A fork is a utensil for eating and cooking.
Fork may also refer to:
Implements
- Fork (road), a type of intersection where a road splits
- Bicycle fork, the part of a bicycle to which the front wheel is attached
- Garden fork, a pronged gardening tool designed for digging
- Military fork, a pole weapon used between the 15th and 19th centuries
- Motorcycle fork, the portion of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel
- Pitchfork, a tined farming tool used to lift and pitch hay and perform other tasks
- Tuning fork, a vibrating device used to tune musical instruments
- Winnowing fork, a tined farming tool used to separate grain and chaff
Places
- Fork, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran
- Fork, Maryland, United States, a town
- Fork Township (disambiguation), several districts in the United States
Computing
- Fork (file system), a part of a file in certain filesystems
- Fork (software development), when a piece of software or other work is split into two branches or variations of development
- Fork (system call), the method whereby a running process creates a new process
- Fork (blockchain), a split of the blockchain into two chains or a protocol change
- The Fork, an on-line restaurant booking system
Other uses
- Fork (chess), a situation in chess where one piece simultaneously attacks two or more opposing pieces
- Operation Fork, the invasion of Iceland by the British during World War II
- Fork, in the United States a tributary of a river or other stream
See also
- Forks (disambiguation)
- The Forks (disambiguation)
- Forq
- Furca (disambiguation) ("fork" in Latin)
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fork.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Categories: