Other Uses
- Bird control spike, a device consisting of long, needle-like rods used for bird control
- Spike (computer science), an Agile programming term for a minimal prototype implementation of some system functionality that nonetheless encompasses the entire range of system operability
- Spike (missile) an Israeli fourth generation ATGM
- Spike (company), a video game company
- Spike Island (disambiguation)
- Spike (music), a part of certain stringed instruments
- Spike (journalism), to decide not to publish or make public, a matter of concern in journalism ethics and standards
- Spike (video gaming), generally used to describe a tactic in which a player or group of players deals a large amount of damage to a target simultaneously
- Mickey Finn (drugs), drink spiking: to covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances
- Spike Shooter, a sports energy drink
- Action potential, a concept in neuroscience
- Voltage spike, also called an electrical surge
- SPIKE algorithm, a mathematical parallel algorithm for solving banded systems of linear equations
- Colloquial name for a workhouse
- Hail spike, an artifact on a weather radar display indicative of large hail
- Ice spike, an upward-facing icicle that forms as a body of water freezes
- Colloquial term for the addition of a small amount of a concentrated (often toxic) substance to a mixture
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