pulse In medicine, a pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the cardiac cycle (heartbeat) by trained fingertips. The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed near the surface of the body, such as at the ...

, in physiology, is the throbbing of arteries resulting from heartbeat. Pulse, The Pulse or Pulses may also refer to:

Botany

Pulse (legume) A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock fo ...

, any agriculturally significant annual leguminous food crop, such as peas, beans, lentils, and chickpeas

Electronics and physics

Pulse (physics) In physics, a pulse is a generic term describing a single disturbance that moves through a transmission medium. This medium may be vacuum (in the case of electromagnetic radiation) or matter, and may be indefinitely large or finite. Pulse reflec ...

, a single disturbance through a transmission medium *

Pulse (signal processing) A pulse in signal processing is a rapid, transient change in the amplitude of a signal from a baseline value to a higher or lower value, followed by a rapid return to the baseline value. Pulse shapes Pulse shapes can arise out of a process called ...

, a brief change from a baseline value **

Pulse dialing Pulse dialing is a signaling technology in telecommunications in which a direct current local loop circuit is interrupted according to a defined coding system for each signal transmitted, usually a digit. This lends the method the often used nam ...

, of a telephone

Books and publications

* ''Pulse'' (magazine), a medical professional's magazine * ''Pulse!'' (magazine), a music magazine *

Pulse (Augustus) Pulse (Augustus) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Pulse is a mutant who retained his powers post- M-Day. Pulse appeared in the first season of the TV series '' The Gifted'' played by Zach Roeri ...

, a character in the Marvel Comics universe * ''Pulse'' (short story collection), a short story collection by Julian Barnes * ''Pulse'', a book by Robert Frenay * The Pulse, the signal transmitted from cell phones that made people go crazy in Stephen King's novel '' Cell'' * ''The Pulse'' (comics), a Marvel Comics series

Film, television and games

Film

* ''Pulse'' (1988 film), a horror film starring Cliff De Young * ''Pulse'' (1995 film), a video by the band Pink Floyd * ''Pulse'' (2001 film) or ''Kairo'', a Japanese horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa * ''Octane'' (film), a 2002 thriller film released in the U.S. as ''Pulse'' * '' Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey'', a 2002 short documentary * ''Pulse'' (2006 film), an American remake of the 2001 Japanese film * ''Pulse'', a 2010 British TV film directed by James Hawes * Pulse Films, a film company headquartered in London

Radio

Pulse 1 Pulse 1 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Leeds, England, owned and operated by Bauer Radio, Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to the West Yorkshire. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of ...

, an independent FM radio station in West Yorkshire, England *

Pulse 2 Pulse 2 was a local radio station serving Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale areas from studios in Bradford. The station was folded into Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire, as part of a rebrand, on 1 September 2020. Background The station was pr ...

, an independent AM radio station in West Yorkshire, England *

Pulse! Radio Pulse Radio is the official radio station of the London School of Economics and Political Science Students' Union. Its studios are located within the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre at the School's Aldwych campus in Westminster, London and it b ...

, a student-run radio station at the London School of Economics, England *

KVIT KVIT is an FM radio station broadcasting on 88.7 FM, licensed in Chandler, Arizona, United States. KVIT is licensed to the East Valley Institute of Technology. Its studios are located at EVIT's main facilities in Mesa, while the transmitter ...

is a

Mesa, Arizona Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the most populous city in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by Tempe on the west, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ...

-based, student-run radio station operated by the East Valley Institute of Technology that is branded The Pulse * WKJO (FM), a radio station (102.3 FM) licensed to Smithfield, North Carolina, which was called Pulse 102 from 2010 to 2014 *

WKXU (FM) WKXU (102.5 Hertz, MHz) is a classic hits formatted commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Hillsborough, North Carolina, and serving the Research Triangle, including Durham, North Carolina, Durham and Raleigh, Nort ...

, a radio station (102.5 FM) licensed to Hillsborough, North Carolina, which was called Pulse FM from 2010 to 2022 *

WPLW-FM WPLW-FM (102.5 MHz) is a is a classic hits formatted commercial radio station licensed to Hillsborough, North Carolina, and serving the Research Triangle, including Durham and Raleigh. The station simulcasts the "KIX 102, Carolina's Greatest ...

, a radio station (96.9 FM) licensed to Goldsboro, North Carolina, which is called Pulse FM * WTPL, a radio station (107.7 FM) licensed to Hillsboro, New Hampshire, which is called The Pulse of NH ** WEMJ, a radio station (1490 AM) licensed to Laconia, New Hampshire, which simulcasts WTPL ** WTSN (AM), a radio station (1270 AM) licensed to Dover, New Hampshire, which simulcasts WTPL *

94.7 The Pulse 94.7 The Pulse (callsign: 3PLS), is a community radio station which broadcasts to the region of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. History ''The Pulse'' had been previously known as 3YYR, broadcasting on 100.3 MHz FM before becoming known as ...

, an Australian community radio station from Geelong, Victoria *

The Pulse (SiriusXM) The Pulse is a Sirius XM Radio station that plays music from the 2010s to present-day on channel 5 and Dish Network channel 6005. Every half-hour The Pulse's Jim Ryan or Ron Ross reviews music news on tours, future albums, and other topics cov ...

, a hot AC channel on Sirius XM Radio **

The Pulse (Sirius) ''The Pulse'' was a Sirius Satellite Radio channel that played music "from the '90s and Today" on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 9 and Dish Network channel 6012. The Pulse began on July 1, 2002 as part of the newly launched Sirius lineup, with ...

