Fork (disambiguation)

A fork is a utensil for eating and cooking.

Fork may also refer to:

Implements

Fork (road), a type of intersection where a road splits
Open fork mount, a type of Equatorial mount for telescopes
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

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

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