Ignition may refer to:

Science and technology

Firelighting Fire making, fire lighting or fire craft is the process of artificially starting a fire. It requires completing the fire triangle, usually by heating tinder above its autoignition temperature. Fire is an essential tool for human survival an ...

, the human act of creating a fire for warmth, cooking and other uses *

Combustion Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke. Combus ...

, an exothermic chemical reaction between a fuel and an oxidant *

Fusion ignition Fusion ignition is the point at which a nuclear fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining. This occurs when the energy being given off by the reaction heats the fuel mass more rapidly than it cools. In other words, fusion ignition is the point ...

, the point at which a nuclear fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining *

Ignition SCADA Ignition is an Integrated Software Platform for SCADA systems released by Inductive Automation in January 2010. It is based on a SQL Database-centric architecture. Ignition features cross platform web based deployment through Java Web Start te ...

, software by Inductive Automation * ''Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants'', a book by

John Drury Clark John Drury Clark, Ph.D. (August 15, 1907 – July 6, 1988) was an American rocket fuel developer, chemist, and science fiction writer. He was instrumental in the revival of interest in Robert E. Howard's '' Conan'' stories and influenced the wr ...

Arts and entertainment

* ''Ignition'' (video game), a top-down racing game for PC published in 1997 * ''Ignition'' (2001 film), directed by Yves Simoneau *

Ignition Entertainment Ignition Entertainment Limited, doing business as UTV Ignition Games, was a video game publisher of Indian media conglomerate UTV Software Communications. After The Walt Disney Company acquired UTV Software Communications as a wholly owned subsi ...

, a computer video games company founded in 2002 * '' Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants'', (1972) by John Drury Clark

Music

Albums and EPs

* ''Ignition'' (B1A4 album), 2012 * ''Ignition'' (Darude album), 2001 * ''Ignition'' (John Waite album), 1982 * ''Ignition'' (Mark Boals album), 1998 * ''Ignition'' (Nicky Romero album), 2014 * ''Ignition'' (The Offspring album), 1992 * ''Ignition'' (The Music Machine album) * ''

Ignition! ''Ignition!'' is a studio album by Brian Setzer released in 2001. Following fronting a swing orchestra in the 1990s, ''Ignition!'' marks Setzer's return to purist rockabilly fronting a trio, named the Brian Setzer '68 Comeback Special, in homage ...

'', album by Brian Setzer, 2001 * ''Ignition'', an album by American rapper

X-Raided Anerae Veshaughn Brown (born July 30, 1974), better known by his stage name X-Raided, is an American rapper from Sacramento, California, United States. In 1992, Brown was sentenced to 31 years in prison on murder charges, which Brown denied, ma ...

, 2007 * ''Ignition'' (EP), a 2012 EP by Unisonic

Songs

* "Ignition", a 2001 song by Nebula from the album '' Charged'' * " Ignition (Remix)", a 2002 song by R. Kelly * "Ignition", a song by Trivium from the album '' The Crusade'', 2006 * "Ignition", a song by tobyMac from the album ''

Portable Sounds ''Portable Sounds'', stylized as (portable sounds), is the third full-length studio album from Christian pop rock and hip hop artist tobyMac. It was released on February 20, 2007, and debuted at No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album incl ...

'', 2007–08 * "Ignition", a 2013 song by Dutch DJ and producer

Nicky Romero Nick Rotteveel (; born January 6, 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero or Monocule, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen, Utrecht Province. He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tiësto, Fedde le ...

Vehicles

Ignition system An ignition system generates a spark or heats an electrode to a high temperature to ignite a fuel-air mixture in spark ignition internal combustion engines, oil-fired and gas-fired boilers, rocket engines, etc. The widest application for spark i ...

, a method for activating and controlling the combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine. *

Ignition switch An ignition switch, starter switch or start switch is a switch in the control system of a motor vehicle that activates the main electrical systems for the vehicle, including "accessories" (radio, power windows, etc.). In vehicles powered by intern ...

, a switch in the control system of a motor vehicle that activates the main electrical systems for the vehicle, i

Other uses

* Ignition (event), a Burning Man regional event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada