Flock, flocks or flocking may refer to: *

Flock (birds) A flock is a gathering of individual birds to forage or travel collectively. Avian flocks are typically associated with migration. Flocking also offers foraging benefits and protection from predators, although flocking can have costs for individ ...

, a gathering of individual birds to forage or travel collectively

Arts and entertainment

Music

* ''Flock'' (Bell X1 album), 2005 * ''Flock'' (Jane Weaver album), 2021 *

The Flock (band) The Flock was an American, Chicago-based jazz rock band, that released two albums on Columbia Records in 1969 (''The Flock (album), The Flock'') and 1970 (''Dinosaur Swamps''). The Flock did not achieve the commercial success of other Columbia j ...

, an American jazz rock band 1969–1970 ** ''The Flock'' (album), 1969 * ''Flock: The Best of the Mutton Birds'', a 2002 compilation album by

The Mutton Birds The Mutton Birds were a New Zealand rock music group formed in Auckland in 1991 by Ross Burge, David Long and Don McGlashan, with Alan Gregg joining a year later. Four of their albums reached the top 10 on the New Zealand Albums Char ...

Gaming

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Flock! ''Flock!'' (stylized as ''FLOCK!'') is a puzzle video game developed by Proper Games and published by Capcom for Windows, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. It was released in April 2009 for Microsoft Windows through Steam and Stardock's ...

'', a 2009 video game * ''The Flock'' (video game), a 2015 multiplayer-only survival horror video game * ''Flock'' (video game), a 2024 video game published by

Annapurna Interactive Annapurna Games, LLC (trade name: Annapurna Interactive) is an American video game publisher and developer. The company is a division of Annapurna Pictures, and was founded in 2016, and has focused on publishing innovative and emotive indie games ...

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Flock (sculpture) Michael Christian's ''Flock'' is a 42-foot sculpture made of welded steel. First seen at Burning Man in 2001, it was donated in November 2005 to the city of San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is ...

, by Michael Christian, 2001 * ''The Flock'' (film), a 2007 film starring Richard Gere * ''Flocking'' (film), a 2015 Swedish film * ''The Flock'', a 2006 novel by James Robert Smith * ''Flock'' (literary journal), formerly ''Fiction Fix'' * Flock, a fictional character in '' Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island''

People

Bob Flock Robert Newman Flock (April 16, 1918 – May 16, 1964) was an American stock car racing, stock car racer. He qualified on the pole position for NASCAR's 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series inaugural race, first Strictly Stock (now NASCAR Cup Ser ...

(1918–1964), American stock car racer; brother of Fonty Flock and Tim Flock *

Carmella Flöck Carmella Flöck (28 October 1898 - 20 December 1982) was a courier for the Austrian Resistance during the Anschluss of 1938-1945. She was a survivor of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Life Carmella Flöck was born in Innsbruck as an extrama ...

(1898–1982), courier for the Austrian Resistance 1938–1942 *

Dirk Flock Dirk Flock (born 23 May 1972) is a German former professional football player and now manager. Honours 1. FC Kaiserslautern * DFB-Pokal: 1995–96 Werder Bremen * DFB-Pokal: 1998–99; runner-up 1999–2000 * DFB-Ligapokal: runner-up 1999 ...

(born 1972), German footballer * Dorothea Flock (1608–1630), German woman convicted of witchcraft *

Fonty Flock Truman Fontell "Fonty" Flock (March 21, 1921 – July 15, 1972) was an American stock car racer. Flock family He was the brother of NASCAR pioneers Tim Flock and Bob Flock, and the second female NASCAR driver Ethel Mobley. The four ra ...

(1920–1972), American stock car racer; brother of Bob Flock and Tim Flock *

Hans Flock Hans Flock (born 18 April 1940) is a Norwegian judge. He was born in Melhus Municipality, and graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1966. He worked as an independent lawyer in Trondheim from 1970, presiding judge in Frostating from ...

