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Cluster(s) may refer to:

Computing and data science

* Computer cluster, a group of loosely coupled computers that work together
** e.g. Kubernetes cluster
* Data cluster, a group of disk sectors used in a File Allocation Table
* wp>Cluster analysis, a technique for statistical data analysis
* wp>Cluster sampling, a sampling technique used when "natural" groupings are evident in a statistical population
* Clusterable graph, in wp>Balance_theory#Signed_graphs_and_social_networks|balance theory

Other uses

* wp>Clusterfuck or cluster, slang term for a messy situation, arising in the wp>US Marine Corps. Chaotic and messy situation from multiple mistakes or problems happening in rapid succession. (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clusterfuck) See cascading failure.