Sharp
Encyclopedia
Sharp or SHARP may refer to:
- Sharp (surname)Sharp (surname)Sharp is a surname. It is cognate to the German . It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin 'ditch', Russian 'to scrape'.-A:* Abraham Sharp , English schoolmaster, mathematician and astronomer...
- Sharp (flour)Sharp (flour)Sharp flour is made from hard wheat. It is a term used by millers in Fiji and is in common usage throughout the populace as evidenced by newspaper reports whenever the price of flour changes, with the new price of sharp listed. Sharp is used as an ingredient for roti in Fiji.-External links:**...
, a flour made from hard wheat - Sharp (magazine), Canadian magazine
- Sharp DailySharp DailySharp Daily is a free Chinese-language tabloid newspaper, published in Taipei, Taiwan by Next Media.Launched on October 24, 2006 as a rival to Cola , another free tabloid published by United Daily Newspaper , Sharp Daily shares news content with the Taiwanese Apple Daily...
, a free newspaper published in Taiwan and Hong Kong - Sharp (set theory)
- Sharp (crater)Sharp (crater)Sharp is a lunar impact crater located to the west of the Sinus Iridum bay of the Mare Imbrium, beyond the Montes Jura range. To the southwest is the crater Mairan. Because of its location and foreshortening, Sharp appears elliptical whereas the crater rim is actually circular.Sharp is surrounded...
, a lunar impact crater - Sharp, a type of sewing needle
- Sharp ScaleSharp ScaleThe Sharp Scale was devised by Henrietta Sharp Cockrell as an objective and scientific way to measure the opacity-translucency of paper, particularly of manuscript folios, 'in the field' without specialized equipment, for example in a museum or library setting....
, measure of paper opacity - Sharp, (also spelled shark, sharper or sharker), a swindler at games of chance and skill, e.g. card sharpCard sharpA card sharp is a person who uses skill and deception to win at poker or other card games...
, pool sharkPool sharkPool shark or pool sharks may refer to:...
Short for
- Stationary High Altitude Relay PlatformStationary High Altitude Relay PlatformSHARP, short for Stationary High Altitude Relay Platform, was an experimental aircraft using beam-powered propulsion designed by the Communications Research Centre Canada and built by the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies during the 1980s...
(SHARP), a 1980s beamed-power aircraft - Super High Altitude Research ProjectSuper High Altitude Research ProjectThe Super High Altitude Research Project was a U.S. government project conducting research into the firing of high-velocity projectiles high into the atmosphere using a two stage light gas gun, with the ultimate goal of propelling satellites into Earth orbit...
(SHARP), a 1990s project to develop a high-velocity gun - Skinheads Against Racial PrejudiceSkinheads Against Racial PrejudiceSkinheads Against Racial Prejudice are anti-racist skinheads who oppose neo-Nazis and other political racists, particularly if those racists identify themselves as skinheads....
(SHARP)
Organisations and companies
- Sharp CorporationSharp Corporationis a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products. Headquartered in Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, Sharp employs more than 55,580 people worldwide as of June 2011. The company was founded in September 1912 and takes its name from one of its founder's first...
, a Japanese electronics manufacturer - Sharp AirlinesSharp AirlinesSharp Airlines is a regional airline headquartered in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia. Its main bases are Portland Airport, Adelaide Airport and Launceston Airport. The airline also provides charter operations to regional Victoria and South Australia...
, Australian airline - Sharp EntertainmentSharp EntertainmentSharp Entertainment is a television production company based in Manhattan, New York. Founded by Matt Sharp in 2003, they have produced hundreds of hours of television shows for various companies. In 2008, Sharp Entertainment was named to the Realscreen Global 100 list of the world’s top...
, US TV company - Sharp HealthCareSharp HealthcareSharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit integrated regional health care delivery system located in San Diego. Sharp includes four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, two affiliated medical groups and a health plan...
, a hospital system in San Diego, California - Sharp WaterSharp WaterSharp Water is a water treatment company in Salisbury, Maryland. The company serves the entire Delmarva Peninsula and specializes in not only water treatment, but drinking water sales also. The company sells Ecowater products....
