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A Spark is a small airborne ember or particle of red-hot matter.
Spark may also refer to:
In science:
- an electric spark, usually with a flash and a sharp noise, may be
- a momentary electrostatic discharge
- an electrical discharge caused when electric current through an inductive device such as an electric motor is suddenly interrupted, e.g. by a switch
- a momentary corona discharge
- Spark (mathematics), the smallest number of linearly independent columns in a matrix
- Sinthusa, a genus of butterfly
In computer sciences:
- SPARC, a RISC-CPU designed by Sun Microsystems
- SPARK (programming language)
- Spark (cellular automaton), a type of pattern in Conway's Game of Life and related rules
In computer games:
- Spark Unlimited, a game developer
In computer software:
- Spark (software), an instant messaging client by ignite realtime
In music:
- Spark Records, a record label
- Spark (Thomas Leeb album), an album of fingerstyle guitarist Thomas Leeb
- "Spark", a single from Tori Amos's album, From the Choirgirl Hotel
In corporate usage:
- Spark Infrastructure, an investor in Australian infrastructure assets
- Spark, an open source, cross-platform instant messaging client optimized for businesses and organizations
In websites:
- The Spark (website), a defunct humor web site
In fiction:
- Spark (comics) or Lightning Lass, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Spark (Transformers), the soul of a Transformer
In slang:
- A British and Australian synonym for electrician
Spark is the name of:
- Muriel Spark (1918-2006), Scottish novelist
- Spark (horse), an American thoroughbred racehorse
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