title: Vectorization
text: # Vectorization
  
  Vectorization may refer to:
  
  ## Computing
  
  * Array programming, a style of computer programming where operations are applied to whole arrays instead of individual elements
  * Automatic vectorization, a compiler optimization that transforms loops to vector operations
  * Image tracing, the creation of vector from raster graphics
  * Word embedding, mapping words to vectors, in natural language processing
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Vectorization (mathematics), a linear transformation which converts a matrix into a column vector
  * Drug vectorization, to (intra)cellular targeting
  