Wake or The Wake may refer to:

Culture

Wake (ceremony) A wake or visitation is a social gathering associated with death, held before a funeral. Traditionally, a wake involves family and friends keeping watch over the body of the dead person, usually in the home of the deceased. Some wakes are held ...

, a ritual which takes place during some funeral ceremonies *

Wakes week The Wakes Week is a holiday period in parts of England and Scotland. Originally a religious celebration or feast, the tradition of the Wakes Week developed into a secular holiday, particularly in North West England during the Industrial Revoluti ...

, an English holiday tradition * Parish Wake, another name of the Welsh ', the fairs held on the local parish's patron saint's annual feast

Entertainment

Film, television, and audio

* ''Wake'' (2009 film), an independent film * ''Wake'' (cancelled film), a cancelled American action thriller film * "Wake" (''The Secret Circle''), a television episode * ''The Wake'' (1986 film), a Canadian drama film * ''The Wake'' (2005 film), a Greek film * ''The Wake'' (audio drama), a ''Doctor Who'' related audio drama

Literature

* ''Wake'' (McMann novel), 2008 * ''Wake'' (Sawyer novel), 2009 * ''Wake'' (comics), a French comic created by Morvan and Buchet * ''The Wake'' (novel), 2014, by Paul Kingsnorth *'' The Sandman: The Wake'', a 1995 graphic novel

Games

*'' Alan Wake'', a 2010 video game **'' Alan Wake 2'', the 2023 video game sequel. * Crasher Wake, a Gym Leader in the Pokémon video games

Music

* ''Wake'' (opera), a 2018 opera by Giorgio Battistelli * The Wake (UK band), a post-punk band * The Wake (American band), a gothic rock band * ''Wake'' (Dead Can Dance album), 2003 * ''Wake'' (Floater album), 2010 * ''Wake'' (Mortal album), 1994 * ''Wake'' (Tara MacLean album), 2008 * ''Wake'' (Trio Töykeät album), 2005 * ''Wake'' (Lycia album), 1989 * ''Wake'' (For Today album), 2015 * ''The Wake'' (IQ album), 1985 * ''The Wake'' (Scott Kelly album), 2008 * ''The Wake'' (Voivod album), 2018

Places and schools

Wake, Okayama 270px, WakeTown Hall is a town located in Wake District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 13,833 in 6,353 households and a population density of 96 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . The town is ...

, Japan * Wake, Virginia, U.S. *

Wake County, North Carolina Wake County, officially the County of Wake, is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 1,129,410, making it North Carolina's List of coun ...

, U.S. *

Wake Forest, North Carolina Wake Forest is a town in Wake and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located almost entirely in Wake County, it lies just north of the state capital, Raleigh. At the 2020 census, the population was 47,601, up from 30,117 in ...

, U.S. *

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...

, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. **

Wake Forest Demon Deacons The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Wake Forest University, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Assoc ...

, this school's athletic program *

Wake Island Wake Island (), also known as Wake Atoll, is a coral atoll in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean. The atoll is composed of three islets – Wake, Wilkes, and Peale Islands – surrounding a lagoon encircled by a coral reef. The neare ...

, in the Pacific Ocean * Bade Airport, the airport in Papua, Indonesia, assigned ICAO code WAKE

Science

* WAKE (cipher), a stream cipher *

Wake (physics) In fluid dynamics, a wake may either be: * the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving or stationary blunt body, caused by viscosity, which may be accompanied by flow separation and turbulence, or * the wave pattern on the water ...

, the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving solid body * Wake low, a meteorological phenomenon which can cause high winds *

Wake-on-LAN Wake-on-LAN (WoL) is an Ethernet or Token Ring computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened from sleep mode by a network message. The message is usually sent to the target computer by a program executed on a d ...

, a signal that activates a device via a network connection *

Wake-on-ring Wake-on-Ring (WOR) or Wake-on-Modem (WOM) is a specification that allows supported computers and devices to "wake up" or turn on from a sleeping, hibernating or "soft off" state (e.g. ACPI state G1 or G2), and begin operation. The basic prem ...

, or Wake-on-Modem (WOM), a signal that activates a device via a telephone connection *

Wake turbulence Wake turbulence is a disturbance in the Atmosphere of Earth, atmosphere that forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air. It includes several components, the most significant of which are wingtip vortices and jet-wash, the rapidly moving ...

, the air turbulence that forms around and behind an aircraft *Wake, a group of

vulture A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to Nort ...

Other uses

* WAKE (AM), radio station in Indiana, United States * ''Wake'' (sculpture), a 2004 weathering steel sculpture by Richard Serra *

Wake (surname) Wake is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Brian Wake (born 1982), English footballer *Bronwyn Wake, Australian scientist *Cameron Wake (born 1982), American football linebacker *David B. Wake (1936–2021), American biologist and ...

* USS ''Wake'', the only U.S. ship to surrender in World War II.