A cohort was a Roman military unit, a component of a legion. The term is now used in several different areas to denote various types of groups:

• Cohort (computer science), a concept in computer science
• Cohort (statistics), a group of subjects with a common defining characteristic — typically age group
• Cohort study, a form of longitudinal study used in medicine and social science

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