Spawn or spawning may refer to:
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Spawn (biology)
Spawn is the Egg cell, eggs and Spermatozoa, sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals. As a verb, ''to spawn'' refers to the process of releasing the eggs and sperm, and the act of both sexes is called spawning. Most aquatic ani ...
, the eggs and sperm of aquatic animals
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Spawn (character)
Spawn is a superhero/antihero appearing in a monthly comic book of the same name published by American company Image Comics, as well as in a number of films, television series, and video game adaptations set in the Image Universe. Created by Todd ...
, a fictional character in the comic series of the same name and in the associated franchise
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Spawn: Armageddon'', a 2003 video game based on the comic series for sixth generation consoles
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Spawn: In the Demon's Hand'', a 1999 arcade game based on the comic series
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''Spawn'' (1997 film), a cinema adaptation of the comic series
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''Spawn'' (1999 video game), a video game for the Game Boy Color
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''Spawn'' (upcoming film), an upcoming American superhero film
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Spawn: Godslayer'', a spin-off comic series
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Todd McFarlane's Spawn
''Todd McFarlane's Spawn'', also known as ''Spawn: The Animated Series'' or simply ''Spawn'' is an American adult animated superhero television series that aired on HBO from 1997 through 1999 and reran on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming blo ...
'' (also known as ''Spawn: The Animated Series''), an American adult animation television series which aired on HBO from 1997 through 1999
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''Spawn'' (novel), a 1983 horror novel by Shaun Hutson
* ''Spawn'', a 1993 album by
Rise Robots Rise
Rise Robots Rise is an American experimental hip-hop band, signed to TVT in the early 1990s, and later to Fibre Productions. The songs of ''Spawn'' are credited to J. Mendelson and B. Nitze. Tracey Amos, Michelle Johnson and Paulisa Moorman are ...
* "Spawn Again", a song on the 1999 album ''
Neon Ballroom
''Neon Ballroom'' is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair, released in 1999 by record labels Murmur and Epic. The songs "Anthem for the Year 2000", "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" and " Miss You Love" were released ...
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Spawn (Again): A Tribute to Silverchair'', a 2017 compilation album by various UNFD artists
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Spawning (video games)
In video games, spawning is the live creation of a character, item or Non-player character, NPC. Respawning is the recreation of an entity after its death or destruction, perhaps after losing one of its life (gaming), lives. Despawning is the d ...
, the in-game creation or re-creation of an entity
Other uses
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Spawn (computing)
Spawn in computing refers to a function that loads and executes a new child process.
The current process may wait for the child to terminate or may continue to execute concurrent computing. Creating a new subprocess requires enough memory in which ...
, a function that executes a child process
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SPAWN
Spawn or spawning may refer to:
* Spawn (biology), the eggs and sperm of aquatic animals
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Spawn (character), a fictional character in the comic series of the same name and in the associated franchise
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(Salmon Protection and Watershed Network), a project of the Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN), a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organization
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Spawning bed
A spawning bed is an underwater solid surface on which fish spawn to reproduce themselves.
In fishery management, a spawning bed is an artificial bed constructed by wildlife professionals in order to improve the ability of desired game fish to r ...
, an installation used in fishery management to increase fish reproduction
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Spawning networks
Spawning networks are a new class of programmable networks that automate the life cycle process for the creation, deployment, and management of network architecture. These networks are capable of spawning distinct ''child'' virtual networks with ...
, a type of computer network
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Respawn (disambiguation) Respawn may refer to:
* Respawn, in gaming, the re-creation of a character, NPC or item after its death or destruction
* Respawn (30 Rock), "Respawn" (''30 Rock''), an episode from the American television comedy series ''30 Rock''
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