Connected components are part of topology and graph theory, two related branches of mathematics.
- For the graph-theoretic concept, see connected component (graph theory).
- In topology: connected component (topology).
Implementations:
- Connected-component labeling is an algorithm in image processing.
Famous quotes containing the words connected and/or component:
“Nothing fortuitous happens in a child’s world. There are no accidents. Everything is connected with everything else and everything can be explained by everything else.... For a young child everything that happens is a necessity.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)
“... no one knows anything about a strike until he has seen it break down into its component parts of human beings.”
—Mary Heaton Vorse (1874–1966)