Kismet

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Kismet may refer to:

• Fate or Destiny in Turkish and Urdu, a predetermined course of events, from Persian qismat, from Arabic qisma, lot, from qasama, to divide, allot; see qsm in Semitic roots. A key principle in Islam.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Stage 1.2 Film 1.3 Comics 1.4 Music 1.5 Games 2 Technology 3 Other uses

[edit] Geography

• Kismet, California, an unincorporated community
• Kismet, Kansas, a small town in the United States
• Kismet, New York, a hamlet on Fire Island, New York

[edit] Stage

• Kismet (play), the original 1911 play by Edward Knoblock
• Kismet (musical), 1953 musical version

[edit] Film

• Kismet (1920 film), starring Otis Skinner and directed by Louis J. Gasnier
• Kismet (1930 film), starring Loretta Young and Otis Skinner
• Kismet (1932 film), Hindi film directed by Baburao Patel
• Kismet (1943 film), Hindi film which stars Ashok Kumar
• Kismet (1944 film), starring Ronald Colman and Marlene Dietrich
• Kismet (1955 film), directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on the 1953 musical

[edit] Comics

• Kismet (Marvel Comics), a superheroine
• Kismet (DC Comics), a character

[edit] Music

• Kismet, a track by Elvis Presley, which appeared in the film Harum Scarum
• Kismet, 2007 first major album release by artist Jesca Hoop
• Kismet, composed by Gay-Yee, performed by Bond, the fifth track on the Born album, used in the Main Theme of the film Johnny English
• Kismet, an album collaboration of Greek and Turkish music, by Stelios Petrakis and Bijan Cherimani of the Chemirani Ensemble
• Kismet, a CD by Márta Sebestyén, a Hungarian folk and traditional music singer
• Kismet, a track from The "Silent Sanctuary"

[edit] Games

• Kismet, a card in Magic: The Gathering by Wizards of the Coast.
• Kismet, a planet from the game Escape Velocity: Nova.
• Kismet, a weapon in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.

[edit] Technology

• Kismet (software), software used to analyze wireless network traffic
• Kismet (robot), a robot intended to demonstrate simulated emotion
• Kismet (gameplay scripting), scripting tool for the Unreal Engine from Epic Games
• Akismet, short for "Automattic Kismet", a server-based spam filter (the "Automattic" is a play on "automatic" and the name of Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of the blog software WordPress)

[edit] Other uses

• Kismet (chocolate bar)
• Kismet (dice game)

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