K (disambiguation)

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K is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet.

K may also refer to:

• An International Telecommunications Union prefix for the United States along with AA-AL, N & W. U.S. broadcast stations primarily use the initial call letter K for stations west of the Mississippi River.
• 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
• 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
• K-factor, several unrelated terms in physics, engineering, telecommunications and chess
• K also refers to Indian Philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti
• In internet slang 'k' is an abbreviation for OK, which is, in itself, an abbreviation for okay.

Contents 1 In fiction and literature 2 In music 3 In politics 4 As a symbol or abbreviation 5 See also

[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
• 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 (from its Latin name kalium)
• K, amino acid, one-letter designation for the amino acid lysine
• K, kelvin, the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature
• k, the spring constant, a constant relating deformation (strain) and force applied (stress) to a material body
• k or k_B, the Boltzmann constant, the physical constant relating energy and temperature at the particle level
• k, angular wavenumber of a wave
• K or Kt, carat, 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 (also K_c and K_p)
• κ or K, relative static permittivity (dielectric constant)

[edit] See also

• K class
• KT

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