Fork (disambiguation)

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A fork is a utensil for eating and cooking.

Fork may also refer to:

Contents 1 Implements 2 Topology 3 In computing 4 Place names 5 See also

[edit] Implements

• Broadfork, for breaking up the soil
• Garden fork, a pronged tool designed for digging
• Heretic's fork, a historical torture device
• Bicycle fork, the part of a bicycle to which the front wheel is attached
• Motorcycle fork, the portion of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel
• Tuning fork, a vibrating device used to tune musical instruments
• Pitchfork, a tined farm implement used to lift and pitch hay and perform other tasks
• Trident, a three-pronged spear-like weapon
• Winnowing fork, a tined implement used to throw mixtures of grain and chaff into windy air, and thus separate them
• Military fork, a pole weapon used in war between the 15th and 19th centuries

[edit] Topology

• a tributary of a river or other stream
• Fork (topology), a mathematical abstraction
• Forking extension in mathematical model theory
• Fork (chess), a situation in chess where one piece simultaneously attacks two or more opposing pieces, usually resulting in the loss of an enemy piece
• Forked tongue, a natural bifurcation that occurs in some animals

[edit] In computing

• Fork (operating system), a method of creating new processes
• Fork bomb, a type of malware that creates many new processes
• Fork (software development), when a piece of software or other work is split into two branches or variations of development
• Fork (filesystem), a part of a file in certain filesystems

[edit] Place names

• Fork, Maryland, a town in the United States
• Forks, Washington, a town in the United States
• Fork Township, several districts in the United States

[edit] See also

• Operation Fork, the invasion of Iceland by the British during WWII
• Bifurcation (disambiguation page)
• Fork in the road (disambiguation page)
• The Forks (disambiguation page)
• Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks
• Wikipedia:Content forking

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