A Spark is a small airborne ember or particle of glowing, hot metal. Embers are the glowing hot coals made of greatly heated Wood, Coal or other carbon based material that remain after or sometimes precede a Fire.
Spark may also refer to:
In science:
- a momentary electrostatic discharge
- a momentary corona discharge
- 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 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
Spark is the name of:
- Muriel Spark (1918-2006), Scottish novelist
- Spark (horse), an American thoroughbred racehorse
See also
Electrostatic discharge ( ESD) is the sudden and momentary Electric current that flows between two objects at different Electrical potentials The term is In Electricity, a corona discharge is an Electrical discharge brought on by the Ionization of a Fluid surrounding a conductor, which Sinthusa is a Genus of Lycaenid butterflies, the sparks. SPARC (from Scalable Processor Architecture is a RISC Microprocessor Instruction set architecture originally SPARK is a formally-defined Computer programming language based on the Ada programming language intended to be secure and to In Conway's Game of Life and similar cellular automaton rules, a spark is a small collection of live cells that appears at the edge of some larger pattern such as Spark Unlimited', based in Sherman Oaks California, is a Video game developer founded by former developers from the Medal of Honor Spark Records was a Record label started by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller c Spark is Thomas Leeb 's second available release and features nine instrumentals and one song with vocals From the Choirgirl Hotel is the fourth studio album by American Singer and Songwriter Tori Amos. Spark Infrastructure is an entity listed on the Australian Securities Exchange which invests in infrastructure assets Lightning Lass (also known as Light Lass and Spark) is the name of a Comic book character owned by DC Comics whose adventures take place in the Transformers Generation 1 Although not officially the soul of a Transformer at this point Marvel comics would occasionally refer to the "spark of life" given to a Transformer Dame Muriel Spark, DBE ( February 1, 1918 &ndash April 13, 2006) was an award-winning Scottish Novelist. Spark was part of the first pair English-bred Thoroughbred horses imported to the Province of Maryland in 1747 by Provincial GovernorDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic