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A fork is a utensil for eating and cooking.

Contents

• Implements
• Places
• Computing
• Other uses
• See also

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)

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