Hotspot
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A hot spot is a region of high or special activity within a larger area of low or normal activity; it may refer to:
- Hotspot (geology), a location that has experienced active volcanism for a long time
- Biodiversity hotspot, a region of significant biodiversity threatened with destruction
- Hotspot (Wi-Fi), a Wi-Fi access point or area, in particular for connecting to the Internet
- HotSpot, a Java Virtual Machine from Sun Microsystems
- Hot Spot (musical), a 1963 musical with lyrics by Martin Charnin and music by Mary Rodgers
- The Hot Spot, a 1990 film with Don Johnson and Jennifer Connelly
- Screen hotspots, especially in GUI applications, provide areas on which computer-users click or hover for extra information-processing
- HotSpot, the primary Java Virtual Machine produced by Sun Microsystems
- Hot Spot (comics), a character in the Teen Titans animated series
- Hot Spot (Transformers) is the name of several Transformers characters
- "hotspots", DNA positions where mutations occur very frequently
- "The Hotspot" is a weekly podcast by the editors of GameSpot discussing various gaming-related news and events
- Hotspot (stage lighting), the center of a beam of light from a stage lighting instrument that appears brighter than the surrounding light
- Hot spot (crime), an area containing high numbers of criminal incidents
- Hotspot (economic), an area of very rapid economic growth