Sprite commonly refers to:
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Sprite (drink), a lemon-lime beverage produced by the Coca-Cola Company
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Sprite (computer graphics)
Sprite commonly refers to:
* Sprite (drink), a lemon-lime beverage produced by the Coca-Cola Company
* Sprite (computer graphics), a smaller bitmap composited onto another by hardware or software
* Sprite (folklore), a type of legendary creature i ...
, a smaller bitmap composited onto another by hardware or software
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Sprite (folklore)
A sprite is a supernatural entity in European mythology. They are often depicted as fairy-like creatures or as an ethereal entity.
The word ''sprite'' is derived from the Latin ''spiritus'' ("spirit"), via the French '' esprit''. Variations on t ...
, a type of legendary creature including elves, fairies, and pixies
Sprite may also refer to:
Comics
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Sprite (Eternal)
Sprite is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ''The Eternals'' #9 (March 1977), and was created by Jack Kirby. Although physically a child, Sprite is an Eternal, a me ...
, a fictional member of the race of Eternals in the Marvel Universe
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''Sprite'' (manga), a 2009 Japanese manga series
*Sprite, alias of the Marvel Comics character
Kitty Pryde
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Sprite comic
Sprite comics are webcomics that consist primarily of computer sprites from video games. Art assets are ripped from various classic games such as '' Mega Man'' and '' Sonic the Hedgehog'', are edited and combined by amateur cartoonists, and are ...
, a webcomic that consists primarily of computer sprites from video games
Computing and technology
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Sprite (operating system)
Sprite is an experimental Unix-like distributed operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley by John Ousterhout's research group between 1984 and 1992. Its notable features include support for single system image on comput ...
, an operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley
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SPRITE (spacecraft)
SPRITE (Saturn PRobe Interior and aTmospheric Explorer) was a proposed Saturn atmospheric probe mission concept of the NASA. SPRITE is a design for an atmospheric entry probe that would travel to Saturn from Earth on its own cruise stage, th ...
, a proposed Saturn atmospheric probe mission
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SPRITE infrared detector
The SPRITE infrared detector is named after the process of signal integration carried out by "Signal Processing In The Element". The technique was invented at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern by a team of scientists includin ...
, a specialist detector device using a process known as signal processing in the element
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De Havilland Sprite, a British rocket engine
Vehicles
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Sprite (motorcycle), a historical British make of motorcycle
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Sprite-class tanker, a class of spirit tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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Austin-Healey Sprite, a British car
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Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite
The Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite is a small sports car that was produced by the Donald Healey Motor Company at its Cape Works in Warwick, the Healey's Speed Equipment Division in Grosvenor Street, London and subsequently by John Sprinzel Ltd fro ...
, a modification
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Practavia Sprite, a British two-seat home-built training or touring aircraft
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Schweizer SGS 1-36 Sprite, an American sailplane design
Zoology
* Sprite butterflies, certain skipper butterfly genera in subfamily Pyrginae, tribe Celaenorrhini:
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Celaenorrhinus
''Celaenorrhinus'' is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is flats, for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera. They belong to the spread-win ...
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Katreus'' (giant scarce sprite)
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Loxolexis'' (scarce sprites)
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Sedge sprite, a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae
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Sprite possum, an extinct marsupial
Other
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Sprite (lightning)
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Sprites (band), from the U.S.
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"Sprite" (song), by Beat Crusaders on the album ''Sexcite!''
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Sprite melon, a type of sweet melon cultivated in North Carolina
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Sprite (''Artemis Fowl'')
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Sprite (''Dungeons & Dragons'')
* Water sprite, the freshwater fern ''
Ceratopteris thalictroides
''Ceratopteris thalictroides'' is a fern species belonging to the genus '' Ceratopteris'', one of only two genera of the subfamily Parkerioideae of the family Pteridaceae.
Common names
''Ceratopteris thalictroides'' is commonly known as wate ...
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See also
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Sea Sprite (disambiguation) Sea Sprite may refer to:
*Sprite (creature), a broad term referring to a number of supernatural legendary creatures
* Sea Sprite Sailing Yachts, a series of sail boats
*Kaman SH-2 Seasprite, a series of helicopters
*Purcell Sea Sprite
The Purcell ...
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