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K is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet. K may also refer to: General uses * 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 (other) * K computer, a Japanese supercomputer * K-factor (other), several unrelated terms in physics, engineering, telecommunications and chess * K (Broadway Brooklyn Local), earlier KK, a defunct service in the New York City Subway discontinued in 1976 * K (Eighth Avenue Local), a defunct service on the New York City Subway, which was known as the AA until 1985 * Vitamin K, a group of vitamins that are needed to promote blood coagulation * Kappa (Κ) (Greek alphabet) * Ka (Cyrillic) (К) (Cyrillic alphabet) * Chrysler K platform, 1981–1995 car design used by Chrysler * Low-K, the dielectric constant in semiconductors, electronics, and physics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K (programming Language)
K is a proprietary array processing programming language developed by Arthur Whitney and commercialized by Kx Systems. The language serves as the foundation for kdb+, an in-memory, column-based database, and other related financial products. The language, originally developed in 1993, is a variant of APL and contains elements of Scheme. Advocates of the language emphasize its speed, facility in handling arrays, and expressive syntax. History Before developing K, Arthur Whitney had worked extensively with APL, first at I. P. Sharp Associates alongside Ken Iverson and Roger Hui, and later at Morgan Stanley developing financial applications. At Morgan Stanley, Whitney helped to develop A+, a variant of APL, to facilitate migrating APL applications from IBM mainframe computers to a network of Sun workstations. A+ had a smaller set of primitive functions and was designed for speed and to handle large sets of time series data. In 1993, Whitney left Morgan Stanley and develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K (composer)
Krishna Kumar, better known by his stage name K, is an Indian music composer. Background K did his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Chennai, where he took lessons in playing the keyboard. He quickly progressed and finished Grade 8 certificate exams in music with the Trinity College of Music, London. K graduated in Genetic Engineering (BTech) from SRM University, Chennai. His musical talent found an outlet when he joined his first rock band aged 12, and then played with a successful funk/rock and roll band ‘''Panatella''’ for several years after that. He moved to creating jingles for advertisements and corporate films, singing several songs for the same. Music career In the year 2010, K was brought on board for director Mysskin's film ''Yuddham Sei''. The film's sound track was a hit. He then composed for Mysskin's ''Mugamoodi'' starring Jiiva. His next big career break came when famed cinematographer Rajeev Ravi roped him for his directorial venture in Malayalam, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Replacements (TV Series)
''The Replacements'' is an American animated television series that aired on Disney Channel from July 28, 2006, to March 30, 2009. 52 episodes were produced. Plot The opening sequence explains that two siblings, Todd and Riley, lived in what used to be an orphanage with their birth parents' fate unrevealed. While cleaning the floors, they stumbled across a Fleemco comic book containing an ad for the Fleemco phone. They mail-ordered the ad and $1.98 for the phone—which allows them to replace any person or animal they desire—and in the process they got new parents: a British secret agent named Agent K and a professional daredevil named Dick Daring. Whenever Todd and Riley want to replace someone undesirable, they call Conrad Fleem on the Fleemco phone via a large button. Fleemco immediately replaces the person with someone whom the siblings prefer. The series follows their misadventures as they attempt to better their lives by replacing unwanted people, with said attempt usuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot Detective
is a tokusatsu superhero TV series. Created by Shotaro Ishinomori, the series was produced by Toei Company Ltd., and broadcast on Fuji TV from April 5 to September 27, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes. It stars Jirō Chiba. The hero of this series is a robot named "Robot Detective K" (or just "K"), who has no human form, but when not in battle, dresses up in human clothes and has a human-like personality Along with '' Android Kikaider'' ''Robot Detective'' was one of the early predecessors to what would become the ''Metal Hero Series'' of programs featuring human-sized cyborg heroes. Episode List # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Cast *: **Suit Actor: , **Suit Actor (battle scenes): , *: (played as ) *: *: *: *: *: *: *: *: Sonny Chiba , known internationally as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravitation (manga)
is a ''yaoi'' manga series written and illustrated by Maki Murakami. The story follows the attempts of Shuichi Shindo and his band, Bad Luck, to become Japan's next musical sensation, and his struggles to capture Eiri Yuki's heart. The manga was published by Gentosha and was serialized on ''Kimi to Boku'' starting in 1996 and ending in 2002. The manga has been licensed and published in English by Tokyopop, as well as a light novel. There is also the ''Gravitation Collection'' which consists of 6 volumes, each of which has two original volumes of ''Gravitation'' in it. A sequel, , was published in the web magazine ''Genzo'' from 2004 to 2009 and returned in 2011 to ''Web Spica''. ''Gravitation'' has also been adapted into a two episode OVA series in 1999 directed by Shinichi Watanabe and a thirteen-episode anime television series directed by Bob Shirohata. The TV series aired in Japan from October 4, 2000 to January 10, 2001, on WOWOW Wednesdays at 18:30 and was reaired on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Castle (novel)
