Starburst

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Starburst may refer to:

• Starburst region, a generic term to describe a region of space with a much higher than normal star formation
• Starburst galaxy
• Starburst (business), the breaking up of a large company
• Starburst (candy), a brand of chewy, fruit-flavored candy
• starburst (symbol), a symbol consisting of a star surrounded by rays emanating from it
• Starburst surface-to-air missile, a British man-portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS)
• Starburst project (relational database system), prototype of a working and very extensible database system developed by IBM
• Fourteen-segment display or Starburst display, an alphanumeric display configuration
• A type of migraine headache
• Starburst (dinnerware), manufactured by Franciscan Earthenware, which created iconography strongly associated with Mid-Century Modern design in the 1950s
• Starburst (spy manoeuver) - the sending of similar or identical agents or vehicles in different directions to force a surveillance team to choose one to follow

Film and television

• Starburst (Farscape), a means of faster-than-light propulsion in the television series Farscape
• Cross screen filter or Starburst filter, a type of lens filter that creates patterns of lines to radiate from bright points

Literature

• Starburst (magazine), a British science fiction related magazine
• Starburst (Alfred Bester), a collection of short stories by science fiction author Alfred Bester
• Starburst (Frederik Pohl), a science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl
• Starburst (Robin Pilcher), 2007 novel by Robin Pilcher
• Starburst (Kody Faust), 2008 work by Kody Faust in collaboration with Michael Quick

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