Spark commonly refers to: *

Spark (fire) A spark is an incandescent particle. Sparks may be produced by pyrotechnics, by metalworking or as a by-product of fires, especially when burning wood. Pyrotechnics In pyrotechnics, charcoal, iron filings, aluminum, titanium and metal al ...

, a small glowing particle or ember * Electric spark, a form of electrical discharge Spark may also refer to:

Places

Spark Point Spark Point, also ''Canto Point'', is a rocky point forming the northwest side of the entrance to both Discovery Bay and Galápagos Cove, and the east side of the entrance to Jambelí Cove in the northeast of Greenwich Island in the South Shet ...

, a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands

People

* Spark (surname) *

Jessica Morgan Tye MorganSpark « The Chemistry is Dead
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(born 1992; formerly known as Spark), female singer-songwriter from East London

Companies and organisations

* Spark, the last-mile delivery service for

Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...

* Spark (architects), an international architectural firm *

Spark (U.S. organization) The Spark is a Trotskyist group in the United States aligned internationally with the Lutte Ouvrière tendency. History Spark originated as a "faction" within the Spartacist League that was attracted to the French group Voix Ouvrière's metho ...

, a Trotskyist group * Spark Energy, a UK electricity and gas supplier * Spark Infrastructure, an investor in Australian infrastructure assets * Spark Networks SE, an online dating company *

Spark New Zealand Spark New Zealand Limited is a New Zealand telecommunications company providing fixed-line telephone services, a mobile phone network, internet access services, and (through its Spark Digital division) ICT services to businesses. It was know ...

, a telecommunications company * Spark Racing Technology, a French motorsport manufacturer specializing in electric racecars * Spark Unlimited, a computer game developer

Computer science

* Adobe Spark, a suite of media applications developed by Adobe Systems *

Apache Spark Apache Spark is an open-source unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing. Spark provides an interface for programming clusters with implicit data parallelism and fault tolerance. Originally developed at the University of Califor ...

, a cluster computing framework *

Cisco Spark (application) Webex by Cisco is an American company that develops and sells web conferencing, videoconferencing and contact center as a service applications. It was founded as WebEx in 1995 and taken over by Cisco Systems in 2007. Its headquarters are in ...

, a collaboration application and platform now part of the Webex Teams application * Spark (application), a mobile email application for iOS devices by Readdle *

Spark (cellular automaton) In Conway's Game of Life and similar cellular automaton rules, a spark is a small collection of live cells that appears at the edge of some larger pattern such as a spaceship or oscillator Oscillation is the repetitive or periodic variati ...

, a type of pattern in Conway's Game of Life and related rules * SPARK (programming language), a variant of the Ada programming language which focuses on high integrity software * Spark (software), a web application framework. * Spark (XMPP client), an instant messaging client

Arts and entertainment

* ''Spark'' (radio show), a culture and technology program hosted for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation *

Project Spark ''Project Spark'' was a game creation system video game developed by SkyBox Labs and Team Dakota and published by Microsoft Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. The game was announced during Microsoft's E3 2013 press event, and was launc ...

, a "game maker" video game

Books, comics and periodicals

* '' Spark*'', the student newspaper of the University of Reading * Spark (comics) or Ayla Ranzz, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes * ''Spark'' (magazine), the student newspaper of the Victorian College of the Arts Student Union, Australia * ''Spark'' (Matayoshi novel), a 2015 novel by Naoki Matayoshi * ''Spark'' (Twelve Hawks novel), a 2014 novel by John Twelve Hawks * ''Spark'', the student magazine of Lakota East High School, Ohio, U.S. * ''Spark Mag'', an online publication founded by the punk band Downtown Boys * "Spark", in the comics series ''

Girl Genius ''Girl Genius'' is an ongoing comic book series turned webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their company Studio Foglio LLC under the imprint Airship Entertainment. The comic won the Hugo Award for Best Graph ...

'', a mad scientist with supernatural abilities

Film

* ''Spark'' (1998 film), a film starring Terrence Howard * '' Spark: A Burning Man Story'', a 2013 documentary film * ''Spark'' (2014 film), a film directed by V. K. Singh * ''Spark'' (2016 film), an animated film * '' A Spark Story'', a 2021 documentary film

Music

* Spark Records, a record label *

Spark Sunderland Spark Sunderland (formerly 107 Spark FM and Spark FM) is a community radio station serving 15- to 30-year-olds in the Sunderland area. Spark carries a variety of content catering for both mainstream and niche musical audiences, specialising in ...

, a radio station in Sunderland, England

Albums

* ''Spark'' (Alain Johannes album), 2010 * ''Spark'' (Drake White album), 2016 * ''Spark'' (Hiromi album), 2016 * ''Spark'' (Marit Larsen album), 2011 * ''Spark'' (Thomas Leeb album), 2004 * ''The Spark'' (album), by Enter Shikari, 2017 * ''Spark'' (Whitney album), 2022 * ''The Spark'', by Plankeye, 1995

Songs

* "Spark" (Amy Macdonald song), 2010 * "Spark" (Tori Amos song), 1998 * "Spark", by Assemblage 23 from ''

Compass A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation. It commonly consists of a magnetized needle or other element, such as a compass card or compass rose, which can pivot to align itself with ...

'' * "Spark", by The Church from '' Starfish'' * "The Spark" (song), by Afrojack

Television

* ABC Spark, a Canadian cable channel * '' Hibana: Spark'', a 2016 Japanese web series

Ships and submarines

* HMS Spark, a British Royal Navy submarine * USS ''Spark'' (1813), a United States Navy brig ship * USS ''Spark'' (1831), a United States Navy schooner * , a United States Navy tank-landing ship

Other uses

* Divine spark, a Gnostic and esoteric concept *

Spark (horse) Spark was a Thoroughbred stallion who was among the early imports of Thoroughbred horses to America. The Belair Stud stables were associated with him and a mare, Queen Mab, also imported in this period. Frederick, Prince of Wales gave the stall ...

* Spark (mathematics), the smallest number of linearly dependent columns in a matrix * SPARK (anti-counterfeiting feature) * SPARK (rocket), an American expendable launch system *

Spark-gap transmitter A spark-gap transmitter is an obsolete type of radio transmitter which generates radio waves by means of an electric spark."Radio Transmitters, Early" in Spark-gap transmitters were the first type of radio transmitter, and were the main type us ...

, a technology used to generate radio waves * Spark or ''

Sinthusa ''Sinthusa'' is a genus of lycaenid butterflies, the sparks. They are small species with the male genitalia and secondary sexual characters of '' Virachola'', but less robust and weaker in flight. The males are easily recognized, with the forewi ...

'', a genus of butterfly *

Kicksled The kicksled or spark is a small sled consisting of a chair mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners that extend backward to about twice the chair's length. The sled is propelled by kicking (''sparka'' or ''sparke'' in the Scandinavian la ...

or spark, a small sled *

Chevrolet Spark The Chevrolet Spark ( ko, 쉐보레 스파크, translit=) is a city car manufactured by General Motors's subsidiary GM Korea from 1998 to 2022. The vehicle was initially developed by Daewoo and was introduced in 1998 as the Daewoo Matiz ( ko, ...

* TheSpark.com, website which originated SparkNotes * Hangzhou Spark, a Chinese esports team in the Overwatch League