Flicker may refer to:

Animals

* Flickers, woodpeckers of the subgenus ''

Colaptes ''Colaptes'' is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The 14 extant species are found across the Americas. ''Colaptes'' woodpeckers typically have a brown or green back and wings with black barring, and a beige to yellowish undersid ...

'' ** Examples include:

Andean flicker The Andean flicker (''Colaptes rupicola'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The Andean flicker was for a time pla ...

Bermuda flicker The Bermuda flicker (''Colaptes oceanicus'') is an extinct woodpecker from the genus ''Colaptes''. It was confined to Bermuda and is known only by fossil remains dated to the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene. However, an old travel report by exp ...

(extinct),

campo flicker The campo flicker (''Colaptes campestris'') is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S ...

, Chilean flicker, Fernandina's flicker,

gilded flicker The gilded flicker (''Colaptes chrysoides'') is a large woodpecker (mean length of ) of the Sonoran, Yuma, and eastern Colorado Desert regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, including all of Baja California, except ...

, and

northern flicker The northern flicker or common flicker (''Colaptes auratus'') is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker specie ...

Engineering and science

Flicker (light) In visual perception, flicker is a human-visible change in luminance of an illuminated surface or light source which can be due to fluctuations of the light source itself, or due to external causes such as due to rapid fluctuations in the voltage o ...

, a perceptible change in brightness of a light source *

Flicker (screen) Flicker is a visible change in brightness between cycles displayed on video displays. It applies to the refresh interval on cathode-ray tube (CRT) televisions and computer monitors, as well as plasma computer displays and televisions. Occurrence ...

, a darkness artifact that occurs on a video display not present in source material *

Flicker noise Flicker noise is a type of electronic noise with a 1/''f'' power spectral density. It is therefore often referred to as 1/''f'' noise or pink noise, though these terms have wider definitions. It occurs in almost all electronic devices and can show ...

, electrical noise with a 1/f spectrum * Flickering, possible behavior of a complex dynamical system as it approaches a critical transition *

Power-line flicker Power-line flicker is a visible change in brightness of a lamp due to rapid fluctuations in the voltage of the power supply. The voltage drop is generated over the source impedance of the grid by the changing load current of an equipment or facil ...

, a fluctuation in the voltage of AC power lines, whose compliance is regulated by IEC61000-3-3

People

* Flicker (surname), includes a list of notable people with the surname * Flicker, the original bass guitarist for the band

Manic Street Preachers Manic Street Preachers, also known simply as the Manics, are a Wales, Welsh Rock music, rock band formed in Blackwood, Caerphilly, in 1986. The band consists of Nicky Wire (bass guitar, lyrics) and cousins James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, le ...

Popular culture

Books

* ''Flicker'' (novel), by Theodore Roszak

Fictional characters

* Flicker, a character in the cartoon and video game ''

Blazing Dragons ''Blazing Dragons'' is an animated television series created by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott, and co-produced by Nelvana, Ellipse Animation, & Carlton Television. A coinciding graphic adventure video game was released for the original PlayStati ...

'' * Flicker, a character in ''The Ice King of Oz'' and subsequent books by

Eric Shanower Eric James Shanower (born October 23, 1963) is an American cartoonist, best known for his ''List of Oz books, Oz'' novels and comics, and for the ongoing retelling of the Trojan War as ''Age of Bronze (comics), Age of Bronze''. Early life Eric S ...

Movies

* ''Flicker'' (film) (stylized as ''FLicKeR''), a 2008 Canadian film * '' The Flicker'', an experimental film created in 1965 by Tony Conrad

Music

* ''Flicker'', the sophomore album by

Ayria Ayria is a Canadian futurepop/synthpop musical project formed in early 2003 by Toronto's Jennifer Parkin following her departure from the futurepop and EBM band Epsilon Minus. Biography The first Ayria album, ''Debris'', was released on Alfa ...

* ''Flicker'' (album), the debut studio album by Niall Horan; also the name of the title track * "Flicker" (song), a song by Porter Robinson from the album ''Worlds'' * "Flicker", a song by Audio Adrenaline from the album ''

Some Kind of Zombie ''Some Kind of Zombie'' is the fourth studio album released by Audio Adrenaline. Concept According to Audio Adrenaline, the album concept and its title song are based on the Scripture, specifically Colossians, Chapter 3, where it talks about "gi ...

'' * "Flicker", a song by Poppy from the album ''Zig'' *

Flicker Records Flicker Records is a Christian music record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It was founded by members of Christian rock group Audio Adrenaline. The label mainly focuses on rock/pop rock artists, though it also created a subsidiary, Big Ho ...

, a record label belonging to Sony

Television

* "Flicker" (''American Horror Story''), seventh episode of the fifth season of the anthology television series ''American Horror Story''

Slang

* A

remote control A remote control, also known colloquially as a remote or clicker, is an consumer electronics, electronic device used to operate another device from a distance, usually wirelessly. In consumer electronics, a remote control can be used to operat ...

device (especially for televisions) * A

flyswatter A fly-killing device is used for pest control of flying insects, such as houseflies, wasps, moths, gnats, and mosquitoes. Flyswatter A flyswatter (or fly-swat, fly swatter) usually consists of a small rectangular or round sheet of a lightweig ...

Other uses

* Flicker, a 1973 pinball table made by Bally * Flicker, a guitar

tremolo In music, ''tremolo'' (), or ''tremolando'' (), is a trembling effect. There are multiple types of tremolo: a rapid repetition of a note, an alternation between two different notes, or a variation in volume. Tremolos may be either ''measured'' ...

made by ESP Guitars in the late 1970s and early 1980s * USS ''Flicker'', several ships of the United States Navy