Variant
Variant may refer to: == Arts and entertainment == Variant (magazine), a former British cultural magazine Variant cover, an issue of comic books with varying cover art Variant (novel), a novel by Robison Wells "Variant" (The Walking Dead), a 2022 television episode "The Variant", 2021 episode of the TV series Loki Sylvie (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a character who was originally referred to as the Variant "Variant", a fictional term in the Marvel Cinematic Universe pertaining to the multiverse == Gaming == Chess variant, a game derived from, related to or similar to chess in at least one respect List of poker variants List of Tetris variants == Mathematics and computing == Loop variant, a decreasing value ensuring that a loop in a computer programme terminates Variant (logic), a term or formula obtained from another one by consistently renaming all variables Variant symlinks, a symbolic link to a file that has a variable name embedded in it Variant type, in programming languages Z-variant, unicode characters that share the same etymology but have slightly different appearances === Computer security === In network security, varieties of computer worms are called variants. == Biology == Allele, a variant of a gene In microbiology and virology, a variant, or 'genetic variant' is a subtype of a known microorganism.