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{{selfref|In the context of Wikipedia, "Fork" may refer to Mirrors and forks or Content forking.}}{{wiktionary|fork|forked|forking}}A fork is a utensil for eating and cooking. Fork may also refer to: {{TOC right}}Implements- Fork (road), a type of intersection where the road splits
- Bicycle fork, (also known as a front fork), the part of a bicycle to which the front wheel is attached
- Bident, a two-pronged spear-like weapon
- Broadfork, for breaking up the soil
- Fork, holder of a caster
- Garden fork, a pronged tool designed for digging
- Military fork, a pole weapon used in war between the 15th and 19th centuries
- Motorcycle fork, the portion of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel
- Pitchfork, a tined farm implement used to lift and pitch hay and perform other tasks
- Trident, a three-pronged spear-like weapon
- Tuning fork, a vibrating device used to tune musical instruments
- Winnowing fork, a tined implement used to throw mixtures of grain and chaff into windy air, and thus separate them
Places- Fork, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran
United States- Fork, Maryland, a town
- Forks, Washington, a town
- Fork Township (disambiguation), several districts
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 bomb, a type of malware that creates many new processes
- Fork–join model, a way of designing and executing parallel computations
- Fork (blockchain), a split of the blockchain into two chains or a protocol change
- The Fork, an on-line restaurant booking system
Science- Fork, a tributary of a river or other stream
- Forked tongue, a natural bifurcation that occurs in some animals
- Forking extension, in mathematical model theory
Other uses- Fork (chess), a situation in chess where one piece simultaneously attacks two or more opposing pieces, usually resulting in the loss of an enemy piece
- Morton's fork, a choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives (in other words, a dilemma)
- Operation Fork, the invasion of Iceland by the British during World War II
See also- Bifurcation (disambiguation)
- Fork in the road (disambiguation)
- Forks (disambiguation)
- Furca (disambiguation) ("Fork" in Latin)
- The Forks (disambiguation)
- Forq
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