, the original Sirius incarnation on Channel 9 until November 12, 2008 * Sounds of the Seasons: The Pulse, a Music Choice ambient music channel * ''The Pulse'' (radio), a college basketball program that aired on ESPN Radio * ''The Pulse'', a health and science radio show on

WHYY-FM WHYY-FM (90.9 MHz, "91 FM") is a public radio station licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its broadcast tower is located in the city's Roxborough neighborhood at () while its studios and offices are located on Independence Mall in C ...

Television

* Pulse (TV channel), a media stream based on video games and sports * ''Pulse'' (American TV series), a videogame news program aired on G4TV * ''Pulse'' (Australian TV series), a 2017 drama lasting eight episodes * ''The Pulse'' (TV programme), RTHK English-language current affairs programme

Video games

* ''Pulse'' (video game), a 2011 music video game by Cipher Prime

Music

Pulse (music) In music theory, the pulse is a series of uniformly spaced beats—either audible or implied that sets the tempo and is the scaffolding for the rhythm. By contrast, rhythm is always audible and can depart from the pulse. So while the rhythm may ...

, a rhythmic succession of sounds

Groups

* Pulse (American band), an American dance/house project * Pulse (UK band), a UK group, winners of the reality TV show ''Dance X'' *

Twist and Pulse Ashley Glazebrook and Glen Murphy, better known by their stage name (s) Twist and Pulse, are an English street dance duo based in London. They were the runners-up of Britain's Got Talent (series 4), the fourth series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' ...

, an English street dance band

Albums

* ''Pulse'' (Front 242 album), 2003 * ''Pulse'' (Toni Braxton album), 2010 * ''Pulse'' (Thomas Giles album), 2011 * ''Pulse'' (Megumi Hayashibara album), 1994 * ''Pulse'' (Greg Phillinganes album), 1984 * ''Pulse'' (Pink Floyd album), 1995 * ''Pulse'', an album by Japanese band The Back Horn, 2008 * ''Pulses'' (Karmin album), 2014 * ''Pulses'' (The Fast Feeling album), 2017

Songs

* "Pulse" (song), by Fluke * "Pulse", a song by Erra from '' Augment'' * "Pulse", a song by Loop from '' Fade Out'' * "Pulse", a song by The Mad Capsule Markets from '' Osc-Dis'' * "Pulse", a song by Mushroomhead from '' A Wonderful Life'' * "Pulse", a song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from '' History of Modern'' * "Pulse", a song by The Psychedelic Furs from ''

The Psychedelic Furs The Psychedelic Furs are a post-punk band founded in London in February 1977. Led by lead vocalist Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs are one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scen ...

Technology

Pulse (ALM) Pulse is now Secure Delivery Center 2014, a proprietary application lifecycle management (ALM) technology developed and maintained by Genuitec, a founding and strategic member of the Eclipse Foundation. Pulse is built on top of the Eclipse Equin ...

, a proprietary application lifecycle management technology * Pulse (app), an app for Android and the iPad, now owned by LinkedIn *

Pulse (interbank network) Pulse is an interbank electronic funds transfer (EFT) network in the United States. It serves more than 4,400 U.S. financial institutions and includes more than 380,000 ATMs, as well as POS terminals nationwide. Rivals of the network include Firs ...

, an electronic funds transfer network * PULSE (P2PTV), a peer-to-peer software * PULSE (Police Using Leading Systems Effectively), a computer system used by the Garda Síochána, the police force in the Republic of Ireland * Pulse Smartpen, a ballpoint pen, computer, and audio recorder manufactured by

Livescribe Livescribe is a paper-based computing platform that consists of a digital pen, digital paper, software applications, and developer tools. Central to the Livescribe platform is the ''smartpen,'' a ballpoint pen with an embedded computer and digita ...

Novell Pulse Novell Vibe is a web-based team collaboration platform developed by Novell, and was initially released by Novell in June 2008 under the name of Novell Teaming. Novell Vibe is a collaboration platform that can serve as a knowledge repository, d ...

, an enterprise collaboration software platform * T-Mobile Pulse, an Android phone manufactured by Huawei

Transportation

* Fiat Pulse, a subcompact crossover SUV * GRTC Pulse, a bus rapid transit line in Richmond, Virginia * The Pulse, a three-wheeled electric vehicle prototype produced by Arcimoto * Renault Pulse, an Indian version of the supermini car Nissan Micra *

UP Pulse The UP Pulse is a German single-place paraglider that was designed and produced by UP Europe of Kochel am See. Introduced in 2000, production ended in 2003.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', pag ...

, a German paraglider design

Other

Pulse (confectionery) Pulse (Pulse Candy), officially known as Pass Pass Pulse, is a hard candy manufactured by Noida-based DS Group and marketed under its umbrella brand 'Pass Pass'. Originally launched in a most sold 'Kachcha Aam' (raw mango) flavour, the hard-boile ...

, an Indian hard-boiled candy *

Pulse (festival) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, also known as AIIMS Delhi, is a public medical research university and hospital in New Delhi, India. The institute is governed by the AIIMS Act, 1956 and operates autonomously under the Mi ...

, an annual cultural, literary, and sports festival of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India * Providing Urban Learners Success in Education (PULSE) High School, New York City * Pulse nightclub, an Orlando, Florida gay bar, dance club, and nightclub where a mass shooting occurred in June 2016 *

The Pulse (shopping mall) The Pulse is a six-storey, shopping centre located on Beach Road at Repulse Bay Beach in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong. It is owned by Emperor International Holdings Limited. History Former use The site was formerly home to the Lido Complex. Develo ...

, a shopping arcade in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong * PULSE, an interdisciplinary project at Boston College administered by the Lonergan Institute * Central Pulse, a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington