Cohort

Cohort may refer to:

Cohort (military unit), a Roman military unit
Cohort (computer science), a group of proximate data and/or operations
Cohort (statistics), a group of subjects with a common defining characteristic — typically age group
Cohort study, a form of longitudinal study used in medicine and social science
Cohortocracy, a form of governance with representation by groups present in the governed population

A cohort (from the Latin cohors, plural cohortes) is a fairly large military unit generally consisting of one type of soldier A cohort in Computer science is a group of proximate Data and/or operations In Statistics and Demography, a cohort is a group of subjects &mdash most often humans from a given population &mdash defined by experiencing an event (typically A cohort study or panel study is a form of Longitudinal study used in Medicine and Social science.

Dictionary

-noun

A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group.
(military, history) Any division of a Roman legion; normally of about 500 men.
A colleague.

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