A torch is a portable burning light source.

Torch or torches may also refer to:

Places

• Torch, Missouri, a community in the United States

• Torch, Ohio, a community in the United States

• Torch Club, a historic music venue in Sacramento, California

• The Marina Torch, a residential skyscraper in Dubai

• The Torch, a skyscraper in NYC, see 740 Eighth Avenue

People

• Torch (American rapper), an American rapper

• Torch (German rapper), a German rapper

• An alias of Moka Only, a Canadian rapper, singer, and record producer

• Warren DeMartini, nicknamed "Torch", a guitarist for the American hard rock band Ratt

• Sidney Torch, a British composer and bandleader

• Robert Torricelli, a U.S. Senator from New Jersey nicknamed "the Torch"

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Torch (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe

• Torch, a human replacement entity utilized in the world of Shakugan no Shana novels

• Human Torch, the Fantastic Four comic book character

Music

Albums

• Torch (Carly Simon album), a 1981 album by Carly Simon

• Torch (Honeytribe album), a 2006 album by Devon Allman's Honeytribe

• Torches (album), the debut album by Foster the People

Songs

• "Torch" (song), a 1982 song by British pop duo Soft Cell

• "Torch", the ending song for the anime Clannad

• "Torch", a 2007 song by American rock duo Pinback from their album Autumn of the Seraphs

• "The Torch" (Elgar), a song by the English composer Edward Elgar

• "The Torch", a song by Scottish musician Momus from the album Scobberlotchers

• "Torches" (carol), a 1951 Christmas carol composed by John Joubert

• "Torches" (song), a 2016 song by Daughtry

• "Torches", a 2017 song by X Ambassadors

Other uses in music

• Torch (band), a Norwegian rock metal band

• "Torch song", a type of love song

Print media

• Torch (novel), a 2007 novel by American author Cheryl Strayed

• The Torch (novel), a 1948 science fiction novel by Jack Bechdolt

• TORCH report, a written report on the Chernobyl disaster

• The Torch (St. John's University), student newspaper

• The Torch, the student newspaper of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Torch (juggling), a prop used by jugglers

• The Torch (film), a 1950 film directed by Emilio Fernández

• "Torches", an episode of the television series Teletubbies

Computing and technology

• Torch (browser), a freeware Web browser and Internet suite developed by Torch Media

• Torch (company), manufacturer of fire detection sensors

• Torch (machine learning), a library of machine learning algorithms

• BlackBerry Torch, a smartphone

• Torch Computers, former manufacturer of computers

• Torch (chess engine), a computer chess engine

Tools

• Torch, or flashlight, a portable hand-held electric light

• Blowtorch, fuel-burning metalworking tool used for applying flame and heat

• Magnesium torch, used as an underwater light source

• Oxyacetylene torch, see Oxy-fuel welding and cutting

Other uses

• Operation Torch, the Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign

• TORCH, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

• TORCH complex (aka TORCHES), a healthcare mnemonic for maternal infections transmitted to the fetus

• TORCH syndrome, a cluster of symptoms caused by congenital infection

• Torch Commando, South African organisation, founded in 1941 during the Second World War

See also

• Torched (disambiguation)