Hotspot

Hot spot generally refers to small areas of intense or important activity embedded in a larger area of relative calm. Specifically, it may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Hot Spot (musical), a 1963 Musical
• The Hot Spot, a 1990 film with Don Johnson and Jennifer Connelly
• Hot Spot (song), by Foxy Brown
• Hot Spot (Transformers), the name of several Transformers characters
• Hot Spot (comics), a name for the DC Comics character Isaiah Crockett

Biology

• Biodiversity hotspot, a region of significant biodiversity
• Recombination hotspot, a DNA position where genetic recombination occurs with above-average frequency
• Hot spot (veterinary medicine)

Computers

• Hot spot (computer science), region of a program where a significant amount of computation occurs
• Hot spot in a database, a database object which is frequently being accessed
• Hot spot, in software frameworks, an area which is customized in various ways by users
• Hotspot (Wi-Fi), a Wi-Fi access point or area, in particular for connecting to the Internet
• HotSpot, a Java Virtual Machine from Oracle
• Screen hotspot, especially in GUI applications, an area on which computer users click or hover for interactivity

Geology

• Hotspot (geology), an area of unusually high volcanic activity

Physics

• Hot spot (casting), a metal casting defect
• Hot spot effect in subatomic physics, regions of high energy density or temperature in hadronic or nuclear matter

Sport

• Hot Spot (cricket), an infrared tracking system used in cricket

Other meanings

• Airport hot spots, locations where aircraft collisions with ground equipment may occur
• T-Mobile HotSpot, a service that allows mobile phone connections via a WiFi connection
• Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact On European Seas, international research project