Flash

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Flash may mean:

• Flash (cameraman), the eccentric cameraman of the British TV show, Quizmania, and lead singer of the band King Lizard.
• Flash (cleaning products), a range of cleaning products popular in the United Kingdom
• Flash (comics), any of a number of comic book superheroes, who share the ability to run at superhuman speed.
• Flash (dog), the beloved basset hound of Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on the American television series "The Dukes of Hazzard."
• Flash (drug), a fictional drug used in the video game The Warriors.
• Flash Gordon, a comic hero and space traveller.
• Flash (juggling), the throwing and catching of a number of props when each prop is caught only once.
• Flash (manufacturing), excess material on a molded part, forming a thin fan where two parts of the mold meet.
• Flash memory, a form of rewritable computer memory that holds its content without maintaining a power supply.
• Flash (muppet), a saxophone playing Muppet.
• Flash (musician), the bass player for the glam rock group Wig Wam.
• Flash (noseband), a type of noseband used on the bridle of a horse.
• Flash (novel), a science fiction novel by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
• Flash (photography), bright, transient illumination in order to photograph in low light conditions.
• Flash (song), a song by Queen about Flash Gordon.
• Flash, Staffordshire is reputedly the highest village in England.
• Flash (tattoo), a generic (non-custom) tattoo art form.
• Flash (telecommunication), a message with extremely high precedence.
• Flash Thompson, classmate of Peter Parker (Spider-Man).
• Flash (tv show) is also a television program hosted by Patricia Paquin.
• "Flash" is the abbreviated, popular name for Pennington Flash Country Park, a renowned birdwatching area in the North West of England.

• Indecent exposure, to flash one's nude body in public at another unsuspecting person.
• Macromedia Flash, a graphics animation computer software product.
• Streaking, the practice of running around in public places nude.
• In retail, flashing is getting rid of gaps on shelves; products are brought from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf. Also known as "fronting".

See also

• Flashback
• Flash point, the lowest temperature at which a substance can form an ignitable mix with air.
• Flash mob, a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, do something unusual or notable, and then disperse.
• Operation Flashpoint is a tactical shooter game on a PC.