, US water treatment company
Music
- Sharp (music)Sharp (music)In music, sharp, dièse , or diesis means higher in pitch and the sharp symbol raises a note by a half tone. Intonation may be flat, sharp, or both, successively or simultaneously...
, a musical notation sign - Sharp (band)Sharp (band)Sharp were a mid 1980s English rock band, featuring former Jam members Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler. They released one single.-Career:After The Jam split, Foxton pursued a solo career and Buckler formed Time UK, featuring Jimmy Edwards on vocals...
, English band featuring ex-Jam members - Sharp (South Korean band), pop music group
- The SharpThe SharpThe Sharp was a 3-piece pop/rock band from Melbourne, Australia.The band formed in 1988 with Allan Catlin on double bass and lead vocals, Charlie Rooke on guitar and lead vocals, and Danny Simcic / Piet Collins on drums....
, Australian pop/rock band - Sharp (Angela Winbush album)
- Sharp (Etnica album)Sharp (Etnica album)Sharp is an album by the Italian group Etnica released in 2004.- Track listing :# "Automatik" – 8:02# "Inner Space " – 7:45# "Eros" – 8:21# "Machine" – 9:08# "Planet X" – 9:19# "B.A.S." – 6:51# "Sharp" – 7:28# "Photonic" – 10:25...
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Places and geographical features
- Sharp County, ArkansasSharp County, Arkansas-External links:*...
, USA - Sharp GlacierSharp GlacierSharp Glacier is a glacier flowing north to the head of Lallemand Fjord, close east of the Boyle Mountains, in Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Robert P. Sharp, American...
, Antarctica - Sharp IslandSharp IslandSharp Island is one of the largest islands in the Kiu Tsui Country Park located at Port Shelter of Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Tourists can go there for BBQ activities, fishing, swimming as well as diving....
, island of Hong Kong - Sharp Island (Ontario), island in Georgian Bay, Canada
- Sharp PeakSharp PeakSharp Peak, also Nam She Tsim , lies to the north of Tai Long Wan on the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. As its name suggests, it comprises a characteristic sharp peak, which rises to a height 468 metres. The hill is hard for hikers although it is a popular site for hiking in Hong Kong.Sharp Peak...
, hill in Hong Kong - Sharp Peak, Livingston IslandSharp Peak, Livingston IslandSharp Peak is a rocky peak rising to 500 m in the northeast of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...
, hill in Antarctica - Sharp ValleySharp ValleySharp Valley is a small valley in Antarctica trending NE-SW, located 1 mile east-southeast of Stoneley Point on James Ross Island. Named in 1983 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Michael C. Sharp, British Antarctic Survey field assistant in the area, 1981-82....
, valley in Antarctica - Mount SharpMount SharpMount Sharp is a mountain over 3,000 m, standing 2 miles southeast of Mount Barden in the north part of the Sentinel Range. Mapped by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957–58, who named the mountain for Professor Robert P. Sharp, member of the Technical Panel on Glaciology, U.S. National...
, mountain in Antarctica
Programming languages
- A# (.NET)A Sharp (.NET)A# is a port of the Ada programming language to the Microsoft .NET platform. A# is freely distributed by the Department of Computer Science at the United States Air Force Academy as a service to the Ada community under the terms of the GNU General Public License.AdaCore has taken over this...
- C# (programming language)
- F# (programming language)
- J#J SharpVisual J# |sharp]]') programming language is a discontinued transitional language for programmers of Java and Visual J++ languages, so they may use their existing knowledge and applications on .NET Framework....
See also
- Sharp House (disambiguation)
- Sharpe (disambiguation)
- SharpeningSharpeningSharpening is the process of creating or refining a sharp edge of appropriate shape on a tool or implement designed for cutting. Sharpening is done by grinding away material on the implement with an abrasive substance harder than the material of the implement, followed sometimes by processes to...
- Sharpness (disambiguation)Sharpness (disambiguation)Sharpness is port in Gloucestershire, England.Sharpness may also refer to:*Sharpness -See also:*Sharp *Sharpening, for the creation of sharpness of a cutting tool or similar...
- Sharps (disambiguation)
- 5426 Sharp5426 Sharp5426 Sharp is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on February 16, 1985 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...
, asteroid