Jump

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Most often, Jump or Jumping refers to one of the following topics

• Jumping, the form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory
• One of several songs as listed below

More generally, these terms may refer to the following topics.

Places

• Jump, Kentucky or Jump Station, an unincorporated community in Floyd County
• Jump, Ohio, a community in Hardin County
• Jump, South Yorkshire, a village in Barnsley, England

Science and engineering

• Jump discontinuity, a change in value of a mathematical function
• Jump, a step in a statistical jump process
• Jump, a step in a jump diffusion process
• Hydraulic jump, a phenomenon in fluid dynamics

Computing

• Jump instruction, used to alter the control flow of a program
• JumpDrive, a brand of, or a generic term for, USB flash drives
• Turing jump, an operator in recursion theory

Media

• MDR Jump, a German public radio station
• Jump (magazine line), a line of manga magazines
  • Weekly Shōnen Jump, the best-selling magazine of the line, often referred to as just Jump
• Jump (musical), a Korean comedic theatrical performance involving martial arts, acrobatics, and dance moves

Film

• Jump (1999 film), a 1999 film featuring James LeGros, Mark Rosenthal and Jessica Hecht
• Jump (2009 film), a 2009 Hong Kong comedy-drama film
• Jump (2012 film), a 2012 Northern Irish film
• Jump! (2007 film), a film featuring Patrick Swayze and Martine McCutcheon
• Jump! (2023 film), a Spanish science fiction comedy film
• Jumping (film), a 1986 Belgian film
• Jump In!, a 2007 Disney Channel film
• Jump cut, a technique used in film editing
• The Jump (2020 film), a 2020 Lithuanian documentary film

Television

• Jump! (TV series), a Singaporean Chinese drama
• "Jump" (Ugly Betty), the season 2 finale episode of Ugly Betty
• "Jumping", an episode of the television series Teletubbies
• The Jump (1998 TV series), British crime drama
• The Jump (2014 TV series), British television series that follows celebrities as they tried to master various winter sports
• The Jump (talk show), basketball talk show (2016–2021)

Music

• Jump blues, a musical genre
• Jump Incorporated, an Australian rock band
• Jump Records, a record label
• Jumpstyle, a genre in electronic music
• Jump or Jump, Little Children, an American indie rock band
• Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala, turntablist for The Cat Empire
• The Jump (podcast), a music podcast hosted by Shirley Manson

Albums

• Jump (Djumbo album) (2005)
• Jump (Jimmy Ponder album) (1989)
• Jump! (album), by Van Dyke Parks (1984)
• Jumping (EP), by Kara (2010)

Songs

• "Jump" (Every Little Thing song) (2001)
• "Jump" (Flo Rida song) with Nelly Furtado (2009)
• "Jump" (Nadav Guedj song) (2015)
• "Jump" (David Guetta and Glowinthedark song) (2019)
• "Jump" (Kris Kross song) (1992)
• "Jump" (Madonna song) (2005)
• "Jump" (Rihanna song) (2012)
• "Jump" (Van Halen song) (1983)
• "Jump (For My Love)", by the Pointer Sisters (1984)
• "Jump, Jump", a single by DJ Tomekk (2005)
• "Jumpin'" (Liberty X song) (2003)
• "Jumping" (Kara song) (2010)
• "Jumpin' Jumpin'", by Destiny's Child (1999)
• "Jump", by Gary Barlow from Since I Saw You Last (2013)
• "Jump", by Dababy from Blame It on Baby (2020)
• "Jump", by the Faders (2005)
• "Jump", by Claire Hamill from Touchpaper (1984)
• "Jump", by Loverboy from Get Lucky (1981)
• "Jump", by MadeinTYO from Sincerely, Tokyo (2018)
• "Jump", by Major Lazer from Know No Better (2017)
• "Jump", by Kylie Minogue from Impossible Princess (1997)
• "Jump", by N*E*R*D from Fly or Die (2004)
• "Jump", by Simple Plan from Still Not Getting Any... (2004)
• "Jump", by XTC, B-side to Wonderland (1983)
• "Jump", by Yeat from 2 Alive (2022)
• "Jump!", by Nana Mizuki from Alive & Kicking (2004)
• "Jump!", by the Movement (1992)
• "Jumpin", by Pitbull (2023)

Sports

• BASE jumping, parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure or cliff
• Figure skating jumps, an element of competitive figure skating disciplines
• Jumping (horse), a major element of many equestrian sports
  • Show jumping, or stadium jumping, a competitive equestrian event
• Jump rope, where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads
• Parachuting, typically from a flying aircraft
• Competitive events in the sport of athletics
  • High jump, a track and field event over a horizontal bar
  • Long jump, a track and field event
  • Pole vault, a track and field event sometimes known as pole jumping
  • Triple jump, a track and field event
  • Vertical jump, a power and endurance exercise, commonly used to measure the power output of athletes

Science fiction

• Jump drive, a speculative invention in science fiction, a method of traveling through hyperspace
• J.U.M.P., a fictional weapon in the G.I. Joe universe

Other uses

• Jump (surname), a surname
• Jump Associates, a design strategy firm based in San Mateo, California
• Jump Bikes, a dockless electric bicycle-sharing system available in many countries; it belongs to Lime (transportation company)
• Jump start (vehicle), using a temporary electrical connection to start a vehicle that has a discharged battery
• Jump Trading, a company involved in high-frequency and algorithmic trading
• Join Us to Motivate People, an International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience seminar

See also

• Jump River (disambiguation)
• Jumpy (disambiguation)
• Jump start (disambiguation)
• JMP (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Jump
• All pages with titles containing Jump

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