Hotspot

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A hot spot is a region of high or special activity within a larger area of low or normal activity. It may refer to:

Contents 1 Arts and entertainment 2 Biology 3 Computers 4 Geology 5 Physics 6 Sport 7 Other meanings

[edit] Arts and entertainment

• Hot Spot (musical), a 1963 musical with lyrics by Martin Charnin and music by Mary Rodgers
• The Hot Spot, a 1990 film with Don Johnson and Jennifer Connelly
• Hot Spot (song), a song by hip-hop rap artist Foxy Brown
• Hot Spot (comics), is a fictional character in publications from DC Comics
• Hot Spot (Transformers) is the name of several Transformers characters

[edit] Biology

• Biodiversity hotspot, a region of significant biodiversity
• Recombination hotspot, DNA positions where genetic recombination occurs with above-average frequency
• Hot spot (veterinary medicine)

[edit] Computers

• Hot spot (computer science), region of a program where highest number of executed instructions occurs, or where most time is spent during program execution
• Software framework hot spots describe the areas of software frameworks which are customized in various ways by users
• Hotspot (Wi-Fi), a Wi-Fi access point or area, in particular for connecting to the Internet
• HotSpot, a Java Virtual Machine from Sun Microsystems
• Screen hotspots, especially in GUI applications, provide areas on which computer-users click or hover for extra information-processing

[edit] Geology

• Hotspot (geology), a location above a hot upwelling plume of mantle

[edit] Physics

• Hot spot effect in subatomic physics, regions of high energy density or temperature in hadronic or nuclear matter

[edit] Sport

• Hot Spot (cricket), an infrared tracking system used in cricket

[edit] Other meanings

• Airport hot spots are locations where aircraft collision with ground equipment may occur
• T-Mobile HotSpot, a service that allows mobile phone connections via a WiFi connection

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