Mike

Mike can refer to:

• a microphone
  • hence the verb: to apply a microphone to something
• the letter M in the NATO phonetic alphabet
• a self-aware computer in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
• "Ivy Mike", the first fusion, or "hydrogen," bomb, detonated October 31, 1952 (see History_of_nuclear_weapons)

Mike is also a name, usually an abbreviation of Michael.