# Tiling

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**Tiling** may refer to:

- The physical act of laying [tiles](/source/Tile)
- [Tessellation](/source/Tessellation), the mathematical analysis of covering a surface or higher-dimensional object with geometrical shapes

## Computing

- The compiler optimization of [loop tiling](/source/Loop_tiling)
- [Tiled rendering](/source/Tiled_rendering), the process of subdividing an image by regular grid
- [Tiling window manager](/source/Tiling_window_manager)

## People

- [Heinrich Sylvester Theodor Tiling](/source/Heinrich_Sylvester_Theodor_Tiling) (1818–1871), physician and botanist
- [Reinhold Tiling](/source/Reinhold_Tiling) (1893–1933), German rocket pioneer

## Other uses

- [Neuronal tiling](/source/Neuronal_tiling)
- [Tile drainage](/source/Tile_drainage), an agriculture practice that removes excess water from soil
- [Tiling (crater)](/source/Tiling_(crater)), a small, undistinguished crater on the far side of the Moon

## See also

- [Brickwork](/source/Brickwork)
- [Packing (disambiguation)](/source/Packing_(disambiguation))
- [Tiling puzzle](/source/Tiling_puzzle)

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