Spark

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Spark may refer to:

Physical sparks

• Spark (fire), a small glowing particle or ember
• An electric spark, usually with a flash and a sharp noise
• Spark-gap transmitter, a technology used to generate radio waves

Computer science

• SPARK (programming language)
• Spark (software)
• Spark (cellular automaton), a type of pattern in Conway's Game of Life and related rules
• Apache Spark, a cluster computing framework

Entertainment

• ABC Spark, a Canadian cable channel which is Canada's sister network to the American ABC Family
• Spark (radio show), a culture and technology program hosted by Nora Young for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Spark Festival a NZ Festival of Media, Arts and Design
• The Spark, an arts and culture radio program produced by WMRA
• Spark (comics) or Ayla Ranzz, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
• Spark (Transformers), the lifeforce of the Transformers
  • Pyro (Transformers), also called "Spark", the name of several Transformers
• Spark: A Burning Man Story, a 2013 documentary film
• In the comics series Girl Genius, a "spark" is a mad scientist with supernatural abilities
• Polly Spark and Professor Spark, characters in the JumpStart Typing educational game series
• Spark (1998 film), a film starring Terrence Howard
• Spark (2014 film), a film directed by V. K. Singh
• Spark (2016 film), an upcoming animated film

Publications

• Spark*, the student newspaper of the University of Reading
• Spark (magazine), an Australian student publication
• Iskra (Искра, Russian for "Spark"), political newspaper of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, 1900-1905
• Der Funke (German for "The Spark"), political newspaper of the International Socialist Struggle League, 1932-1933
• Gnisten (Norwegian for "The Spark"), periodical of the Norwegian Communist Party, 1925-1930
• Spark, an anthology founded by the California State Summer School for the Arts

Music

• 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" (Amy Macdonald song), 2010
• "Spark", a song by Assemblage 23 from Compass
• The Spark (song), a song by Dutch producer Afrojack
• Spark FM, a radio station in Sunderland, England
• Jessica Morgan (born 1992; formerly known as Spark), female singer-songwriter from East London

Places

• Spark Point, a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands

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
• Spark New Zealand, a telecommunications company
• IF Gnistan (Swedish for "The Spark Sports Union"), a Finnish football club from Helsinki

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 slang for electrician
• An English synonym for telegraphist (wireless short wave operator)
• Chevrolet Spark
• Project Spark by Microsoft, a "game maker" video game for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Windows 8.

See also

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