Flock

A flock is a large group of animals, especially birds, sheep, or goats. Flock or flocking also may refer to:

Computing

• Flock (messaging service), a communication app for teams
• Flock (web browser), a discontinued web browser
• Flock system call, used for computer file locking
• F-Lock, a function lock key on a computer keyboard

Entertainment

• Flock (sculpture), a sculpture by Michael Christian
• Flock (Bell X1 album)
• Flock (Jane Weaver album)
• Flock (upcoming video game), an upcoming video game by Hollow Ponds and Richard Hogg
• The Flock (band), a 1969–1970 progressive rock band fronted by violinist Jerry Goodman
  • The Flock (album), by The Flock
• The Flock (film), a film starring Richard Gere
• The Flock, a novel by James Robert Smith
• Flock!, a 2009 video game published by Capcom
• Raven's Nest, a professional wrestling stable alternatively called The Flock
• The Flock (video game), a multiplayer-only survival horror video game
• Flocking (film), a 2015 Swedish film

People

• The Flock brothers, who were pioneers of NASCAR stock-car racing, including:
  • Bob Flock (1918–1964)
  • Fonty Flock (1920–1972)
  • Tim Flock (1924–1998)
• Carmella Flöck (1898–1982), courier for the Austrian Resistance 1938–1942
• Dirk Flock (born 1972), German professional football player and manager
• Dorothea Flock (1608–1630), German woman convicted of witchcraft
• Hans Flock (born 1940), Norwegian judge
• Janine Flock (born 1989), Austrian skeleton racer
• Kendra Flock (born 1985), Canadian soccer player
• Robert Herman Flock (born 1956), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

Science

• Flocking agent, in chemistry, a substance added to a fluid to remove suspended particles
• Flocking (behavior), the collective motion of a large number of self-propelled entities
• Flock, a collective noun for various animal groups:
  • Flock (birds), a group of birds
  • Flock, a herd of sheep, goats or similar animals
  • Flock, a crowd of people
• Species flock, a diverse group of closely related species in an isolated area
• A series of CubeSat satellites produced by Planet Labs:
  • Flock-1, launched 2014
  • Flock-2, series started in 2016

Other

• Flock, wool or cotton fiber stuffing in furniture and mattresses
• Flocking (texture), or modeling flock, the material and process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture
• Flock (literary journal), formerly Fiction Fix

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Flock
• All pages with titles containing Flock
• Flock bronzewing or flock pigeon (Phaps histrionica), an Australian species of bird
• Congregation (disambiguation)
• Flocke, a female polar bear
• Phlox