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Aging is the effect of time on a person.

Aging or ageing may also refer to:

Biology

• Senescence, the biological effect of time on an organism
  • Aging in cats
  • Aging in dogs

Demography

• Population ageing, a shift in the distribution of a population towards older ages

Chemistry and materials science

• Polymer degradation, a change of polymer properties due to environmental factors
• Precipitation hardening, a heat treatment of materials
• Ostwald ripening, precipitate or deposit aging in chemistry
• Ageing (textiles), after treatment of textiles

Food preparation

• Aging (food), the leaving of a product to improve its flavor
  • Aging of wine, the effect of time on wine
  • Barrel aging, a method of maturing wine, spirits, etc.
  • Beef aging, a process of preparing beef for consumption
  • Cheese ripening, a process in cheesemaking

Computers

• Aging (file system), a tendency towards data fragmentation in file systems
• Aging (scheduling), an operating system technique for resource allocation
• Software aging, the tendency of software to exhibit problems as time passes by

Other uses

• Aging (artwork), a process by which an artwork is made to appear old
• Aging (journal), a medical journal

See also

• Age (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Aging
• All pages with titles containing Ageing

• Disambiguation pages