Layer
Layer may refer to:
- A layer of archaeological deposits in an excavation
- A layer hen, a hen kept to produce eggs
- Layered clothing, wearing multiple layers of clothing
Fiction
- Layer, a female Maverick Hunter in the Mega Man X series
Science
- Stratum, a layer of rock or soil with similar composition
- Thermocline, a layer of temperature within an area of water
Technology
Computing
- Abstraction layer, a way of hiding the specifications of a function
- OSI model layers
- Internet protocol suite layers
- 2D computer graphics#Layers, layers in two-dimensional (2D) computer graphics
- Layers (digital image editing), used in digital image editing to separate different elements of an image
Electronics
- DVD layer, such as in DVD dual layer recording
- Layer (electronics), a single thickness of some material covering a surface