# Spark

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**Spark** commonly refers to:

- [Spark (fire)](/source/Spark_(fire)), a small glowing particle or ember
- [Electric spark](/source/Electric_spark), a form of electrical discharge

**Spark** may also refer to:

## People

- [Spark (surname)](/source/Spark_(surname))
- [Jessica Morgan](/source/Jessica_Morgan) (born 1992; formerly known as Spark), female singer-songwriter from East London

## Companies

- Spark, the last-mile delivery service for [Walmart](/source/Walmart)
- [Spark (architects)](/source/Spark_(architects)), an international architectural firm
- [Spark (U.S. organization)](/source/Spark_(U.S._organization)), a Trotskyist group
- [Spark Energy](/source/Spark_Energy), a UK electricity and gas supplier
- [Spark Infrastructure](/source/Spark_Infrastructure), an investor in Australian infrastructure assets
- [Spark Networks](/source/Spark_Networks) SE, an online dating company
- [Spark New Zealand](/source/Spark_New_Zealand), a telecommunications company
- [Spark Racing Technology](/source/Spark_Racing_Technology), a French motorsport manufacturer specializing in electric racecars
- [Spark Unlimited](/source/Spark_Unlimited), a computer game developer

## Computer science

- [Adobe Spark](/source/Adobe_Spark), a suite of media applications developed by Adobe Systems
- [Apache Spark](/source/Apache_Spark), a cluster computing framework
- [Cisco Spark (application)](/source/Cisco_Spark_(application)), a collaboration application and platform now part of the Webex Teams application
- [Spark (application)](/source/Spark_(application)), a mobile email application by Readdle
- [Spark (cellular automaton)](/source/Spark_(cellular_automaton)), a type of pattern in Conway's Game of Life and related rules
- [SPARK (programming language)](/source/SPARK_(programming_language)), a variant of the Ada programming language that focuses on high-integrity software
- [Spark (XMPP client)](/source/Spark_(XMPP_client)), an instant messaging client

## Arts, entertainment and media

- [*Spark* (radio show)](/source/Spark_(radio_show)), a culture and technology program produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- [Project Spark](/source/Project_Spark), a "game maker" video game

### Books, comics and periodicals

- [*The Spark* (newspaper)](/source/The_Spark_(newspaper)), the student newspaper of the University of Reading
- [*The Spark* (magazine)](/source/The_Spark_(magazine)), a former free quarterly magazine from Bristol, England
- [Spark (comics)](/source/Spark_(comics)) or Ayla Ranzz, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
- [*Spark* (magazine)](/source/Spark_(magazine)), the student newspaper of the Victorian College of the Arts Student Union, Australia
- [*Spark* (Matayoshi novel)](/source/Spark_(Matayoshi_novel)), a 2015 novel by Naoki Matayoshi
- [*Spark* (Twelve Hawks novel)](/source/Spark_(Twelve_Hawks_novel)), a 2014 novel by John Twelve Hawks
- *Spark*, the student magazine of [Lakota East High School](/source/Lakota_East_High_School), Ohio, U.S.
- *Spark Mag*, an online publication founded by the punk band [Downtown Boys](/source/Downtown_Boys_(band))
- "Spark", in the comics series *[Girl Genius](/source/Girl_Genius)*, a mad scientist with supernatural abilities

### Film and television

- [*Spark* (1998 film)](/source/Spark_(1998_film)), starring Terrence Howard
- *[Spark: A Burning Man Story](/source/Spark:_A_Burning_Man_Story)*, a 2013 documentary
- [*Spark* (2014 film)](/source/Spark_(2014_film)), directed by V. K. Singh
- [*Spark* (2016 film)](/source/Spark_(2016_film)), an animated film
- [*Spark* (TV series)](/source/Spark_(TV_series)), a British sitcom

### Music

- [Spark Records](/source/Spark_Records), a US record label
- [Spark (British record label)](/source/Spark_(British_record_label))
- [Spark Sunderland](/source/Spark_Sunderland), a radio station in Sunderland, England

