Implements

• Broadfork
  Broadfork
  In farming and gardening, the broadfork, or U-fork is a tool used to manually break up densely packed soil, like hardpan, to improve aeration and drainage....
  
  , for breaking up the soil
• Garden fork
  Garden fork
  A garden fork, spading fork, digging fork or graip is a gardening implement, with a handle and several short, sturdy tines. It is used for loosening, lifting and turning over soil in gardening and farming...
  
  , a pronged tool designed for digging
• Heretic's fork
  Heretic's fork
  The heretic's fork was a torture device, loosely consisting of a length of metal with two opposed bi-pronged "forks" as well as an attached belt or strap....
  
  , a historical torture device
• Bicycle fork
  Bicycle fork
  A bicycle fork is the portion of a bicycle that holds the front wheel and allows the rider to steer and balance the bicycle. A fork consists of two fork ends which hold the front wheel axle, two blades which join at a fork crown, and a steerer or steering tube to which the handlebars attach ...
  
  , the part of a bicycle to which the front wheel is attached
• Motorcycle fork
  Motorcycle fork
  A motorcycle fork connects a motorcycle's front wheel and axle to its frame, typically via a pair of triple clamps. It typically incorporates the front suspension and front brake, and allows the bike to be steered via handlebars attached to the top clamp....
  
  , the portion of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel
• Tuning fork
  Tuning fork
  A tuning fork is an acoustic resonator in the form of a two-pronged fork with the prongs formed from a U-shaped bar of elastic metal . It resonates at a specific constant pitch when set vibrating by striking it against a surface or with an object, and emits a pure musical tone after waiting a...
  
  , a vibrating device used to tune musical instruments
• Pitchfork
  Pitchfork
  A pitchfork is an agricultural tool with a long handle and long, thin, widely separated pointed tines used to lift and pitch loose material, such as hay, leaves, grapes, dung or other agricultural materials. Pitchforks typically have two or three tines...
  
  , a tined farm implement used to lift and pitch hay and perform other tasks
• Trident
  Trident
  A trident , also called a trishul or leister or gig, is a three-pronged spear. It is used for spear fishing and was also a military weapon. Tridents are featured widely in mythical, historical and modern culture. The major Hindu god, Shiva the Destroyer and the sea god Poseidon or Neptune are...
  
  , a three-pronged spear-like weapon
• Winnowing fork, a tined implement used to throw mixtures of grain and chaff into windy air, and thus separate them
• Military fork
  Military fork
  A fork is a pole weapon which was used in war in Europe between the 15th and 19th centuries. Like many polearms, the military fork traces its lineage to an agricultural tool, in this case the pitchfork....
  
  , a pole weapon used in war between the 15th and 19th centuries

In mathematics

• Fork (topology)
  Fork (topology)
  The notion of a fork appears in the characterization of graphs, including network topology, and topological spaces.thumb|A graph with forks in vertices 2, 4, and 5.A graph has a fork in any vertex which is connected by three or more edges...
  
  , a mathematical abstraction
• Forking extension
  Forking extension
  In model theory, a forking extension of a type is an extension that is in some sense not free, and a non-forking extension is an extension that is as free as possible. This can be used to extend the notions of linear or algebraic independence to stable theories. These concepts were introduced by S...
  
    in mathematical model theory

In computing

• Fork (operating system)
  Fork (operating system)
  In computing, when a process forks, it creates a copy of itself. More generally, a fork in a multithreading environment means that a thread of execution is duplicated, creating a child thread from the parent thread....
  
  , a method of creating new processes
• Fork bomb
  Fork bomb
  In computing, the fork bomb is a form of denial-of-service attack against a computer system which makes use of the fork operation whereby a running process can create another running process...
  
  , a type of malware that creates many new processes
• Fork (software development)
  Fork (software development)
  In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a legal copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct piece of software...
  
  , when a piece of software or other work is split into two branches or variations of development
• Fork (filesystem)
  Fork (filesystem)
  In a computer file system, a fork is byte stream associated with a file system object. Every non-empty file must have at least one fork, and depending on the file system, a file may have one or more other associated forks, which in turn may contain primary data integral to the file, or just metadata...
  
  , a part of a file in certain filesystems

Place names

• Fork, Maryland
  Fork, Maryland
  Fork is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States....
  
  , a town in the United States
• Forks, Washington
  Forks, Washington
  -Government:The City is organized under Washington State law as a Non-charter Code City. Its structure is that of an elected Mayor and a five member elected City Council...
  
  , a town in the United States
• Fork Township (disambiguation), several districts in the United States

In science

• A tributary
  Tributary
  A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
  
   of a river or other stream
• Forked tongue
  Forked tongue
  A forked tongue is a tongue split into two distinct tines at the tip; this is a feature common to many species of reptiles. Reptiles smell using the tip of their tongue, and a forked tongue allows them to sense from which direction a smell is coming. Sensing from both sides of the head and...
  
  , a natural bifurcation that occurs in some animals

In culture

• Fork (band), a Finnish a cappella band
• Fork (chess)
  Fork (chess)
  In chess, a fork is a tactic that uses a single piece to attack multiple pieces at the same time. The attacker usually hopes to gain material by capturing one of the opponent's pieces. The defender often finds himself in a difficult position in which he cannot counter all threats. The attacking...
  
  , 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
  Morton's Fork
  A Morton's Fork is a choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives , or two lines of reasoning that lead to the same unpleasant conclusion...
  
  

See also

• Operation Fork, the invasion of Iceland by the British during WWII
• Bifurcation (disambiguation)
• Fork in the road (disambiguation)
• The Forks (disambiguation)