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

Wake or The Wake may also refer to:

Culture

  • Wake (ceremony), a ritual which takes place during some funeral ceremonies
  • 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

Entertainment

Film, television, and audio

Literature

Games

Music

Places and schools

Science and nature

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

Technology and engineering

  • WAKE (cipher), a stream 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

See also