Fork (disambiguation)

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A fork is a utensil for eating and cooking.

Fork may also refer to:

Implements

• Broadfork, for breaking up the soil
• Garden fork, a pronged tool designed for digging
• Heretic's fork, a historical torture device
• Bicycle fork, the part of a bicycle to which the front wheel is attached
• Motorcycle fork, the portion of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel
• Tuning fork, a vibrating device used to tune musical instruments
• Bident, a two-pronged spear-like weapon
• Pitchfork, a tined farm implement used to lift and pitch hay and perform other tasks
• Trident, a three-pronged spear-like weapon
• Winnowing fork, a tined implement used to throw mixtures of grain and chaff into windy air, and thus separate them
• Military fork, a pole weapon used in war between the 15th and 19th centuries
• Fork (road), a type of intersection where the road splits

In mathematics

• Fork (topology), a mathematical abstraction
• Forking extension, in mathematical model theory

In computing

• Fork (system call), a method of creating new processes as a copy of another one
• Fork bomb, a type of malware that creates many new processes
• Fork (software development), when a piece of software or other work is split into two branches or variations of development
• Fork (file system), a part of a file in certain filesystems

Places

• Fork, Maryland, a town in the United States
• Forks, Washington, a town in the United States
• Fork Township (disambiguation), several districts in the United States
• Fork, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran

In science

• A tributary of a river or other stream; designations "West Fork" (WFK) and "East Fork" (NFK) are fairly common in some areas
• Forked tongue, a natural bifurcation that occurs in some animals

In culture

• Fork (chess), a situation in chess where one piece simultaneously attacks two or more opposing pieces, usually resulting in the loss of an enemy piece
• Morton's fork, a choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives (in other words, a dilemma), or two lines of reasoning that lead to the same unpleasant conclusion

See also

• Operation Fork, the invasion of Iceland by the British during WWII
• Bifurcation (disambiguation)
• Fork in the road (disambiguation)
• The Forks (disambiguation)
• Forks (disambiguation)
• Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
• Wikipedia:Content forking

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