Spike - Other Uses

Other Uses

• Bird control spike, a device consisting of long, needle-like rods used for bird control
• Spike (computer science), an Agile programming term for a minimal prototype implementation of some system functionality that nonetheless encompasses the entire range of system operability
• Spike (missile) an Israeli fourth generation ATGM
• Spike (company), a video game company
• Spike Island (disambiguation)
• Spike (music), a part of certain stringed instruments
• Spike (journalism), to decide not to publish or make public, a matter of concern in journalism ethics and standards
• Spike (video gaming), generally used to describe a tactic in which a player or group of players deals a large amount of damage to a target simultaneously
• Mickey Finn (drugs), drink spiking: to covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances
• Spike Shooter, a sports energy drink
• Action potential, a concept in neuroscience
• Voltage spike, also called an electrical surge
• SPIKE algorithm, a mathematical parallel algorithm for solving banded systems of linear equations
• Colloquial name for a workhouse
• Hail spike, an artifact on a weather radar display indicative of large hail
• Ice spike, an upward-facing icicle that forms as a body of water freezes
• Colloquial term for the addition of a small amount of a concentrated (often toxic) substance to a mixture