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
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
- "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 (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
- 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
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