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:
“I wanted him to fly, burst like a missile from your throat,
burst from the spidery-mother-web,
burst from Woman herself
where too many had laid out lights
that stuck to you and left a burn
that smarted into your middle age.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms. The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgement shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision.”
—Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)
“So now it is vain for the singer to burst into clamor
With the great black piano appassionato. The glamour
Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast
Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a child for the past.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)