Flashing

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Flashing may refer to:

  • Exhibitionism, briefly exposing one's body in a usually sexual way, acceptable or not depending on context
  • Flashing (weatherproofing), construction material used to prevent the passage of water around objects
  • Headlight flashing, briefly switching on main-beam headlights in a prompt action to warn oncoming drivers of dangers ahead
  • Facing (retail), getting rid of gaps on shelves to create the appearance of a fuller shelf
  • Flashing (cinematography), a technique that desaturates the color so that one sees more in shadowed areas
  • Flashing (pottery), changes to color and texture caused by the flow of flame over a pot during firing in a wood-fired or gas kiln
  • Flash mobbing, an activity in which a large group of people gather at a certain place for no apparent reason
  • Molding flash, excess material attached to a moulded product which must usually be removed
  • Flashing (technology), the act of overwriting a ROM module in a device in order to upgrade it or change service providers
  • Writing to flash memory
  • Flashing the BIOS, a specific case of writing to flash memory - to overwrite with a BIOS image
  • Flashing light, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor
  • Flash (photography), short scene illumination
  • Flash evaporation, causing evaporation by lowering a fluid's pressure below its vapour pressure

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