Jump

Jumping is a 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.

Jump or Jumping also may refer to:

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

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! (film), a 2007 film featuring Patrick Swayze and Martine McCutcheon
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, British television series that follows celebrities as they tried to master various winter sports

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

Songs

"Jump" (David Guetta and Glowinthedark song), 2019
"Jump" (Every Little Thing song), 2001
"Jump" (Flo Rida song) with Nelly Furtado, 2009, from R.O.O.T.S.
"Jump" (Kris Kross song), 1992
"Jump" (Madonna song), 2005, from Confessions on a Dance Floor
"Jump" (Nadav Guedj song), 2015, from Nadav Guedj
"Jump" (Rihanna song), 2012, from Unapologetic
"Jump" (Van Halen song), 1983
"Jump (For My Love)", a 1984 song by The Pointer Sisters (later covered by Girls Aloud)
"Jump, Jump", a 2005 single by DJ Tomekk from Numma Eyns
"Jumpin'" (Liberty X song), 2003, from Being Somebody
"Jumping" (Kara song), 2010
"Jumpin' Jumpin'", a 1999 song by Destiny's Child
"Jump", 1981, by Loverboy, from Get Lucky
"Jump!", 1992, by The Movement
"Jump", 1997, by Kylie Minogue, from Impossible Princess
"Jump", 2004, by N*E*R*D, from Fly or Die
"Jump", 2004, by Simple Plan, from Still Not Getting Any...
"Jump", 2005, by The Faders
"Jump", 2017, by Major Lazer, from Know No Better
"Jump", 2018, by MadeinTYO, from Sincerely, Tokyo
"Jump", 2020, by Dababy, from Blame It on Baby

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, the competitive equestrian event
High jump, a track and field event over a horizontal bar
Long jump, a track and field event
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 faster than light
Jump (Alliance–Union universe), a fictional faster-than-light technology
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 (Join Us to Motivate People), an International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience seminar