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Spark may refer to:
Physical sparks
- Spark (fire), a small glowing particle or ember
- An electric spark, usually with a flash and a sharp noise
- Spark-gap transmitter, a technology used to generate radio waves
Computer science
- SPARK (programming language)
- Spark (software)
- Spark (cellular automaton), a type of pattern in Conway's Game of Life and related rules
- Apache Spark, a cluster computing framework
Entertainment
- ABC Spark, a Canadian cable channel which is Canada's sister network to the American ABC Family
- Spark (radio show), a culture and technology program hosted by Nora Young for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Spark Festival a NZ Festival of Media, Arts and Design
- The Spark, an arts and culture radio program produced by WMRA
- Spark (comics) or Ayla Ranzz, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Spark (Transformers), the lifeforce of the Transformers
- Pyro (Transformers), also called "Spark", the name of several Transformers
- Spark: A Burning Man Story, a 2013 documentary film
- In the comics series Girl Genius, a "spark" is a mad scientist with supernatural abilities
- Polly Spark and Professor Spark, characters in the JumpStart Typing educational game series
- Spark (1998 film), a film starring Terrence Howard
- Spark (2014 film), a film directed by V. K. Singh
- Spark (2016 film), an upcoming animated film
Publications
- Spark*, the student newspaper of the University of Reading
- Spark (magazine), an Australian student publication
- Iskra (Искра, Russian for "Spark"), political newspaper of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, 1900-1905
- Der Funke (German for "The Spark"), political newspaper of the International Socialist Struggle League, 1932-1933
- Gnisten (Norwegian for "The Spark"), periodical of the Norwegian Communist Party, 1925-1930
- Spark, an anthology founded by the California State Summer School for the Arts
Music
- Spark (Thomas Leeb album), 2004
- Spark (Marit Larsen album), 2011
- Spark (Alain Johannes album), 2010
- Spark Records, a record label
- "Spark" (Tori Amos song), 1998
- "Spark" (Amy Macdonald song), 2010
- "Spark", a song by Assemblage 23 from Compass
- The Spark (song), a song by Dutch producer Afrojack
- Spark FM, a radio station in Sunderland, England
- Jessica Morgan (born 1992; formerly known as Spark), female singer-songwriter from East London
Places
- Spark Point, a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands
Ships and submarines
- HMS Spark (P236), a British Royal Navy submarine
- USS Spark (1813), a United States Navy brig ship
- USS Spark (1831), a United States Navy schooner
- USS Spark (IX-196), a United States Navy tank-landing ship
Companies and organisations
- Spark Unlimited, a computer game developer
- Spark Infrastructure, an investor in Australian infrastructure assets
- In the United States branch of the Red Falcons socialist youth movement, the "Red Sparks" were the younger age group
- Spark (U.S. organization) a US Trotskyist group
- Spark New Zealand, a telecommunications company
- IF Gnistan (Swedish for "The Spark Sports Union"), a Finnish football club from Helsinki
People with surname Spark
- Muriel Spark (1918–2006), Scottish novelist
- Alex Spark (1949–1993), Scottish footballer
- Alexander Brodie Spark (1792–1856), Scottish-born Australian merchant
- Debra Spark (born 1962), American writer
- Jeany Spark (born 1982), British actress
- Nick T. Spark, American film-maker and writer
- Victoria Spark (1950–2006), American actress
Other
- Spark (mathematics), the smallest number of linearly dependent columns in a matrix
- Spark or Sinthusa, a genus of butterfly
- Kicksled or spark, a small sled
- Spark (horse), an American thoroughbred racehorse
- A British, Australian & Irish slang for electrician
- An English synonym for telegraphist (wireless short wave operator)
- Chevrolet Spark
- Project Spark by Microsoft, a "game maker" video game for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Windows 8.