BK is the common abbreviation for the

Burger King Burger King (BK) is an American-based multinational chain store, chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based res ...

chain of fast food restaurants. BK or Bk may also refer to:

Businesses and organizations

The Bank of New York Mellon The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, commonly known as BNY Mellon, is an American investment banking services holding company headquartered in New York City. BNY Mellon was formed from the merger of The Bank of New York and the Mellon Financ ...

, the New York Stock Exchange symbol for The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) *

Brahma Kumaris The Brahma Kumaris are a spiritual movement that originated in Hyderabad, Sindh, during the 1930s.British Knights British Knights is an American brand founded in 1983 by Jack Schwartz Shoes Inc., based in New York City. In the 1980s, British Knights distinguished themselves as an inner-city and music-driven brand, appealing to the predominantly male youth i ...

, a manufacturer of athletic shoes *

Federal Criminal Police Office (Austria) The Directorate General for Public Security (''Generaldirektion für die öffentliche Sicherheit'', "GDföS") is the governing body of general law enforcement in Austria and a division of the Ministry of the Interior. It oversees the Federal Polic ...

(''Bundeskriminalamt''), a federal police force *

Okay Airways Okay Airways () is an airline headquartered in Daxing District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. It operates passenger flight services and dedicated cargo services. Its main hubs are Tianjin Binhai International Airport and Xi'an Xianyang Inter ...

(IATA airline code BK)

Science and technology

BK channel BK channels (big potassium), are large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels, also known as Maxi-K, slo1, or Kca1.1. BK channels are voltage-gated potassium channels that conduct large amounts of potassium ions (K+) across the ce ...

, an ion channel characterized by its large conductance of potassium ions through cell membranes *

BK virus The BK virus is a member of the polyomavirus family. Past infection with the BK virus is widespread, but significant consequences of infection are uncommon, with the exception of the immunocompromised and the immunosuppressed. BK virus is an abb ...

, a member of the polyomavirus family *

Berkelium Berkelium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the symbol Bk and atomic number 97. It is a member of the actinide and transuranium element series. It is named after the city of Berkeley, California, the location of the Lawrence Berke ...

(Bk), a chemical element *

Elektronika BK The Electronika BK is a series of 16-bit PDP-11-compatible home computers developed under the Electronika brand by NPO Scientific Center, then the leading microcomputer design team in the Soviet Union. It is also the predecessor of the more power ...

, a series of 16-bit PDP-11-compatible Soviet home computers developed by NPO Scientific Center *

Bordkanone During World War II, the Luftwaffe (German air force) equipped their aircraft with the most modern weaponry available until resources grew scarce later in the war. Machine guns (Maschinengewehr) * MG 15 * MG 17 * MG 81 & 81Z * MG 131 Autocann ...

, an aircraft cannon *

Brother's Keeper (software) Brother's Keeper is a genealogy software program for Windows. The program functions as a database, a research planner and task organizer, a data analyzer, a chart producer, and a report writer. The software enables export and import in the GEDCOM ...

, a genealogy software program *

TU Delft Faculty of Architecture The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft ( nl, Faculteit Bouwkunde; abbr. ''BK'' ) is the largest faculty of TU Delft with around 2,900 students. It is also one of the top faculties in the world: it was ranked 2nd in the ...

(Dutch: ''Faculteit Bouwkunde'') *

Bradykinin Bradykinin (BK) (Greek brady-, slow; -kinin, kīn(eîn) to move) is a peptide that promotes inflammation. It causes arterioles to dilate (enlarge) via the release of prostacyclin, nitric oxide, and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor and ...

, a peptide targeted by ACE inhibitors

Other uses

B.K. Cannon Barbara-Kimberly Cannon (born August 27, 1990) is an American actress known for '' Switched At Birth'' and '' Why Women Kill''. She is from Kailua, Honolulu, Hawaii. A survivor of childhood neuroblastoma, Cannon became a volunteer and later dir ...

, (born 1990), actress from Hawaii, USA *

BK (musician) BK is the working name of the English hard house producer Ben Keen (born 16th October 1975, Woodford, London). His "Revolution" single became one of the few hard house records to receive regular airplay on daytime BBC Radio 1, and between 1995 ...

, (born 1973), the working name of the English hard house producer Ben Keen *

BK Racing BK Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that fielded entries in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series from 2012 to 2018. It most recently fielded the No. 23 Toyota Camry and Ford Fusion for J. J. Yeley, Gray Gaulding, and o ...

, a former NASCAR team *

Bankruptcy Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor ...

, a legal status of a person or other entity that cannot repay debts *

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

(FIPS 10-4 country code BK) *

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

, a borough of New York City {{dab