''The Castle'' (german: Das Schloss, link=no, also spelled ''Das Schloß'' ) is the last novel by Franz Kafka. In it a protagonist known only as "K." arrives in a village and struggles to gain access to the mysterious authorities who govern it from a castle supposedly owned by Count Westwest. Kafka died before he could finish the work and the novel was posthumously published against his wishes. Dark and at times surreal, ''The Castle'' is often understood to be about alienation, unresponsive bureaucracy, the frustration of trying to conduct business with non-transparent, seemingly arbitrary controlling systems, and the futile pursuit of an unobtainable goal. History Kafka began writing the novel on the evening of 27 January 1922, the day he arrived at the mountain resort of (now in the Czech Republic). A picture taken of him upon his arrival shows him by a horse-drawn sleigh in the snow in a setting reminiscent of ''The Castle''. Hence, the significance that the first few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dalek Invasion Of Earth
''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'' is the second Serial (radio and television), serial of the Doctor Who (season 2), second season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Written by Terry Nation and directed by Richard Martin (British director), Richard Martin, the serial was broadcast on BBC1 in six weekly parts from 21 November to 26 December 1964. In the serial, the First Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), and teachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell (English actor), William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Doctor Who), Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) discover that the Earth in the 22nd century has been occupied by Daleks. They work with a human resistance group to stop the Daleks from mining out the Earth's core as part of their plan to pilot the planet through space. The serial was commissioned following the success of the Daleks from the The Daleks, titular serial of the Doctor Who (season 1), first season. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K (TV Series)
''K'' (also called ''K Project'') is a Japanese anime series created by the animation studio GoHands and GoRA, a group consisting of seven anonymous authors known as Kōhei Azano, Tatsuki Miyazawa, Yukako Kabei, Yashichiro Takahashi, Hideyuki Furuhashi, Suzu Suzuki, and Rei Rairaku. The series is directed by Shingo Suzuki, who also serves as its character designer. It began airing on MBS on October 5, 2012. The anime has been licensed by Viz Media in North America and by Madman Entertainment in Australia. The series is set when Japan is secretly being ruled by seven Kings of psychic clans called the Seven Clans of Color. Yashiro Isana, a seemingly normal student of Ashinaka High School, is targeted by HOMRA of the Red Clan and Scepter 4 of the Blue Clan, following the murder of pacifist Tatara Totsuka from HOMRA. With the help of a highly skilled swordsman named Kuroh Yatogami and a feline Strain with the ability of sensory interference named Neko, Yashiro redisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Arcady
Alexandre Arcady (born 17 March 1947) is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Life and career Alexandre Arcady was born in Algiers, Algeria. He emigrated to France at the age of fifteen. His son is filmmaker Alexandre Aja. He has expressed his surprise at the "lack of leadership" of Israel during the Arab Spring, and he called Israel "the most advanced democracy in the Middle East".Stéphane IlanAlexandre Arcady : « Il n’y a pas un jour où je ne pense pas à l’Algérie » ''L'Arche'', 21 September 2012 Filmography As an actor *'' To Be Twenty in the Aures'' (1972) *''César and Rosalie'' (1972) *'' Arrête ton cinéma'' (2016) As a director *' (1979) *' (1982) *' (1983) *'' Hold-Up'' (1985) *''Last Summer in Tangiers'' (1987) *' (1989) *''Pour Sacha'' (1991) *''Day of Atonement (Le Grand Pardon II)'' (1992) *'' Dis-moi oui...'' (1995) *' (1997) *''Return to Algiers'' (2000) *' (2002) *' (2004) *''Tu peux garder un secret?'' (2008) *' (2010) *'' What ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K (2002 Film)
''K'' is a 2002 film directed by Iranian United States, American multimedia artist Shoja Azari, based on three short stories by Franz Kafka - "The Married Couple," "In the Penal Colony" and "A Fratricide." - which are all performed by the same group of actors. External links * 2002 films 2002 drama films Films based on multiple works Films based on short fiction Films based on works by Franz Kafka American drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
"K" Is For Killer
''"K" Is for Killer'' is the 11th novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California. The novel was a ''New York Times'' bestseller with a reported 600,000-copy first printing. Vice cop Cheney Phillips is introduced in this novel. Plot Kinsey Millhone receives a visit from Janice Kepler whose beautiful but reclusive daughter, Lorna Kepler, died 10 months ago of an apparent allergic reaction. Someone has just sent Janice a tape of a pornographic movie Lorna made before her death, and Janice, who has never believed the official story of Lorna's death, wants Kinsey to find out the truth. Janice's husband, Mace, and her two surviving daughters, Berlyn and Trinny, seem less keen on the investigation. With some help from Officer Cheney Phillips, Kinsey learns that Lorna, who was a receptionist at the water treatment plant by day, had accumulated a modest fortune as a high class prostitute by night. K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Kucinski
Bernardo Kucinski (born 1937, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian journalist and political scientist, professor at the University of São Paulo, and collaborator with Brazil's Workers' Party. He served as advisor to the President of the Republic during the first term of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Education Kucinski graduated in Physics at the University of São Paulo (USP) between 1967 and 1968. He returned in 1986 and joined the staff of the USP School of Communications and Arts. In 1991, he earned a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences from the University of São Paulo, with a thesis on alternative media in Brazil during the period, 1964-1980. Career Journalist and publisher Bernardo Kucinski is one of the most experienced and respected journalists in the current Brazilian scene. Although he graduated in Physics, he entered journalism with the encouragement of Raimundo Pereira, a friend. By force of circumstances (in this case, the military regime that governed the country), he mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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