Hotspot Explained

Hotspot, Hot Spot or Hot spot may refer to:

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Hot spot (computer programming), a compute-intensive region of a program
Hot spot, an area which is customizable by users in software frameworks
Wi-Fi hotspot, a wireless network access point or area
- Connectify Hotspot, a software application for creating a wireless access point
- Mobile hotspot, also known as Tethering, sharing of a mobile device's Internet connection
HotSpot (virtual machine), the Java Virtual Machine originally developed by Sun and the current reference implementation of the Java programming language
Screen hotspot, an area enabled for user interactivity on a display

Hotspot (geology), an area of unusually high volcanic activity
Hot spot (veterinary medicine), an irritated skin lesion
Hot spot, a location with a high level of radioactive contamination
Biodiversity hotspot, a region of significant variety and variability of life
Hot spot effect in subatomic physics, regions of high energy density or temperature
Recombination hotspot, a region in a genome

Hot spot (casting), a metal casting defect
Hot Spot (cricket), an infrared tracking system
Airport hot spots, locations where aircraft collisions with ground equipment may occur
Hotspot camp, a refugee camp that serves as an initial reception point
Pyotraumatic dermatitis (also known as hot spots), a common skin dog infection