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- Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash), a graphics animation computer software product
- Flash (comics), any of a number of comic book superheroes, who share the ability to run at superhuman speed
- 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 memory, a form of rewritable computer memory that holds its content independent of its power supply
- 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 Thompson, classmate of Peter Parker (Spider-Man)
- "Flash" is the abbreviated, popular name for Pennington Flash Country Park, a renowned birdwatching area in North West England
- Indecent exposure, to flash one's nude body in public at another unsuspecting person
- 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" or "facing up")
- Dwyane Wade, an NBA basketball player, also known as Flash
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
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