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Flash may refer to:

Locations:

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

People:

Dwyane Wade, an NBA basketball player

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

Technology:

Adobe Flash, a program that lets users create vector-based animation
Flash memory, a form of rewritable computer memory that holds its content independent of its power supply
FLASH MRI, Fast Low Angle Shot Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Flash (photography), bright, transient illumination in order to photograph in low light conditions
Flash lamp, strobe light
Flash-OFDM, a digital multi-carrier modulation scheme
M202A1 FLASH, a US-made thermobaric rocket launcher
USB flash drive, a flash memory data storage device
Molding flash, excess material which must be removed from a molded component
Muzzle flash, light emitted when a gun is fired

Popular culture:

Flash (band), formed by former Yes guitarist Peter Banks and vocalist Colin Carter in 1972
Flash (1997 film), a Wonderful World of Disney movie starring Lucas Black
Flash (juggling), the throwing and catching of a number of props when each prop is caught only once
"Flash" (song), a song by Queen about Flash Gordon
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
Flash (album), a 2005 album from Japanese electronic musician Towa Tei
Flash (tattoo), a generic (non-custom) tattoo art form
Streaking, the practice of running around in public places nude
Indecent exposure, also known as "flashing", to expose one's nude body in public at another unsuspecting person
Flash, the British brand name of the P&G product Mr. Clean

[edit] See also

Flashing (Cell Phones)
Flashback
Flash blindness
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

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