QT

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Qt or QT may stand for:

Units

• A quart, a measure of volume in traditional systems of units, equal to 2 pints.
• A quarter, a unit of mass in Imperial units, equal to 2 stones or a quarter of a long hundredweight; one quarter = 12.70058636 kg.
• The QT interval, a measurement used in cardiology.

Businesses and products

• The QuikTrip convenience store chain.
• "Quiet Trader," a trademark applied to the cargo version of the BAe 146 jet.
• Tampa Cargo, IATA airline designator

Computing

• QuickTime, a multimedia technology from Apple Computer.
• The Qt toolkit, a cross platform graphical widget toolkit for the development of GUI computer programs.

Slang

• "Cutie," a homophone derived from the pronunciation of "QT."
• "Quiet," as in the expression "on the Q.T.", meaning "secretly" or "in confidence." (origin)
• "Quality Time," as in "spending some good QT with LD." QT and LD are also mutually interchangeable in the English speaking world.

People

• Quentin Tarantino, an American Film director.