sprite

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sprite/sprʌɪt/

▶noun

• 1 an elf or fairy.

• 2 Computing a graphical figure which can be moved and manipulated as a single entity.

• 3 a faint flash emitted in the upper atmosphere over a thunderstorm.

– origin ME: alt. of sprit, a contr. of spirit.