Spark

Updated: 09/10/2024 by Computer Hope

Spark may refer to any of the following:

1. When describing electricity or power, a spark describes an emission of electricity. For example, when rubbing your feet on carpet and touching something metal, you'll likely get a spark from your finger. With computers, a spark (better known as ESD (ElectroStatic Discharge)) could damage ESD-sensitive equipment.

2. Spark is the name of an implementation of MapReduce. See our MapReduce for further information.

3. With Google+, Sparks was a section that stored all your interests.

Power terms