Flash

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Flash may refer to:

Fictional characters

• Flash (comics), any of a number of comic book superheroes, who share the ability to run at superhuman speed
• Flash Gordon, a comic hero and space traveller
• Flash Thompson, classmate of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)
• Flash (G.I. Joe), a character from the G.I. Joe universe

Film

• Flash (1997 film), a Wonderful World of Disney movie starring Lucas Black
• Flash (2007 film), a Malayalam film directed by Sibi Malayil and starring Mohanlal

Music

• Flash (album), a 2005 album from Japanese electronic musician Towa Tei
• Flash (Jeff Beck album), an album by Jeff Beck
• Flash (band), formed by former Yes guitarist Peter Banks and vocalist Colin Carter in 1972
• Flash (song), a song by Queen about Flash Gordon

People

• Grandmaster Flash, a notable hip hop pioneer and disc jockey
• Dwyane Wade, an NBA basketball player
• Gordon Shedden, a British Touring Car Championship driver
• DJ Flash, a hip-hop disc jockey
• Teemu Selänne, a Finnish NHL hockey player
• Tom Gordon, an MLB pitcher

Places

• Flash, Staffordshire, the highest village in Britain
• Pennington Flash Country Park, a renowned birdwatching area in North West England

Technology

Diagnostic imaging

• FLASH, short for Free Electron LASer of Hamburg, an accelerator-based soft x-ray laser
• FLASH MRI, short for Fast Low Angle SHot Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Cellular and telephony

• Flash-OFDM, a digital multi-carrier modulation scheme
• Flashing (cell phones)
• Hook Flash, a function on many telephones that simulates quickly hanging up then picking up again

Other

• Adobe Flash (formerly "Macromedia Flash"), software that lets users create vector-based animation
• M202A1 FLASH, a US-made thermobaric rocket launcher

Light emission

• Flash (photography), bright, transient illumination in order to photograph in low light conditions
• Flash lamp, strobe light
• Muzzle flash, light emitted when a gun is fired

Physical actions

• Flash (juggling), the throwing and catching of a number of props when each prop is caught only once
• Flash (rock climbing), indicates the climber climbed the route without falling on the first attempt and without having watched another climb the route or obtaining tips
• A form of exhibitionism whereby an individual will briefly and intentionally expose a nude part of their body to an unsuspecting person
• Streaking, the practice of running around in public places nude

Other uses

• Flash (tattoo), a generic (non-custom) tattoo art form
• Molding flash, excess material which must be removed from a molded component

See also

• Flash boiler, a type of water-tube boiler
• Flash blindness
• Flash memory, a form of rewritable computer memory that holds its content independent of its power supply
• Flash point, the lowest temperature at which a substance can form an ignitable mix with air
• Flash powder, a substance used in theatrical pyrotechnics and fireworks
• Flash mob, a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, do something unusual or notable, and then disperse
• Flash of genius, a test for patentability formerly used by the United States Federal Courts
• Flashlight, an electric torch
• Flashback, a narrative technique used in film, literature and television

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