State (disambiguation)

State may mean:

Political science

• A state in politics, which is the same as a country or a nation.
• A city-state in politics, which is a city that is an independent nation.
• A nation state in politics, where the people living in a country have the same nationality.
• A sovereign state in politics
• A U.S. state, one of the 50 members of the United States. A U.S. state is like a province, prefecture, or district in another country.

Science

• A state of matter in chemistry. For example, solid, liquid, or gas.
• An equation of state in thermodynamics.
• An oxidation state in chemistry, referring to the number of electrons added or subtracted from an atom

Computing

• State (computer science), a unique configuration of information in a program or machine
  • Program state, in computer science, a snapshot of the measure of various conditions in the system
  • State pattern, in computer science, a behavioral design pattern
• State (printmaking), a unique form of a print, caused by a deliberate change to a matrix
• State (software), animation software for YouTube and social media sites