Convergence
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Convergence may refer to:
Arts and media
Literature
Convergence (book series), edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen
"Convergence" (comics), two separate story lines published by DC Comics:
A four-part crossover storyline that united the four Weirdoverse titles in 1997
A 2015 crossover storyline spanning the DC Comics Multiverse
Convergence (journal), an academic journal that covers the fields of communications and media
Convergence (novel), by Charles Sheffield
Convergence (Cherryh novel), by C. J. Cherryh
Music
Convergence (Front Line Assembly album), 1988
Convergence (David Arkenstone and David Lanz album), 1996
Convergence (Dave Douglas album), 1999
Convergence (Warren Wolf album), 2016
Other media
Convergence (Pollock), a 1952 oil painting by Jackson Pollock
Convergence (1999) film by Gavin Wilding
Convergence (2015 film), an American horror-thriller film
Convergence (2019 film), a British drama film
Convergence, a 2021 Netflix film by Orlando von Einsiedel
"Convergence" (Blood & Oil), a 2015 television episode
"Convergence" (The Last of Us), a 2025 television episode
Events
CONvergence, a speculative fiction convention in Minnesota
Convergence (ABC convention), an annual gathering of gay men of size and their admirers in North America
Convergence (goth festival), the annual net.goth party
Organizations
Convergence (Guatemala), a political party in Guatemala
Convergence (Mexico), a political party in Mexico
Science, technology, and mathematics
Biology and ecology
Convergence (eye), simultaneous inward movement of eyes toward each other
Convergence (sustainability science), progress towards equity within biological planetary limits in sustainability science
Convergent evolution, the acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages
Computing
Convergence (routing), the status of a set of routers having the same knowledge of the surrounding network topology
Convergence (SSL), a distributed replacement for the CA system used by Secure Sockets Layer
Network Convergence, the combined provisioning of telephone, video and data communication services within a single network
Mathematics
Convergence space, a generalization of the notion of convergence that is found in point-set topology.
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