K (disambiguation)
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K is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet.
K may also refer to:
- Chrysler K platform, 1981-1995 car design used by Chrysler
- K (programming language), an array processing language developed by Arthur Whitney and commercialized by Kx Systems
- K (cider), a British draft cider manufactured and distributed by the Gaymer Cider Company of Bath, England
- K band, radio frequency from 12 to 93 GHz
- Low-K, the dielectric constant in semiconductors, electronics, and physics
- K-theory, a topic in branches of topology and algebra
- KDE, K Desktop Environment
- K-Meleon, a web browser for the Microsoft Windows platform
- K–12 education, a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education, used mainly in North America
- Vitamin K, a group of vitamins that are needed to promote blood coagulation
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[edit] In fiction and literature
- K', also known as "K Dash" or "K Prime", a King of Fighters character
- K, the title of a 1915 novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart.
- K, the protagonist of The Castle (novel)
- K, a character in the manga and anime Gravitation (manga)
- K, the main character in the TV series Robotto Keiji (Robot Detective).
- K, Todd and Riley's adoptive superspy mother on the Disney program The Replacements (TV series)
- K, the character played by Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black (film) and Men in Black 2.
- K, a constructed language invented by Robert Dessaix
- Joseph K., the protagonist of Kafka's 1925 novel, The Trial
[edit] In music
- K (album), 1996 album by Kula Shaker
- K Records, independent record company based in Olympia, Washington
- "K" (The Tutts single), 2006 song by The Tutts
- K (singer) (b. 1983), a Korean singer who works in Japan as a J-pop singer
[edit] In politics
- K, the Keskustapuolue, the Centre Party (Finland)
- K, the politics and followers of President of Argentina Néstor Kirchner (b. 1950)
[edit] As a symbol or abbreviation
- K, 1000 (number)
- k, symbol of the Kilo- prefix in the SI and other systems of unit that denotes multiples of 1000
- k, kilobyte (more correctly kB) meaning 1024 bytes
- K, potassium, as represented on the periodic chart (from its Latin name kalium)
- K, amino acid, one-letter designation for the amino acid Lysine
- K, Kelvin, a temperature scale
- k, Boltzmann constant, the physical constant relating energy and temperature at the particle level
- k, angular wavenumber of a wave
- K or Kt, Carat (purity), a measurement of gold
- K, Ketamine, a street abbreviation for a recreational drug
- K, the Cretaceous geological period
- K, Kyocera' s mobile phones in Japan
- K, a strikeout in baseball scoring
- K, a contract in legal shorthand
- k, a voiceless velar plosive in the International Phonetic Alphabet
- K, equilibrium constant
[edit] See also
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