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
The "fork" holding a caster

Fork–join model, a way of designing and executing parallel computations.
Fork (system call), a method of creating new processes by splitting running ones.
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.

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

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