Spot or SPOT may refer to:

Places

* Spot, North Carolina, a community in the United States * The Spot, New South Wales, a locality in Sydney, Australia *

South Pole Traverse The South Pole Traverse, also called the South Pole Overland Traverse, is an approximately flagged route over compacted snow and ice in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, both operated ...

, sometimes called the South Pole Overland Traverse

People

* Spot (producer), the house producer and engineer for the label SST Records *

Spot (rapper) SPOT or BeingSpot is an American rapper from Brooklyn that became known in Atlanta, Georgia for his album The Good Son. Background The eldest son of Jamaican and Guyanese parents, SPOT initially lived in many different parts of the United St ...

Spot Collins William Harold "Spot" Collins (March 4, 1922 – March 26, 1996) was a college and professional football player and coach in the 1940s. He was a quarterback and guard who led the Texas Longhorns to their first bowl game; and – north of Austin ...

(1922-1996), American football player and coach * Jerry Chamberlain (known as "Spot"), the guitarist for the rock group the Swirling Eddies *

Scott Draves Scott Draves is the inventor of Fractal Flames and the leader of the distributed computing project Electric Sheep. He also invented patch-based texture synthesis and published the first implementation of this class of algorithms. He is also a v ...

(known as "Spot"), digital artist and VJ * Moondog Spot, a ring name for professional wrestler Larry Booker

Advertising

Radio spot In the United States, commercial radio stations make most of their revenue by selling airtime to be used for running radio advertisements. These advertisements are the result of a business or a service providing a valuable consideration, usually ...

, an over-the-air advertisement * TV spot, a televised advertisement * Underwriting spot, an announcement made on public broadcasting outlets, especially in the United States, in exchange for funding

Animals

* Spot, a dog that remained faithful after his master's death, described in the List of individual dogs *

Spot Fetcher Spot "Spotty" Fetcher (March 17, 1989 – February 21, 2004) was U.S. President George W. Bush's dog. She was an English Springer Spaniel, named after Scott Fletcher, a baseball player with the Texas Rangers, a team George W. Bush owned before ...

, a dog owned by U.S. President George W. Bush

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Spot, a character in the 2015 Disney/Pixar animated film '' The Good Dinosaur'' *

Spot (chicken) ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' is an American animated television series that aired from September 1, 1997 to March 4, 1998 on the Disney-Kellogg Alliance and ABC. It is produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Jumbo Pictures and is ba ...

, in ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' *

Spot (comics) The Spot (Dr. Jonathan Ohnn) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man and Daredevil who gained the ability to open interdimensional portals, as wel ...

, a Spider-Man villain * Spot (franchise), the titular puppy in a series of children's books and animated television shows created by Eric Hill * Spot (''Star Trek''), a pet cat in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' * Spot, a pet dog in the '' Dick and Jane'' textbook series * Spot, a cat in the cartoon series '' Hong Kong Phooey'' * Spot, a pet dog from the William Joyce series '' Rolie Polie Olie'' * Spot, a pet amoeba in the animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' season 11 * Spot, a deity in a sketch by Canadian comedy troupe The Kids In The Hall * Spot, a pet dragon in the TV series '' The Munsters'' * Spot, Dairine's sentient computer in the Young Wizards series *Spot, a dog in the ''

Isle of Dogs The Isle of Dogs is a large peninsula bounded on three sides by a large meander in the River Thames in East London, England, which includes the Cubitt Town, Millwall and Canary Wharf districts. The area was historically part of the Manor, Ham ...

'' movie

Music

* ''Spot'' (album), by the synthpop band And One * Spot (music festival), a music festival held in Denmark * "Sex Pistols On Tour Secretly" or SPOTS, a name the

Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they were one of the most groundbreaking acts in the history of popular music. They were responsible for ...

toured under in the United Kingdom

Biology and healthcare

* Spot (fish), a fish (''Leiostomus xanthurus'') *

SpoT Spot or SPOT may refer to: Places * Spot, North Carolina, a community in the United States * The Spot, New South Wales, a locality in Sydney, Australia * South Pole Traverse, sometimes called the South Pole Overland Traverse People * Spot (produ ...

, a bacterial protein that hydrolizes (p)ppGpp * Spot, any of several typically spot-forming fungal or bacterial leaf diseases on plants, caused, for example, by ''Diplocarpon'' variants ( black spot on roses) *

Cherry angioma Cherry angioma, also called cherry hemangioma, is a small bright red dome-shaped bump on the skin. It ranges between 0.5 – 6 mm in diameter and usually several are present, typically on the chest and arms, and increasing in number with age. ...

, called Campbell de Morgan spots, small red spots on the skin (usually harmless) *

Metrorrhagia Intermenstrual bleeding, previously known as metrorrhagia, is uterine bleeding at irregular intervals, particularly between the expected menstrual periods. It is a cause of vaginal bleeding. In some women, menstrual spotting between periods occur ...

or spotting, vaginal bleeding not synchronized with a menstrual period * Pimple or spot, a skin blemish

Brands and enterprises

SPoT Coffee SPoT Coffee & Spot Coffee (Canada) Ltd. (abbreviated SPP) is an international coffee company and coffeehouse chain which is headquartered in Buffalo, New York. SPoT designs, builds and operates community- oriented cafés. Locations and expans ...

, a coffee chain * Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Swedish media company * Spot, a mascot for 7 Up soft drinks

Finance

* Spot, American slang for a bill of currency, e.g., a "Ten spot" is $10 * Spot, old Australian and New Zealand slang for one hundred dollars * Spot date, a financial term * Spot market, a financial market in which financial instruments or commodities are traded for immediate delivery ** Spot price, a financial term for price of trade done today

Technology

SPOT (satellite) SPOT (french: Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre, lit. "Satellite for observation of Earth") is a commercial high-resolution optical Earth imaging satellite system operating from space. It is run by Spot Image, based in Toulouse, France. ...

, Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre, Earth-observing satellite family * Single Point of Truth or SPOT, a principle aimed at reducing duplication in software engineering *

Smart Personal Objects Technology The Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) is a discontinued initiative by Microsoft to create intelligent and personal home appliances, consumer electronics, and other objects through new hardware capabilities and software features. Developme ...

or SPOT, a Microsoft initiative *

SPOT Satellite Messenger SPOT is a GPS tracking device that uses the Globalstar satellite network to provide text messaging and GPS tracking (depending on the subscription type purchased). It has a coverage area that includes a large portion of the planet, with the excep ...

* Spotlight, called spot for short * Spot, a four-legged canine-inspired robot made by Boston Dynamics * Spot, a

3D test model 3-D, 3D, or 3d may refer to: Science, technology, and mathematics Relating to three-dimensionality * Three-dimensional space ** 3D computer graphics, computer graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data ** 3D film, a ...

of a cow

Other meanings

Spot (professional wrestling) Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence o ...

, a pre-planned wrestling move or series of moves * SPOT (TSA program), or "Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques", an airport security technique * Spot, American slang for a

music venue A music venue is any location used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from a small coffeehouse for folk music shows, an outdoor bandshell or bandstand or a concert hall to an indoor sports stadium. Ty ...

or club * Spots (cannabis), a method of smoking cannabis, often called hotknifing in the United States * USS ''Spot'', an American submarine launched in 1944 and sold to Chile and renamed in 1962