A flock is a large group of animals, especially birds, sheep, or goats. Flock or flocking also may refer to:

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 (Operating system), Windows, MacOS, Android (operating system), Android, iOS and Web browser, Web. Floc ...

, a communication app for teams *

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 Janu ...

, 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 (computing), user or computer process, process to modify or delete it at a specific time and to prevent reading of the file w ...

* F-Lock, a function lock key on a computer keyboard

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 (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assis ...

, a sculpture by Michael Christian * ''Flock'' (Bell X1 album) *

Flock (Jane Weaver album) ''Flock'' is the eleventh album by English musician Jane Weaver, released on 5 March 2021 by Fire Records. Inspired by Lebanese torch songs, 1980s Russian Aerobics records and Australian punk, the album incorporates a pop-leaning production in ...

* ''Flock'' (upcoming video game), an upcoming video game by Hollow Ponds and Richard Hogg * The Flock (band), a 1969–1970 progressive rock band fronted by violinist Jerry Goodman ** ''The Flock'' (album), by The Flock * ''The Flock'' (film), a film starring Richard Gere * ''The Flock'', a novel by James Robert Smith * ''

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 for Microsoft Windows on April 7, 2009 through Steam and Stardock' ...

'', a 2009 video game published by Capcom *

Raven's Nest Raven's Flock 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 Th ...

, a professional wrestling stable alternatively called The Flock * ''The Flock'' (video game), a multiplayer-only survival horror video game * ''Flocking'' (film), a 2015 Swedish film

People

* The Flock brothers, who were pioneers of NASCAR stock-car racing, including: **

Bob Flock Robert Newman Flock (April 16, 1918 – May 16, 1964) was an American stock car racer. He qualified on the pole position for NASCAR's first Strictly Stock (now NASCAR Cup Series) race and, along with Red Byron, is considered one of the two ...

(1918–1964) **

Fonty Flock Truman Fontell "Fonty" Flock (March 21, 1920 – 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 rac ...

(1920–1972) **

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. He was a brother to NASCAR's second female driver Ethel Mobley and Bob and Fonty Flock. NASCAR career Tim F ...

(1924–1998) *

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 (born 1972), German professional football player and manager *

Dorothea Flock Dorothea Flock (or the Flockin) (1608 – 17 May 1630), was a German woman convicted of witchcraft in Bamberg and a victim of the Bamberg witch trials during the reign of Prince-Bishop Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim. Biography Dorothea Flock ...

(1608–1630), German woman convicted of witchcraft * Hans Flock (born 1940), Norwegian judge * Janine Flock (born 1989), Austrian skeleton racer * Kendra Flock (born 1985), Canadian soccer player * Robert Herman Flock (born 1956), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

Science

* Flocking agent, in chemistry, a substance added to a fluid to remove suspended particles *

Flocking (behavior) Flocking is the behaviour exhibited when a group of birds, called a flock, are foraging or in flight. Computer simulations and mathematical models that have been developed to emulate the flocking behaviours of birds can also generally be applie ...

, the collective motion of a large number of self-propelled entities * Flock, a

collective noun In linguistics, a collective noun is a word referring to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are not specific to one kind of thing. For example, the collective noun "group" can be applied to people (" ...

for various animal groups: **

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 group of birds ** Flock, a herd of sheep, goats or similar animals ** Flock, a

crowd Generally speaking, a crowd is defined as a group of people that have gathered for a common purpose or intent such as at a Demonstration (people), demonstration, a Sport, sports event, or during looting (this is known as an acting crowd), or ...

of people *

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 * A series of CubeSat satellites produced by Planet Labs: ** Flock-1, launched 2014 **

Flock-2 Planet Labs PBC (formerly Planet Labs, Inc. and Cosmogia, Inc.) is an American public Earth imaging company based in San Francisco, California. Their goal is to image the entirety of the Earth daily to monitor changes and pinpoint trends. The co ...

, series started in 2016

Other

* Flock, wool or cotton fiber stuffing in furniture and

mattress A mattress is a large, usually rectangular pad for supporting a lying person. It is designed to be used as a bed, or on a bed frame as part of a bed. Mattresses may consist of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, con ...

es *

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 ...

, or modeling flock, the material and process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture *

Flock (literary journal) ''Flock'', founded in 2002, is a biannual literary journal based in Jacksonville, Florida. History and mission Flock (formerly ''Fiction Fix'') was founded by University of North Florida students and author, musician, artist, and UNF faculty memb ...

, formerly Fiction Fix

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