Burst may refer to:
- Burst mode (disambiguation), a mode of operation where events occur in rapid succession
- Burst transmission, a term in telecommunications
- Burst switching, a feature of some packet-switched networks
- Bursting, a signaling mode of neurons
- Burst mode (firearm), a firearm mode that fires a predetermined number of rounds
- Burst phase, a feature of the PAL television format
- Burst fracture, a type of spinal injury
- Burst charge, a component of some fireworks
- Burst noise, type of electronic noise that occurs in semiconductors.
- Burst finish, a two- or three-color faded effect applied to musical instruments. Sunburst is best known.
- Burst refresh, the refreshing of an entire RAM memory at once.
Burst may also refer to:
- Burst (village), a village in Erpe-Mere
- Burst.com, a software company
- Burst Radio, the University of Bristol student radio station
- Burst (band), a Swedish progressive metal band
Famous quotes containing the word burst:
“It was so old a ship—who knows, who knows?
MAnd yet so beautiful, I watched in vain
To see the mast burst open with a rose,
And the whole deck put on its leaves again.”
—James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)
“No burst of nuclear phenomenon
That put an end to what was going on
Could make much difference to the dead and gone.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“and wait and watch until
The fattening dots burst into nimble-
Swimming tadpoles.”
—Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)