguistics ==
* [Specialization (linguistics)](/source/Specialization_(linguistics))
* [Specialized English](/source/Specialized_English), a controlled version of the English language used for radio broadcasting, easier for non-native speakers

== Mathematics ==
* [Specialization (pre)order](/source/Specialization_(pre)order), a natural preorder on the set of the points of a topological space
* [Ring of symmetric functions#Specializations](/source/Ring_of_symmetric_functions), an algebra homomorphism from the ring of symmetric functions to a commutative algebra.
* [Specialization (logic)](/source/Specialization_(logic))

== Organizations ==
* [SCT Logistics](/source/SCT_Logistics), transport company in Australia that formally traded as Specialised Container Transport
* [Specialised Technical Committees of the African Union](/source/Specialised_Technical_Committees_of_the_African_Union)
* [Specialized Technology Resources](/source/Specialized_Technology_Resources), an American corporation headquartered in Enfield, Connecticut
* [Specialized System Consultants](/source/Specialized_System_Consultants), a private media company that publishes magazines and reference manuals
* [Specialized Bicycle Components](/source/Specialized_Bicycle_Components), a company making bicycles and bicycle components

== Psychology ==
* [Cognitive specialization](/source/Cognitive_specialization), refers to the theory that learning certain skills inhibits the ability to learn related but dissimilar skills
* [Interactive specialization](/source/Interactive_specialization), a theory of brain development 

== Other uses ==
* [Specialized Mobile Radio](/source/Specialized_Mobile_Radio), analog or digital trunked two-way radio system

== See also ==
* [Specialist (disambiguation)](/source/Specialist_(disambiguation))

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