Peak

Peak, The Peak or PEAKS may refer to:

• Mountain peak; see summit

Arts and media

• Peak (novel), by Roland Smith
• Peak Records, a record label
• The Peak (newspaper), a student newspaper of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• The Peak (TV series), a TV series in Singapore
• CFBV, a radio station branded The Peak based in Smithers, British Columbia
• CKPK-FM, a radio station branded as 102.7 The Peak based in Vancouver, British Columbia
• WXPK-FM, a radio station branded as 107.1 The Peak based in White Plains, New York

Mathematics, science and technology

Computing

• BIAS Peak, a professional audio editing program on the Apple platform
• GeeksPhone Peak, a mobile phone
• PEAKS, a software program for tandem mass spectroscopy

Earth science

• Hubbert peak theory or peak oil, a theory that production of oil, locally or worldwide, will reach a maximum level after which it will inevitably decline
• Mountain peak, see summit
  • More specifically, a pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point

Transportation

• A nickname used to refer to the British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives, and also classes 45 and 46
• The highest corner of a four-sided, fore-aft sail
• PRS Peak, a German mountain descent paraglider design

Other uses in mathematics, science, and technology

• Peak (geometry), an (n-3)-dimensional element of a polytope
• Peak electricity usage or peak demand; see Energy demand management
• The highest (or sometimes the highest and lowest) points on a varying waveform; see peak-to-peak
• Peak (pharmacology), the time at which a drug reaches its maximum plasma concentration
• Peak experience, psychological term for a euphoric mental state

Places

• Peak District in the Midlands of England
• Ravenscar, North Yorkshire, a village in England formerly known as "Peak" and "The Peak"
• Victoria Peak, also known as The Peak, in Hong Kong
• Peak, a village in Ya Tung, Cambodia

Other uses

• Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
• Bob Peak (1927-1992), American commercial illustrator
• Peak Sport Products, a Chinese sneaker brand
• The Peak Twin Towers, an apartment building in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Visor, a part of a hat, known as a "peak" in British English
• PEAK (automotive products), a manufacturer of automotive products
• Peak Alternative High School, former school in Michigan, US

See also

• Peaking (disambiguation)
• Peek (disambiguation)