#### Albums

- [*Spark* (Alain Johannes album)](/source/Spark_(Alain_Johannes_album)), 2010
- [*Spark* (Drake White album)](/source/Spark_(Drake_White_album)), 2016
- [*Spark* (Hiromi album)](/source/Spark_(Hiromi_album)), 2016
- [*Spark* (Marit Larsen album)](/source/Spark_(Marit_Larsen_album)), 2011
- [*Spark* (Thomas Leeb album)](/source/Spark_(Thomas_Leeb_album)), 2004
- [*The Spark* (album)](/source/The_Spark_(album)), by Enter Shikari, 2017
- [*Spark* (Whitney album)](/source/Spark_(Whitney_album)), 2022
- *The Spark*, by [Plankeye](/source/Plankeye), 1995

#### Songs

- ["Spark" (Amy Macdonald song)](/source/Spark_(Amy_Macdonald_song)), 2010
- ["Spark" (Tori Amos song)](/source/Spark_(Tori_Amos_song)), 1998
- "Spark", by Assemblage 23 from *[Compass](/source/Compass_(Assemblage_23_album))*
- "Spark", by Ed Sheeran from *[-](/source/-_(album))*
- "Spark", by Fitz and the Tantrums from *[More Than Just a Dream](/source/More_Than_Just_a_Dream)*
- "Spark", by The Church from *[Starfish](/source/Starfish_(album))*
- ["The Spark" (Afrojack song)](/source/The_Spark_(Afrojack_song))
- ["The Spark" (Kabin Crew and Lisdoonvarna Crew song)](/source/The_Spark_(Kabin_Crew_and_Lisdoonvarna_Crew_song))

### Other arts, entertainment and media

- [ABC Spark](/source/ABC_Spark), a Canadian cable channel
- *[Hibana: Spark](/source/Hibana:_Spark)*, a 2016 Japanese web series

## Naval vessels

- [HMS *Spark*](/source/HMS_Spark), a British Royal Navy submarine
- [USS *Spark* (1813)](/source/USS_Spark_(1813)), a United States Navy brig
- [USS *Spark* (1831)](/source/USS_Spark_(1831)), a United States Navy schooner
- [USS *Spark* (IX-196)](/source/USS_Spark_(IX-196)), a United States Navy tank-landing ship

## Cars

- [Chevrolet Spark](/source/Chevrolet_Spark), a city car manufactured by GM Korea
- [Chevrolet Spark EV](/source/Chevrolet_Spark_EV), a 5-door hatchback battery electric vehicle
- [Wuling Air EV](/source/Wuling_Air_EV), a battery electric city car, badged as Chevrolet Spark EV in Egypt
- [Chevrolet Spark EUV](/source/Chevrolet_Spark_EUV), a battery electric crossover city car manufactured by SAIC-GM-Wuling

## Other uses

- [Spark Point](/source/Spark_Point), a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands
- [Spark (horse)](/source/Spark_(horse))
- [Spark (mathematics)](/source/Spark_(mathematics)), the smallest number of linearly dependent columns in a matrix
- [SPARK (anti-counterfeiting feature)](/source/SPARK_(anti-counterfeiting_feature))
- [SPARK (rocket)](/source/SPARK_(rocket)), an American expendable launch system
- SPARK, an autism research project by [Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative](/source/Simons_Foundation_Autism_Research_Initiative)
- [Spark-gap transmitter](/source/Spark-gap_transmitter), a technology used to generate radio waves
- Spark or *[Sinthusa](/source/Sinthusa)*, a genus of butterfly
- [Kicksled](/source/Kicksled) or spark, a small sled
- TheSpark.com, website which originated [SparkNotes](/source/SparkNotes)
- [Hangzhou Spark](/source/Hangzhou_Spark), a Chinese esports team in the Overwatch League
- Spark, a colloquial term referring to an [electrician](/source/Electrician)
- Spark, the leader of Team Instinct in [Pokémon Go](/source/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go)
- Spark, the Cybertronian equivalent of a heart in the *[Transformers](/source/Transformers_(franchise))* media franchise
- [DJI Spark](/source/DJI_Spark), a Chinese camera drone

## See also

- *[Iskra](/source/Iskra)* ("Spark"), a political newspaper of Russian socialist emigrants 1900-1905
- *[Scînteia](/source/Sc%C3%AEnteia)* ("Spark"), a former Romanian communist newspaper
- [Divine spark](/source/Divine_spark), a Gnostic and esoteric concept
- [SPARC (disambiguation)](/source/SPARC_(disambiguation))
- [Sparks (disambiguation)](/source/Sparks_(disambiguation))
- [Sparq (disambiguation)](/source/Sparq_(disambiguation))
- [Sparx (disambiguation)](/source/Sparx_(disambiguation))

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