Torch (disambiguation)

A torch is a portable burning light source.

Torch or torches may also refer to:

Places

• Torch, Missouri, a community in the United States
• Torch, Ohio, a community in the United States
• The Marina Torch, a residential skyscraper in Dubai

People

• Torch (American rapper), an American rapper
• Torch (German rapper), a German rapper
• Warren DeMartini, nicknamed "Torch", a guitarist for the American hard rock band Ratt
• Sidney Torch, a British composer and bandleader
• Robert Torricelli, a U.S. Senator from New Jersey nicknamed "the Torch"

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Torch (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Torch, a human replacement entity utilized in the world of Shakugan no Shana novels
• Human Torch, the Fantastic Four comic book character

Music

Songs

• Torch (Carly Simon album), a 1981 album by Carly Simon
• Torch (Honeytribe album), a 2006 album by Devon Allman's Honeytribe
• "Torch" (song), a 1982 song by British pop duo Soft Cell
• "Torch", the ending song for the anime Clannad
• "Torch", a 2007 song by American rock duo Pinback from their album Autumn of the Seraphs
• "Torches", a 2017 song by X Ambassadors
• "The Torch" (Elgar), a song by the English composer Edward Elgar
• "The Torch", a song by Scottish musician Momus from the album Scobberlotchers

Other uses in music

• Torch (band), a Norwegian rock metal band
• "Torch song", a type of love song
• Torches (album), the debut album by Foster the People

Print media

• Torch (novel), a 2007 novel by American author Cheryl Strayed
• The Torch (novel), a 1948 science fiction novel by Jack Bechdolt
• The Torch (St. John's University), student newspaper
• TORCH report, a written report on the Chernobyl disaster

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Torch (juggling), a prop used by jugglers
• The Torch (film), a 1950 film directed by Emilio Fernández
• "Torches", an episode of the television series Teletubbies

Computing and technology

• Torch (browser), a freeware Web browser and Internet suite developed by Torch Media
• Torch (company), manufacturer of fire detection sensors
• Torch (machine learning), a library of machine learning algorithms
• BlackBerry Torch, a smartphone
• Torch Computers, former manufacturer of computers
• Torch (chess engine), a computer chess engine

Tools

• Torch, or flashlight, a portable hand-held electric light
• Blowtorch, fuel-burning metalworking tool used for applying flame and heat
• Magnesium torch, used as an underwater light source
• Oxyacetylene torch, see Oxy-fuel welding and cutting

Other uses

• Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign
• TORCH, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
• TORCH complex (aka TORCHES), a healthcare mnemonic for maternal infections transmitted to the fetus
• TORCH syndrome, a cluster of symptoms caused by congenital infection
• Torch Commando, South African organisation, founded in 1941 during the Second World War

See also

• Torched (disambiguation)

1. Human Torch (disambiguation)
2. Torch Theatre
3. Torch song (disambiguation)
4. Torched
5. Water torch
6. Torch Lake
7. Torchwood (disambiguation)
8. Torch Lake Township, Michigan
9. Torch relay
10. Flashlight (disambiguation)
11. Torchbearer
12. 2010 Olympics torch relay
13. Arson (disambiguation)
14. Blowtorch (disambiguation)
15. Injector (disambiguation)
16. Plasma gun
17. Fantastic Four (disambiguation)
18. UFO (disambiguation)
19. Kerf (disambiguation)
20. Lighter fluid