Jump

Jumping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory.

Jump or Jumping also may refer to:

Places

Jump, Kentucky or Jump Station, an unincorporated community in Floyd County
Jump, Ohio, a community in Hardin County
Jump, South Yorkshire, a village in Barnsley, England

Science and engineering

Jump discontinuity, a change in value of a mathematical function
Jump, a step in a statistical jump process
Jump, a step in a jump diffusion process
Hydraulic jump, a phenomenon in fluid dynamics

Computing

Jump instruction, used to alter the control flow of a program
JumpDrive, a brand of, or a generic term for, USB flash drives
Turing jump, an operator in recursion theory

Media

MDR Jump, a German public radio station
Jump (magazine line), a line of manga magazines
- Weekly Shōnen Jump, the best-selling magazine of the line, often referred to as just Jump
Jump (musical), a Korean comedic theatrical performance involving martial arts, acrobatics, and dance moves

Film

Jump (1999 film), a 1999 film featuring James LeGros, Mark Rosenthal and Jessica Hecht
Jump (2009 film), a 2009 Hong Kong comedy-drama film
Jump (2012 film), a 2012 Northern Irish film
Jump! (2007 film), a film featuring Patrick Swayze and Martine McCutcheon
Jump! (2023 film), a Spanish science fiction comedy film
Jumping (film), a 1986 Belgian film
Jump In!, a 2007 Disney Channel film
Jump cut, a technique used in film editing
The Jump (2020 film), a 2020 Lithuanian documentary film

Television

Jump! (TV series), a Singaporean Chinese drama
"Jump" (Ugly Betty), the season 2 finale episode of Ugly Betty
"Jumping", an episode of the television series Teletubbies
The Jump (1998 TV series), British crime drama
The Jump (2014 TV series), British television series that follows celebrities as they tried to master various winter sports
The Jump (talk show), basketball talk show (2016–2021)

Music

Jump blues, a musical genre
Jump Incorporated, an Australian rock band
Jump Records, a record label
Jumpstyle, a genre in electronic music
Jump or Jump, Little Children, an American indie rock band
Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala, turntablist for The Cat Empire
The Jump (podcast), a music podcast hosted by Shirley Manson

Albums

Jump (Djumbo album) (2005)
Jump (Jimmy Ponder album) (1989)
Jump! (album), by Van Dyke Parks (1984)
Jumping (EP), by Kara (2010)

Songs

"Jump" (Every Little Thing song) (2001)
"Jump" (Flo Rida song) with Nelly Furtado (2009)
"Jump" (David Guetta and Glowinthedark song) (2019)
"Jump" (Kris Kross song) (1992)
"Jump" (Madonna song) (2005)
"Jump" (Nadav Guedj song) (2015)
"Jump" (Rihanna song) (2012)
"Jump" (Van Halen song) (1983)
"Jump (For My Love)", by the Pointer Sisters (1984)
"Jump, Jump", a single by DJ Tomekk (2005)
"Jumpin'" (Liberty X song) (2003)
"Jumping" (Kara song) (2010)
"Jumpin' Jumpin'", by Destiny's Child (1999)
"Jump", by Gary Barlow from Since I Saw You Last (2013)
"Jump", by Dababy from Blame It on Baby (2020)
"Jump", by The Faders (2005)
"Jump", by Claire Hamill from Touchpaper (1984)
"Jump", by Loverboy from Get Lucky (1981)
"Jump", by MadeinTYO from Sincerely, Tokyo (2018)
"Jump", by Major Lazer from Know No Better (2017)
"Jump", by Kylie Minogue from Impossible Princess (1997)
"Jump", by N*E*R*D from Fly or Die (2004)
"Jump", by Simple Plan from Still Not Getting Any... (2004)
"Jump", by XTC, B-side to Wonderland (1983)
"Jump", by Yeat from 2 Alive (2022)
"Jump!", by Nana Mizuki from Alive & Kicking (2004)
"Jump!", by The Movement (1992)
"Jumpin", by Pitbull (2023)

Sports

BASE jumping, parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure or cliff
Figure skating jumps, an element of competitive figure skating disciplines
Jumping (horse), a major element of many equestrian sports
- Show jumping, or stadium jumping, the competitive equestrian event
High jump, a track and field event over a horizontal bar
Jump rope, where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads
Long jump, a track and field event
Triple jump, a track and field event
Vertical jump, a power and endurance exercise, commonly used to measure the power output of athletes

Science fiction

Jump drive, a speculative invention in science fiction, a method of traveling through hyperspace
J.U.M.P., a fictional weapon in the G.I. Joe universe

Other uses

Jump (surname), a surname
Jump Associates, a design strategy firm based in San Mateo, California
Jump Bikes, a dockless electric bicycle-sharing system available in many countries; it belongs to Lime (transportation company)
JUMP (Join Us to Motivate People), an International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience seminar
Jump Trading, a high-frequency and algorithmic proprietary trading firm