Mark

Mark may refer to:

Christianity

• Curse and mark of Cain, Cain's inability to cultivate crops and the necessity that he led a nomadic lifestyle
• Gospel of Mark, one of the books of the Bible, and the apocryphal Secret Gospel of Mark
• Mark the Evangelist (Saint Mark)
• Mark of the Beast, a sign or number mentioned in the Book of Revelation
• St Mark's Basilica, the most famous of the churches of Venice and an example of Byzantine architecture

Currency

• German gold mark, coinage of the German Empire from 1873 to 1914
• German Papiermark, German coinage from 1914 to 1924
• Rentenmark, German temporary currency 1923 to 1924
• German Reichsmark, German coinage from 1924 to 1948
• Deutsche Mark, official currency of Germany from 1948 to 2001
• East German Mark, official currency of the German Democratic Republic from 1948 to 1990
• Polish marka, Polish currency from 1917 to 1924
• Mark (money), a unit of currency in various countries
• Finnish markka, mark in Swedish, official currency of Finland from 1860 to 2001

Geography

• Mark, or marches, the border territory of a country
• County of Mark, a county of the Holy Roman Empire
• Mark (Dender), a river in Belgium, tributary of the Dender
• Mark (Dintel) a river in Belgium and the Netherlands, also known as the Dintel
• Mark Hundred in Sweden
• Mark Municipality in Sweden
• Mark, Somerset, a village in Somerset, United Kingdom
• Mark, Illinois, a village in the United States

Catching a ball

In both Australian rules football and rugby union, a clean catch from a kick by another player results in a free kick. See:

• Mark (Australian football)
• Mark (rugby)

Technology

• Harvard Mark I, the first large-scale automatic digital computer in the USA
• Mark (designation), level of development
• Mark frequency, extreme discrete value of frequency-shift keying

Measurement

• Mark (weight), an archaic European unit of weight whose use for precious metal gave rise to the currencies

Business

• Service mark, trademark used to identify a service rather than a product
• Trade mark, distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services

Mythology

• Mark of Cornwall, a figure from Arthurian legend

Other

• Beauty mark, dark mole on the face or other part of the body that is considered to be attractive
• Diacritical mark, mark added to a letter to alter a word's pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words
• Mark of Rohan, fictional realm in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy era of Middle-earth. See also Marches.
• Mark, a grade awarded to students' work
• Mark (victim), the victim of a con game or an assassination
• Merchant's Mark
• Sea mark, pilotage aid which identifies the approximate position of a maritime channel, hazard and administrative area
• Mark Scheme, Guide used to grade assignments submitted to the IB Program
• Markedness, a linguistic term
• Tread mark, a mark left by a tire tread
• Mark (given name), a given name to a person. The name comes from Latin roots meaning "defender"

See also

• Marks