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Flash may refer to:

Light

• Flash (photography), instantaneous illumination for picture taking
• Argon flash, a single-use source of very short and extremely bright flashes of light
• Arc flash, an electrical explosion
• Lightning, a natural phenomenon
• Muzzle flash, the visible light of the muzzle blast when a firearm is discharged
• Power flash, a flash of light caused by arcing electricity from damaged electrical equipment
• Flashtube or flashlamp, a lamp for producing brief intense light

Media

Books

• Flash (novel), a 2004 science fiction novel by L. E. Modesitt
• Flash fiction, fiction of extreme brevity
• The Flash (comic book), ongoing comic book featuring the titular DC Comics hero

Characters

• Flash (comics), several speedy DC Comics superheroes
  • Flash (Jay Garrick), the first superhero
  • Flash (Barry Allen), the second superhero
  • Flash (Wally West), the first Kid Flash
  • Flash (Bart Allen), the second Kid Flash
• Flash (Dukes of Hazzard), Sheriff Rosco's dog in The Dukes of Hazzard
• Flash (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Flash (Transformers), a member of the Turbomasters
• Flash Gordon, the titular hero of science fiction comic strip
• Flash Thompson, a Marvel comic book character
• Flash, a character in the 2003 comedy film Daddy Day Care

Film and television

• Flash (1997 film), a 1997 Disney Channel television film
• Flash (2004 film), a 2004 American film starring Amanda Loncar
• Flash (2007 film), a 2007 Malayalam suspense thriller film
• Flash (Chuck), how Chuck retrieves data in the TV series Chuck
• The Flash (TV series), a 1990 American superhero series

Game

• Flash (pinball), a 1979 Williams pinball game designed by Steve Ritchie
• Teen patti or Flash, a three-card poker-style game, popular in South Asia

Music

• Flash (band), a 1970s progressive rock group
• Flash (Moving Sidewalks album), 1968
• Flash (Electric Food album), 1970
• "Flash" (song), a song on Queen's 1980 album Flash Gordon
• Flash (Jeff Beck album), 1985
• "Flash" (Stéphanie song), a song Princess Stéphanie of Monaco's 1986 album Besoin
• Flash (B.B.E. song), 1997 from the album Games
• Flash (Towa Tei album), 2005
• Flash (EP), a 2010 extended play album by Crystal Kay

Military

• M202 FLASH, a rocket launcher
• Operation Flash, a May 1995 Croatian Army offensive in Western Slavonia
• Tactical recognition flash, a coloured patch worn on the arm of combat clothing to distinguish their Regiment or Corps

Organizations

• Flash Airlines, a private charter airline operating out of Cairo, Egypt
• Flash Engineering, a Swedish motorsports team
• Utah Flash, an NBA Development League team
• Western New York Flash, American women’s soccer franchise

People

• Flash (wrestler) (born 1957), masked professional wrestler
• Adam Flash (born 1971), American professional wrestler
• DJ Flash (born 1957), American DJ
• Dwyane Wade (born 1982), basketball player
• Flash Hollett (1912–1999), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• Gabriel Elorde (1935–1985), Filipino professional boxer
• George Flash (1909–1990), Israeli politician
• Grandmaster Flash (born 1958), American hip hop musician and DJ
• Richard Flash (born 1976), English footballer
• Sandy Flash (died 1778), highwayman
• Flash Terry (1934–2004), American guitarist and singer
• Lee Young-Ho (born 1992), South Korean professional Starcraft player also known as Flash

Places

• Flash, Staffordshire, England
• Pennington Flash Country Park, England
• The Flash (lake), a lake in Wales

Science

• FLASH, Free Electron LASer, a particle accelerator in Hamburg, Germany
• FLASH MRI, a basic measuring principle for rapid magnetic resonance imaging

Technology

• Flash (manufacturing), an excess material attached to a moulded product along a parting line
• Hook flash, a telephone function

Computing

• Adobe Flash (formerly Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash), multimedia platform software
  • Adobe Flash Player, web browser software viewer for Flash animation and video
  • Flash animation, animation created using Adobe Flash or similar
  • Flash Video, a container file format used for Internet video delivery
• Flash memory, a form of non-volatile computer memory
  • USB flash drive, a storage device
• Flash!, the bundled graphics package for the SAM Coupé

Other uses

• Flash, to expose a person's private parts to another person in Exhibitionism
• Flash, a lightning bolt symbol, for example in Flash and Circle
• Flash (cleaning product), the UK name of Mr. Clean
• Flash (juggling), a type of throwing and catching
• Flash (tattoo), a source pattern for body art
• Eyebrow flash, body language

See also

• Flashing (disambiguation)
• Flash burn
• Flash fire, a sudden, intense fire
• Flash flood
• Flash paper
• Flashlight (disambiguation)
• Flashpoint
• "Prepare for the Flash" by Green Velvet