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Wake

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Wake or The Wake may refer to:

Culture

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  • 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

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Film, television, and audio

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Literature

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Games

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Music

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Places and schools

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Science

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  • WAKE (cipher), a stream cipher
  • Wake (physics), the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving solid body
  • Wake low, a meteorological phenomenon which can cause high winds
  • 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
  • Wake, a group of vultures

Other uses

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See also

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