Kiosk
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In the Mediterranean Basin and the Near East, a kiosk (Persian: کوشک kušk; Arabic: كشكkošk; Turkish: köşk; Tagalog: kyos; Urdu: khoka; French: kiosque; German: Kiosk; Polish: kiosk; Czech: kiosek; Portuguese: quiosque; Romanian: chioşc; Bulgarian: кьошк kyoshk;Croatian: kiosk Greek: κιόσκι; Serbian: киоск or kiosk; and Spanish: quiosco or kiosco) is a small, separated garden pavilion open on some or all sides. Kiosks were common in Persia, India, Pakistan, and in the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century onward. Today, there are many kiosks in and around the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, and they are still a relatively common sight in Greece. Turkish kiosks are usually polygonal. Indian Kiosk are generally called "Gumti" and sometimes "khokha" too.
The word, which is of Persian origin, refers to an object that acts as a shadow or shade-maker.
The word "köşk" is currently used to refer to an old Ottoman style building, made of wood and clad with metal stones, with multiple stories, mainly used as a summer or winter recreational residence for the wealthy within the old Ottoman Imperial Palace. During the 18th century, Turkish influences in Europe established the kiosk (gazebo) as an important feature in European gardens.
In English-speaking countries, a kiosk is a booth with an open window on one side. Some vendors operate from kiosks, selling small, inexpensive consumables such as newspapers, magazines, lighters, street maps, cigarettes, and confections.
An information kiosk (or information booth) dispenses free information in the form of maps, pamphlets, and other literature, and/or advice offered by an attendant.
An electronic kiosk (or computer kiosk or interactive kiosk) houses a computer terminal that often employs custom kiosk software designed to function flawlessly while preventing users from accessing system functions. Indeed, kiosk mode describes such a mode of software operation. Computerized kiosks may store data locally, or retrieve it from a computer network. Some computer kiosks provide a free, informational public service, while others serve a commercial purpose. Touchscreens, trackballs, computer keyboards, and pushbuttons are all typical input devices for interactive computer kiosk.
[edit] Conservatories
Were in the form of corridors connecting the Pavilion to the stables and consisting of a passage of flowers covered with glass and linked with orangery, a greenhouse, an aviary, a pheasantry and hothouses. The influence of Muslim and Islamo-Indian forms appears clearly in these buildings and particularly in the pheasantry where its higher part an adaptation of the kiosks found on the roof of Allahabad Palace and illustrated by Thomas Daniell. Today’s conservatories incorporate many Muslim elements, although modern art forms have shifted from the classical
[edit] See also
- Automated teller machine
- Bandstand
- Belvedere (structure)
- Fotomat
- Gazebo
- Internet kiosk
- Kiosk (band), an Iranian rock band
- Kiosk software
- Mall kiosk
- Pavilion
- Self-service kiosk
- Telephone booth
[edit] References
- Halsband, R. (1965 edn.), ‘The complete letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
