Quark (disambiguation)

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Quark is Gell-Mann's name for a set of elementary particles in physics, adopted from a nonce word of James Joyce and subsequently appropriated for technical, commercial, and entertainment names/derivations.

Quark (dairy product), for a class of dairy-derived soft cheeses, is a usage that long antedates these myriad modern derivatives, and has cognates in many European languages.

Quark may also refer to:

Astrophysics

Quark epoch, a period in the evolution of the early universe

Computing

Quark, Inc., a software manufacturer
- QuarkXPress, their flagship page layout software
Quark (kernel), a microkernel used in the MorphOS operating system
QuArK or Quake Army Knife, a game editor
Quarks, X resources representing strings using integers
Intel Quark, a line of CPUs designed for small size and low power consumption

Entertainment

Broadcasting and print media

Quirks & Quarks, a Canadian weekly science news program
Quark (magazine), a science and puzzle magazine in the 1970s
Quark, a science fiction anthology book series, 1970-1971
Quark (TV series), a short-lived science fiction sitcom, 1978

Music

Quark Records, a former name of Emanem Records
Quark (song), a song by Die Ärzte
Quark, Strangeness and Charm, an album by Hawkwind
- Quark, Strangeness and Charm (song), the title track of this album

Fictional character names and types

Quark (Star Trek), a character from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Quark (Doctor Who), a type of robot
Quark, a white dragon from Lunar: The Silver Star and its remakes
Captain Qwark, a character in Ratchet & Clank video games
Quark, a character in Valhalla
Quark, a Marvel Comics character often associated with Longshot
Quark, a character in Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Quark, the family dog in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Other uses

Quark (techfest), Annual Technical Festival of BITS Pilani Goa Campus
Peugeot Quark, a concept car
Quark, a brand of flashlight
Quark, a ketch on display at the Apalachicola Maritime Museum in Apalachicola, Florida