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'''Mark''' may refer to:
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==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==<!-- This section is linked from [[Football]] -->
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
*[[Trademark|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
* [[Diacritic|Diacritical mark]], mark added to a letter to alter a word's pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words
* [[Rohan|Mark of Rohan]], fictional realm in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy era of Middle-earth.  See also [[Marches]].
* Mark, a [[grade (education)|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]]

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