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K k , is the eleventh letter of the English alphabet.
K may also refer to:
General uses
K , a normal modal logic K (programming language) , an array processing language developed by Arthur Whitney and commercialized by Kx SystemsK (cider) , a British draft cider manufactured and distributed by the Gaymer Cider Company of Bath, EnglandK band (disambiguation) K computer , a Japanese supercomputerK-factor (disambiguation) , several unrelated terms in physics, engineering, telecommunications and chessVitamin K , a group of vitamins that are needed to promote blood coagulationKappa (Κ) (Greek alphabet)Ka (Cyrillic) (К) (Cyrillic alphabet)Chrysler K platform , 1981–1995 car design used by ChryslerLow-K , the dielectric constant in semiconductors, electronics, and physicsK–12 education , a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education, used mainly in North AmericaK, a prefix for North American call signs used by most broadcast stations in the US west of the Mississippi River
K College , in Tonbridge, KentKellanova , an American food processing company (NYSE stock ticker K)
People
In fiction and literature
Books
Films and TV
Characters
K, the protagonist of Franz Kafka's 1926 novel The Castle
K, a character in the manga and anime Gravitation
K, the main character in the novel by the same name by Bernardo Kucinski
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
K, the protagonist played by John Abraham in No Smoking
K, a character in Natsume Soseki's novel Kokoro
K, a character in the visual novel Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
K′ , also known as "K Dash" or "K Prime", a King of Fighters characterAgent K , the character played by Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black , Men in Black II , and Men in Black 3 Joseph K., the protagonist of Kafka's 1925 novel, The Trial
K, the main character in the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049
Dr. K, the character in Power Rangers RPM
Other
In mathematics
In music
K., abbreviation for Ralph Kirkpatrick ’s chronological catalogue of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas
K., abbreviation for the Köchel catalogue , chronological catalogue of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
K Records , independent record company based in Olympia, Washington
Albums
Songs
In politics
As a symbol or abbreviation
k, from Latin kilo, for 1000 (number)
K, ketamine , a street abbreviation for a recreational drug
K, Kyocera 's mobile phones in Japan
K, a strikeout in baseball scorekeeping
K, a contract in legal shorthand
k, a voiceless velar plosive in the International Phonetic Alphabet
K, key color (i.e., black) in the CMYK color model , especially for printing
k, abbreviation of okay , commonly used in instant messaging, or in S.M.S. messages
K, the construction point of a ski jumping hill
k, a shorthand for a knighthood in the British honours system
K, the ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange for the Kellogg Company
K, abbreviation of gridiron football position Kicker (also known as placekicker)
Unit
k, symbol of the kilo-
K, kelvin , the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature
K (upper case), informal abbreviation for kibibyte or 1024 bytes (symbol: kiB or kB or KB)
k (lower case), informal abbreviation for kilobyte or 1000 bytes (symbol: kB)
k, informal abbreviation for kibibit (symbol: kb or kib or Kb or kbit or kibit or Kbit) 1024 bits
k, informal abbreviation for kilobit (symbol: kb or kbit) 1000 bits
k or K, abbreviation for kilometre (SI symbol: km) (especially in measured-distance sports, e.g. "10K run")
k or K, abbreviation for kilohm (symbol; kΩ), a measure of resistance in electronics
In the natural sciences
In the physical sciences
Potassium , symbol K, a chemical elementk , angular wavenumber of a wavek , wavevector of a waveK, the symbol that represents a kaon in particle physics
k , the spring constant in Hooke's law relating deformation (strain) and force applied (stress) to a material bodyk or k B , the Boltzmann constant , the physical constant relating energy and temperature at the particle level
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K , relative static permittivity (dielectric constant)k e , the Coulomb constant K , equilibrium constant k , thermal conductivity k , the Gaussian gravitational constant k , often used for some proportionality constant
Military and guns
Kilo , the military time zone code for UTC+10:00Operation K , a Japanese World War II naval operationThe K Project , a series of five nuclear tests by the Soviet UnionSwedish K , a submachine gunAK-47 , an assault rifle
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