Form

Form is the shape, visual appearance, constitution or configuration of an object. In a wider sense, the form is the way something is or happens.

Form may also refer to the following:

Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data
Form (education), a class, set or group of students
Form (exercise), a proper way of performing an exercise
Form (horse racing), a record of a racehorse's performance, or similarly for an athlete
Form (religion), an academic term for prescriptions or norms on religious practice
Form (visual art), a three-dimensional geometrical figure; one of the seven elements of art
Musical form, a generic type of composition or the structure of a particular piece
Form (nest), a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass used by a hare
Criminal record, slang

Mathematics[edit]

Algebraic form (homogeneous polynomial), which generalises quadratic forms to degrees 3 and more, also known as quantics or simply forms
Bilinear form, on a vector space V over a field F is a mapping V × V → F that is linear in both arguments
Differential form, a concept from differential topology that combines multilinear forms and smooth functions
Indeterminate form, an algebraic expression that cannot be used to evaluate a limit
Modular form, a (complex) analytic function on the upper half plane satisfying a certain kind of functional equation and growth condition
Multilinear form, which generalises bilinear forms to mappings V^N → F
Quadratic form, a homogeneous polynomial of degree two in a number of variables

Form (HTML), a document form used on a web page to, typically, submit user data to a server
Form (programming), a component-based representation of a GUI window
FORM (symbolic manipulation system), a program for symbolic computations
Form (computer virus), the most common computer virus of the 1990s
Oracle Forms, a Rapid Application Development environment for developing database applications
Windows Forms, the graphical API within the Microsoft .NET Framework for access to native Microsoft Windows interface elements
XForms, an XML format for the specification of user interfaces, specifically web forms

Kata (型 or 形), the detailed pattern of defence-and-attack
Taeguk (Taekwondo) (형), the "forms" used to create a foundation for the teaching of Taekwondo
Taolu (套路), forms used in Chinese martial arts and sport wushu

Substantial form, asserts that ideas organize matter and make it intelligible
Intelligible form, a substantial form as it is apprehended by the intellect
Theory of Forms, asserts that ideas possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality
Value-form, an approach to understanding the origins of commodity trade and the formation of markets
Argument form, aka Logical form or Test form - replacing the different words, or sentences, that make up the argument with letters, along the lines of algebra; the letters represent logical variables

First-order reliability method, a semi-probabilistic reliability analysis method devised to evaluate the reliability of a system
Form, the relation a word has to a lexeme
Formwork, a mould used for concrete construction
A form is a backless bench formerly used for seating in dining halls, school rooms and courtrooms.
Isoform, several different forms of the same protein
Sixth form, an English term for the final two years of secondary school
The Forms (band), an American indie rock band
"-form", a term used in science to describe large groups, often used in taxonomy