All articles starting with S

Spao

Spao is a three-player abstract strategy ball-stacking game by Néstor Romeral Andrés for the Shibumi set (4x4 holes board, three ball colours), scoring by multiplying connected group sizes; distinct from the Korean clothing brand SPAO.

Spar (retailer)

Spar, originally founded as Despar, is a voluntary food retail chain started by wholesaler Adriaan van Well in the Netherlands in 1932, with about 13,600 stores in 50 countries.

Sparata

Sparata (Спарата) was a Roman roadside horse-changing station on the Via Militaris between Serdica and Philippopolis, identified with modern Vakarel, Bulgaria, first recorded in 333–334 AD.

SPARC

SPARC (Scalable Processor ARChitecture) is a RISC instruction set architecture formulated at Sun Microsystems in 1985, known for register windows and licensed royalty free by SPARC International since 1989.

SPARC (gene)

SPARC (secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine), also called osteonectin or BM-40, is a matricellular calcium-binding glycoprotein gene on 5q31-q33 encoding a 303-amino-acid collagen-binding protein involved in matrix assembly, wound healing, and cancer prognosis.

SPARC (robotics partnership)

SPARC, the Partnership for Robotics in Europe, was a public-private partnership on robotics between the European Commission and euRobotics under Horizon 2020, running from 2014 to 2020.

Oct 22, 2026

SPARC first-plasma campaign

The SPARC first-plasma campaign is the initial operating phase of SPARC, a compact high-field tokamak by Commonwealth Fusion Systems in Devens, Massachusetts, aiming for net fusion energy gain.

SPARC64 V

SPARC64 V is a 64-bit SPARC V9 enterprise server microprocessor developed by Fujitsu and announced in 2002 as the engine of its PRIMEPOWER UNIX servers.

SPARCstation 1

The SPARCstation 1, code named Campus and sold as the Sun 4/60, was a desktop UNIX workstation introduced by Sun Microsystems in April 1989 as the first SPARCstation.

Spare (memoir)

Spare is Prince Harry's 2023 memoir, ghostwritten by J.R. Moehringer, published by Penguin Random House on 10 January 2023; it sold 1.4 million copies on day one, the fastest-selling non-fiction book ever.

Spare Parts (2015 film)

Spare Parts (2015), directed by Sean McNamara, dramatizes the 2004 Carl Hayden High School robotics team that beat MIT with an $800 underwater robot named Stinky, based on Joshua Davis's WIRED article La Vida Robot.

Sparfloxacin

Sparfloxacin, sold as Zagam, is a synthetic broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic developed by Dainippon Pharmaceutical, approved by the FDA in 1996 and later withdrawn from the market.

Sparganium

Sparganium (bur-reed) is a genus of about 14-20 aquatic monocot species in Typhaceae, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with unisexual spherical flower heads and floating or emergent growth forms.

Sparganosis

Sparganosis, also called plerocercoid infection, is a zoonotic disease from Spirometra tapeworm larvae (spargana) acquired by eating raw frogs or snakes, contaminated water, or poultices; larvae live up to 20 years in humans, most cases occur in East and Southeast Asia, and surgery is the primary treatment.

Sep 29, 2026

Sparging (chemistry)

Sparging is a sample-preparation technique in analytical chemistry that bubbles gas through a liquid to remove dissolved oxygen or transfer volatile compounds into a gas stream for detection.

Spargo

Spargo is a 2011 abstract board game by Cameron Browne, a 4x4 stacking version of Margo and 3D extension of Go for the Shibumi set, where captured pieces supporting enemy pieces survive as zombies.

Sparidae

Sparidae, the seabreams and porgies, a family of about 150-163 coastal percoid fish species in tropical and temperate seas; monophyletic only with Centracanthidae, dentition-based subfamilies non-monophyletic, key aquaculture species like gilthead seabream.

Sep 19, 2026

SparingVision

SparingVision is a Paris-based clinical-stage genomic medicine company founded in 2016 as an Institut de la Vision spin-off, developing gene therapies for inherited retinal degenerations.

Sparito!

Sparito! is a 2003 children's memory board game by Gunter Baars, art by Barbara Kinzebach, published by Selecta Spielzeug; 2-4 players age 5+, on the Kinderspiel des Jahres 2003 recommendation list, now out of print.

Spark

A spark is a transient electrical discharge in which a sudden, heat-dominated current flows through ionized gas, usually across an electrode gap after the voltage exceeds the gas's breakdown strength.

Spark (iFlytek model family)

Spark, also known as Spark Desk, is a family of large language models developed by the Chinese AI company iFlytek, first released in May 2023.

Spark arrestor

A spark arrestor is a device fitted to a chimney, flue, or exhaust pipe to stop sparks and burning fragments from escaping, required on engines in fire-prone country.

Spark by Hilton

Spark by Hilton is a conversion-only premium-economy hotel brand launched by Hilton in January 2023, in which existing hotels are renovated and rebranded rather than built new.

Spark chamber

A spark chamber is a particle detector of stacked conducting plates separated by gas gaps, where triggered high voltage draws sparks along a particle's path.

Spark ignition

Spark ignition (SI) is the method of initiating combustion in an internal combustion engine, where a spark plug fires into a compressed fuel-air mixture, the alternative to compression ignition.

Spark Life

Spark L.I.F.E (స్పార్క్ ల. ఐ. ప్. ఏ), also called Spark: The Life, is a 2023 Telugu psychological action thriller directed by and starring debutant Vikranth Reddy with Mehreen Pirzada and Rukshar Dhillon, released 17 November 2023 to negative reviews and a ₹1.45 crore first week.