Flag (disambiguation)
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A flag is a colored cloth with a specified meaning.
Flag(s) or The Flag(s) may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Flag, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
- Flag, Missouri, a ghost town
- Flag River, a river in northern Wisconsin
- Flag (crater), a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Fictional entities
[edit]- Captain Flag, American superhero
- Foundation for Law And Government (FLAG), a fictional law-enforcement foundation in the TV series Knight Rider and sequels
- Jack Flag, superhero appearing in American comic books
- The Flag (Ace Comics), comicbook superhero
Film and television
[edit]- Flag (TV series), 2006 Japanese mecha-genre anime television series by Kazuo Terada
- The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross, a 1927 silent short film
Music
[edit]- Flag (note), a part of a note value in music notation
- Flag, a band formed by former members of Black Flag
- Flag (James Taylor album), 1979
- Flag (Yello album), 1988
- Flags (Brooke Fraser album), 2010
- Flags (Moraz and Bruford album), 1985
- The Flag (album), by Rick James, 1986
- "Flags", a song by Coldplay from Everyday Life, 2019
- "Flags", a song by the Cat Empire, a pre-order bonus track from Rising with the Sun
Paintings
[edit]- Flag (painting), a 1954/1955 painting by American artist Jasper Johns
- The Flag (O'Keeffe painting), a 1918 painting by Georgia O'Keeffe
Other media
[edit]- Flag (lighting), in film and photography, a device used to block light
- The Flag (novel), a 1965 novel by Robert Shaw
- Karogs, The Flag in Latvian, a literary magazine (1940–2010)
Biology and medicine
[edit]Plants
[edit]Flag is the common name of several genera or species of flowering plants:
- Acorus calamus or sweet flag, found in many countries
- Flag iris or just "flag", various species in North America
- Libertia pulchella, or pretty grass-flag, a species native to New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia
- Patersonia or native flag, an Australian plant genus resembling the genus Iris
Other uses in biology and medicine
[edit]- FLAG (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen
- FLAG-tag, a unique epitope added to proteins in biochemistry
- Flagging (botany), a growth pattern that reduces or eliminates growth on one side of a tree or other plant
Computing
[edit]- Flag (computing), a true/false, on/off or open/closed indicator (Boolean variable)
- Command line flag, a modifier for a command line interface command
- FLAGS register (computing), a CPU register on x86 systems
- Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG), an undersea fiber optic cable
- To alert admins on a message board that a post needs to be moderated
Industry
[edit]- F.L.A.G. (Fabbrica Ligure Automobili Genova), an Italian automobile manufacturer c. 1906
- FLAGS (Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System), a natural gas pipeline in the North Sea
- Flag and pennant patterns, in technical analysis
Mathematics
[edit]- Flag (geometry), part of a polygon, polyhedron or higher polytope
- Flag (linear algebra), an increasing sequence of subspaces of a vector space
Physical science and technology
[edit]- Flagstone or flag, a large flat stone used for paving, fencing, or roofing
Politics and government
[edit]- The Free Legal Assistance Group or FLAG, the largest firm of Filipino human rights lawyers
- Flag state, the state under whose laws a merchant ship is registered or licensed
- Flag Boshielo, Missing South African anti-apartheid activist, trade unionist, and communist
Sports and games
[edit]- Flag, a baton used in the sporting event Beach Flags
- Flag, a type of bet offered by UK bookmakers
- Flag, a casino token used at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Penalty flag or flag, a yellow cloth used by game officials in some field sports to indicate an infraction
- The prize for being the premier of the Australian Football League.
Other uses
[edit]- Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, commonly referred to in Scientology as "Flag," in Clearwater, Florida, U.S.