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 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 * Jack Comer (1912–1996), Polish-born English gangster nicknamed "Spot" *

Jerry Chamberlain Jerry Chamberlain is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and the Swirling Eddies (credited as "Spot"). In late 1974, Chamberlain was asked to join Jubal's Last Band, ...

(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 *

Spot (producer) Spot (born Glen Lockett in 1951) is an American record producer best known for being the house producer and engineer for the influential independent punk record label SST Records. Early life Glen Lockett was born to a Caucasian mother and an Afric ...

, Glenn Michael Lockett (1951–2023), 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 ...

(born 1987), American rapper *

Moondog Spot Larry Wayne Booker (June 6, 1952 – November 29, 2003), better known by his ring names Moondog Spot and Larry Latham, was an American professional wrestler. Professional wrestling career Early career (1977–1981) Booker debuted in 1 ...

, 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 television advertisement (also called a television commercial, TV commercial, commercial, spot, television spot, TV spot, advert, television advert, TV advert, television ad, TV ad or simply an ad) is a span of television programming produce ...

, a televised advertisement *

Underwriting spot An underwriting spot, known as sponsor credit ( ja, 提供クレジット, Teikyō kurejitto) in Japan, is an announcement made on public broadcasting outlets, especially in the United States, in exchange for funding. These spots usually men ...

, 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 and entertainment

Fictional characters

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

The Good Dinosaur ''The Good Dinosaur'' is a 2015 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film was directed by Peter Sohn (in his feature directorial debut) and p ...

'' *

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 ''Dick and Jane'' are the two main characters created by Zerna Sharp for a series of basal readers written by William S. Gray to teach children to read. The characters first appeared in the ''Elson-Gray Readers'' in 1930 and continued in a subse ...

'' textbook series * Spot, a cat in the cartoon series ''

Hong Kong Phooey ''Hong Kong Phooey'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and originally broadcast on ABC. The original episodes aired from September 7 to December 21, 1974, and then in repeats until 1976. The show wa ...

'' * 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 The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1989 to 1995, on CBC, in C ...

* 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 * Spot Helperman, the main protagonist in Disney animated series ''

Teacher's Pet (TV series) ''Teacher's Pet'' (also known as ''Disney's Teacher's Pet'') is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and directed by Timothy Björklund. The series follows a 9-year-old boy and his dog who dresses ...

'' * Spot Splatter Splash, a Lalaloopsy doll and character in the

TV series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed betw ...

Music

* ''Spot'' (album), by the synth-pop band And One * " Spot!", a song by Zico featuring Jennie * 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 * Another term for a

pimple A pimple is a kind of comedo that results from excess sebum and dead skin cells getting trapped in the pores of the skin. In its aggravated state, it may evolve into a pustule or papules. Pimples can be treated by acne medications, antibiotics, ...

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 Spotify (; ) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active us ...

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

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''), an Earth-observing satellite family *

Single Point of Truth In information science and information technology, single source of truth (SSOT) architecture, or single point of truth (SPOT) architecture, for information systems is the practice of structuring information models and associated data schemas su ...

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 ...

, a GPS tracking device * 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

* USS ''Spot'', an American World War II submarine later sold to Chile and renamed *

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) BDA (which stands for Behavior Detection and Analysis), until 2016 called SPOT (which stood for Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques), is a program launched in the United States by the Transportation Security Administration to identify ...

, or "Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques", an airport security technique * Spotlight, called spot for short * 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 * Spot, old Australian and New Zealand slang for one hundred dollars *

Spots (cannabis) Spots (also known as spotting, knifers, knife hits, knife tokes, dots, hot knives, kitchen tracking blades, or bladers) refers to a method of smoking cannabis. Small pieces of cannabis are rolled (or simply torn from a larger bud) to form the spo ...

, a method of smoking cannabis, often called hotknifing in the United States