A grid, with snow; Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto

Grid may mean:

Meaning an array of squares or rectangles:

• Grid plan, a city plan in which streets run at right angles to form a grid
• Grid reference, a standard method for the location of a point on a map.
• Grid view or datagrid, a graphical user interface element that presents a tabular view of data
• Grid graph, in graph theory
• Grid in typography and page layout: planning a page using a grid of different-sized and -shaped rectangles on computer software
• Grid (spatial index), a method for organizing information, e.g. in a database

In science, mathematics and technology:

• Electrical grid:
  • Electric power transmission, a long-distance high-voltage network for power transmission
  • Off-the-grid, living without public utility
• Grid computing, computing model that provides the ability to perform higher throughput computing
• Mesh (mathematics) or a regular grid or unstructured grid .

Places:

• Grid, a village in Pârâu Commune, Braşov County, Romania
• Grid, a village in the town of Călan, Hunedoara County, Romania

In popular culture:

• The Grid, a late eighties/early nineties electronic dance group
• The Grid (arcade game), an arcade game released in 2001.
• The Grid (TV series), a television series produced in 2004
• Grid (album), the eighth original album by the Japanese band M.O.V.E

Other:

• Grid (computer manufacturer), a laptop manufacturer in the 1980s
• Grid (Jotun), a giantess in Norse mythology
• Grid (metaphysics) That which binds all of the metaverses and their contents together

GRID may stand for:

• BioGRID, a database of biological interactions hosted at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada
• Gay related immune deficiency (GRID), a name for AIDS until 1982
• Global Release Identifier (GRid)
• Group for Rural India Development (GRID)
• GRID, the short-hand name for an ESRI GRID file