Scheme

A scheme is a systematic plan for the implementation of a certain idea.

Scheme or schemer may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• The Scheme (TV series), a BBC Scotland documentary series
• The Scheme (band), an English pop band
• The Scheme, an action role-playing video game for the PC-8801, made by Quest Corporation
• Schemer (comics), Richard Fisk, a Marvel Comics villain turned antihero
• Horace Schemer, a fictional character in the TV series Shining Time Station
• Schemee, a fictional child character and Schemer's nephew in the TV Series Shining Time Station
• Schemers (film), a Scottish film

Other uses

• Classification scheme, eg a thesaurus, a taxonomy, a data model, or an ontology
• Scheme (programming language), a minimalist dialect of Lisp
• Scheme (mathematics), a concept in algebraic geometry
• Scheme (linguistics), a figure of speech that changes a sentence's structure
• Scam, an attempt to swindle or cheat people through deception
  • Get-rich-quick scheme, a plan to obtain high rates of return for a small investment
  • Matrix scheme, or ladder scheme, a business model involving the exchange of money for a certain product with a side bonus of being added to a waiting list for a product of greater value than the amount given
  • Ponzi scheme, a scam paying investors returns from their own or others' money (rather than from profits)
  • Pyramid scheme, a non-sustainable business model involving payments primarily for enrolling other people
• Google Schemer, a former service allowing its users to share plans and interests
• Scheme, a type of government program in India

See also

• Color scheme
• Contract
• Housing scheme, a Scottish term for a council housing development
• Investment fund
• Numbering scheme
• Rhyme scheme
• Schema (disambiguation)
• URI scheme, the outermost part of internet Uniform Resource Identifiers