Spark

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A spark is a small airborne ember or particle of red-hot matter.

Spark may also refer to:
In science:

• An electric spark, usually with a flash and a sharp noise, may be:
  • A momentary electrostatic discharge
  • An electrical discharge caused when electric current through an inductive device is suddenly interrupted
  • A momentary corona discharge
• Spark (mathematics), the smallest number of linearly independent columns in a matrix
• Sinthusa, a genus of butterfly

In computer science:

• SPARC, a RISC-CPU designed by Sun Microsystems
• SPARK (programming language)
• Spark (cellular automaton), a type of pattern in Conway's Game of Life and related rules
• Spark (software), an open source instant messenger client based on XMPP protocol

In computer games:

• Spark Unlimited, a game developer
• Spark (computer game)‎

In music:

• Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts in Minneapolis, MN since 2001.
• Spark Records, a record label
• Spark (Thomas Leeb album), an album of fingerstyle guitarist Thomas Leeb
• "Spark", a single from Tori Amos's album, From the Choirgirl Hotel

In radio:

• Spark (radio show), a culture and technology program hosted by Nora Young for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

In corporate usage:

• Spark Infrastructure, an investor in Australian infrastructure assets

In fiction:

• Spark (comics) or Lightning Lass, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
• Spark (Transformers), the soul of a Transformer
• in Girl Genius, a "spark" is a mad scientist with supernatural abilities

In slang:

• A British and Australian synonym for electrician
• A kicksled, a human-powered sled
• A synonym for lighting a cigarette or spliff

Spark is the name of:

• Muriel Spark (1918–2006), Scottish novelist
• Spark (horse), an American thoroughbred racehors

See also

• Sparks

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