Wake (disambiguation)

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Wake is the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving solid body.

Wake may also refer to:

Culture

• Wakes week, an English holiday tradition
• Parish Wake, another name of the Welsh gŵyl mabsant, the fairs held on the local parish's patron saint's annual feast
• Wake (ceremony), a ritual which takes place during some funeral ceremonies

Entertainment

Places and schools

• Wake, Okayama, Japan
• Wake, Virginia
• Wake County, North Carolina
• Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
• Wake Forest University
  • Wake Forest Demon Deacons, this school's athletic program
• Wake Island, in the Pacific Ocean

Science and nature

• Wake, a group of vultures
• Wake low, a meteorological phenomenon which can cause high winds

Technology and engineering

• WAKE (cipher)
• Wake-on-LAN, a signal that activates a device via a network connection
• Wake-on-ring, or Wake-on-Modem (WOM), a signal that activates a device via a telephone connection
• Wake turbulence, the air turbulence that forms around and behind an aircraft

Other uses

• Wake (surname)
• WAKE (AM), radio station in Indiana, United States

See also

• Awaken (disambiguation)