(born 1940), Norwegian judge *

James F. Flock James F. Flock is a retired Major general (United States), major general in the United States Marine Corps. Served with VMFA531 USS Coral sea Operation Eagle Claw April 24,25 1980. Career Flock entered the Marine Corps from Milwaukee, Wisconsin i ...

, United States Marine Corps general *

Janine Flock Janine Flock (; born 25 July 1989) is an Austrian skeleton racer. She was a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Wint ...

(born 1989), Austrian skeleton racer *

Kay Flock Kevin Perez (born April 20, 2003), known professionally as Kay Flock, is an American rapper. Hailing from the Bronx, he began his career in 2020 and rose to fame through a variety of singles, most notably " Shake It". He released his debut mixt ...

(Kevin Perez, born 2003), American rapper *

Kendra Flock Kendra Flock (born September 5, 1985) is a former Canadian soccer player who last played as a forward for Falköpings KIK at the Swedish Elitettan. Life and career Flock was born in Calgary, Alberta, and started playing soccer at the age of fi ...

(born 1985), Canadian soccer player *

Robert Herman Flock Robert Herman Flock (born November 4, 1956) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia. Biography Born in Sparta, Wisconsin, Flock was ordained to ...

(born 1956), American bishop *

Tim Flock Julius Timothy Flock (May 11, 1924 – March 31, 1998) was an American stock car racer. He was a two-time NASCAR series champion. His brothers Bob and Fonty Flock also raced in NASCAR, as did his sister Ethel Mobley, NASCAR's second female d ...

(1924–1998), American stock car racer; rother of Bob Flock and Fonty Flock

Science and technology

Animals

* Flock, a collective noun for various animals: *

, a gathering of individual birds to forage or travel collectively *

Species flock In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

, a diverse group of closely related species in an isolated area *

Flocking (behavior) Flocking is the behavior exhibited when a group of birds, called a flock, are foraging or in flight. Sheep and goats also exhibit flocking behavior. Flocking by birds and mammals is similar to schooling in fish and these are often studied toge ...

, the behavior exhibited by a group of birds

Computing

Flock (messaging service) Flock is a proprietary messaging and collaboration tool, founded by tech entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia in 2014. The app is available on Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS and Web. Flock allows users to configure external apps and integrations from the ...

, a proprietary messaging and collaboration tool *

Flock (web browser) Flock is a discontinued web browser that specialized in providing social networking and Web 2.0 facilities built into its user interface. Earlier versions of Flock used the Gecko HTML rendering engine by Mozilla. Version 2.6.2, released on Janua ...

, a discontinued web browser * Flock system call, used for computer

file locking File locking is a mechanism that restricts access to a computer file, or to a region of a file, by allowing only one user or process to modify or delete it at a specific time, and preventing reading of the file while it's being modified or delet ...

F-Lock The F-Lock key, introduced by Microsoft in 2001, toggles the state of the function keys. When on, keys F1 to F12 behave as applicable, with meanings defined by the application being used at the time. When off, new behaviour is used: F5 means "ope ...

, a function lock key on a computer keyboard *

FlockDB FlockDB was an open-source distributed, fault-tolerant graph database for managing wide but shallow network graphs. It was initially used by Twitter to store relationships between users, e.g. followings and favorites. FlockDB differs from other ...

, an open-source graph database

Other uses in science and computing

* Flocking agent, or clarifying agent, in chemistry, to induce flocculation * Flock (satellite), by Planet Labs * Flock Safety, a licence plate recognition company

Other uses

Flocking (texture) Flocking is the process of depositing many small fiber particles (called flock) onto a surface. It can also refer to the texture produced by the process, or to any material used primarily for its flocked surface. Flocking of an article can be per ...

, depositing many small fiber particles onto a surface *

The Flock (professional wrestling) Raven's Nest was a professional wrestling stable led by Raven that was present in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) between 1995 and 1997. Later, Raven created other incarnations of the group in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) such as The ...

, or Raven's Nest, a professional wrestling stable