Torch (disambiguation)

A torch is a portable burning light source.

Torch may also refer to:

Light or heat sources

• A portable electric light. Called a "flashlight" in the USA. In Canada both terms are used.
• In industry and construction, a small hand-held gas burner which makes a hot flame, usually fueled by oxygen and either acetylene or propane:
  • Blowtorch
  • Cutting torch
  • Welding torch (For more information, see gas welding.)
  • Oxy-acetylene torch
  • Propane torch
• The Olympic Torch

Music

• Torch (band), a Norwegian rock metal band
• Torch (rapper), a German rapper
• Torch (American rapper), a American rapper
• The Torch (Elgar), a song by the English composer Edward Elgar
• Torch (Carly Simon album), a 1981 album by Carly Simon
• Torch (Blaque album), the unreleased third studio album by Blaque
• Torch (Honeytribe album), a 2006 album by Devon Allman's Honeytribe
• "Torch", the ending song for Clannad (visual novel) anime
• Warren DeMartini, (Nicknamed "Torch") Guitarist for American Hard Rock band "Ratt"
• Sidney Torch, British composer and bandleader
• Torches (album), the debut album by Foster the People

Media

• The Torch (XM), a channel on XM Radio
• The Torch, St. John's University, the student newspaper of St. John's University
• The Torch (film), a 1950 film directed by Emilio Fernández

Fiction

• The Torch (novel), a 1948 science fiction novel by Jack Bechdolt
• Human Torch, the Fantastic Four comic book character
• Torch, a human replacement entity utilized in the world of Shakugan no Shana novels
• Torch (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe

Technology

• BlackBerry Torch, a smartphone developed by Research in Motion
• Torch Computers, former manufacturer of computer peripherals for the BBC Micro
• Torch (software library), a machine-learning library, written in C++: [1]

Other

• TORCH complex (aka TORCHES), a medical acronym for maternal infections transmitted to the fetus
• Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign
• Robert Torricelli, a U.S. Senator from New Jersey nicknamed "the Torch"
• The Marina Torch, a skyscraper under construction in Dubai
• TORCH report, a report on the Chernobyl disaster
• Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals, a foundation based in Austin, Texas