Void (disambiguation)

VOID may refer to:

• VOID (NaNa album), 1999
• VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration), a 2005 DVD by The Flaming Lips
• A device in security paper to prevent copying

The Vocabulary of Interlinked Datasets (VoID) is an RDF vocabulary, and a set of instructions, that enables the discovery and usage of linked data sets. A linked dataset is a collection of data, published and maintained by a single provider, available as RDF on the Web, where at least some of the resources in the dataset are identified by dereferencable URIs.

Void may refer to:

• Void (astronomy), the empty spaces between galaxy filaments
• Void (composites), a pore that remains unoccupied in a composite material
• Lack of matter, or vacuum
• Void, in boiling heat transfer, formed where there is a departure from nucleate boiling, causing a critical heat flux
• Void, in mechanical engineering, is a bubble or pocket of vapor which forms near a propeller or pump, causing cavitation
• Void, in casting or injection molding, describes a defect where there are empty spaces (air pockets) in a completed part
• Void coefficient, in nuclear engineering, is a measure of how spaces devoid of either moderator or coolant affect the reactivity of a nuclear reactor
• Void ratio, of voids to solids in a mixture, in material sciences
• Void safety, an issue raised in programming by a reference that is not attached to an object, also known as null reference
• Void type, keyword indicating the absence of type information in many programming languages
• VoID (Vocabulary of Interlinked Dataset), the vocabulary to describe linked open datasets in order for users to discover, interlink and evaluate the quality of these datasets on the Web