Spark

Spark may refer to:

Contents 1 Physical sparks 2 Computer science 3 Entertainment 4 Publications 5 Music 6 Ships and submarines 7 Companies and organisations 8 People with surname Spark 9 Other 10 See also

Physical sparks

• Spark (fire), a small glowing particle or ember
• An electric spark, usually with a flash and a sharp noise

Computer science

• SPARK (programming language)
• Spark (cellular automaton), a type of pattern in Conway's Game of Life and related rules
• Spark (software), an open source instant messenger client based on XMPP protocol

Entertainment

• Spark (radio show), a culture and technology program hosted by Nora Young for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Spark (comics) or Lightning Lass, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
• Spark (Transformers), the name of several Transformers and also the word for their soul
• Spark (film), a 1998 film
• in Girl Genius, a "spark" is a mad scientist with supernatural abilities
• Polly Spark and Professor Spark, characters in the JumpStart Typing educational game series

Publications

• Spark (University of Reading Newspaper), a British university newspaper
• Spark (magazine), an Australian student
• Iskra (Искра, Russian for "spark"), political newspaper of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Music

• Spark (singer) (born 1992), female singer-songwriter from East London
• Spark (Thomas Leeb album), 2004
• Spark (Marit Larsen album), 2011
• Spark (Alain Johannes album), 2010
• Spark Records, a record label
• "Spark" (Tori Amos song), 1998
• "Spark" (Yulia Volkova song), 2009
• "Spark" (Amy Macdonald song), 2010
• "Spark" (Assemblage 23 song), 2009
• Spark FM, a radio station in Sunderland, England

Ships and submarines

• HMS Spark (P236), a British Royal Navy submarine
• USS Spark (1813), a United States Navy brig ship
• USS Spark (1831), a United States Navy schooner
• USS Spark (IX-196), a United States Navy tank-landing ship

Companies and organisations

• Spark Unlimited, a computer game developer
• Spark Infrastructure, an investor in Australian infrastructure assets
• In the United States branch of the Red Falcons socialist youth movement, the "Red Sparks" were the younger age group
• Spark (U.S. organization) a US Trotskyist group

People with surname Spark

• Muriel Spark (1918–2006), Scottish novelist
• Alex Spark (1949–1993), Scottish footballer
• Alexander Brodie Spark (1792–1856), Scottish-born Australian merchant
• Debra Spark (born 1962), American writer
• Jeany Spark (born 1982), British actress
• Nick T. Spark, American film-maker and writer
• Victoria Spark (1950–2006), American actress

Other

• Spark (mathematics), the smallest number of linearly dependent columns in a matrix
• Spark or Sinthusa, a genus of butterfly
• Kicksled or spark, a small sled
• Spark (horse), an American thoroughbred racehorse
• A British, Australian & Irish synonym for electrician
• Chevrolet Spark

See also

• SPARC (disambiguation)
• Sparks (disambiguation)
• Sparx (disambiguation)
• Sparkle (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Spark"
• All pages with titles containing "Spark"

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