Bak or BAK may refer to:

Computer

Bak file In computing, ".bak" is a filename extension commonly used to signify a backup, backup copy of a computer file, file. When a program is about to overwrite an existing file (for example, when the user saves the document they are working on), the pr ...

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Betrayal at Krondor ''Betrayal at Krondor'' is an MS-DOS-based role-playing video game developed by Dynamix and released by Sierra Entertainment, Sierra On-Line in the summer of 1993 in video gaming, 1993. ''Betrayal at Krondor'' takes place largely in Midkemia, the ...

'', a DOS-based role-playing video game *

Bill and keep Bill and keep (B&K or BAK), also known as net payment zero, is a pricing arrangement for the interconnection (direct or indirect) of two telecommunications networks under which the reciprocal call termination charge is zero. That is, each network a ...

reciprocal payment in telecommunications systems

Acronyms

Bcl-2 homologous antagonist killer Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''BAK1'' gene on chromosome 6. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the BCL2 protein family. BCL2 family members form oligomers or heterodimers and act as ant ...

, a protein involved in pro-apoptotic action *

Biking Across Kansas Biking Across Kansas (BAK) is an annual recreational and social rally for bicyclists across the state of Kansas, United States. The first Biking Across Kansas took place in June 1975 and has been held annually each year since. The route varies an ...

* Basic Aeronautical Knowledge

Places

Bäk Bäk is a municipality in the Lauenburg (district), district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. References

Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein Herzogtum Lauenburg Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz {{HerzogtumLauenburg- ...

, a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany *

Bąk (disambiguation) Bąk may refer to: Places *Bąk, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) *Bąk, Gmina Karsin in Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) *Bąk, Gmina Stara Kiszewa in Pomeranian Voivodeship (north Poland) Other

*Bąk (surname), Pol ...

, several places in Poland *

Bak District Bäk District ( ps, باک ولسوالۍ, fa, ولسوالی باک) is situated in the northern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. It borders Tere Zayi District to the south, Sabari District to the west, Zazi Maydan District to the north, ...

, Afghanistan *

Bak, Hungary Bak is a village in Zala County, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east a ...

Bäk, Khost Province Bäk is a village in Khost Province, Afghanistan and the center of the boundary Bak District, close to the border with Pakistan. It is located on at 1137 m altitude. See also * Khost Province Khost (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces o ...

, Afghanistan *

Bak, South Khorasan Bak ( fa, بک, also Romanized as Baq; also known as Bakeh, Beik, and Beyk) is a village in Jolgeh-e Mazhan Rural District, Jolgeh-e Mazhan District, Khusf County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 20, in 5 famil ...

, Iran

People

Aad Bak Adrianus ("Aad") Johannes Bak (Rotterdam, South Holland, 18 June 1926 - 16 January 2009 Schiedam, South Holland) was a Dutch professional football player. Club career Bak started his career in the team of S.B.V. Excelsior, Excelsior. He played f ...

(1926–2009), Dutch football player *

Arkadiusz Bąk Arkadiusz Bąk (; born 6 October 1974) is a Polish former football (soccer), footballer. Career Club Having started in the 1992/1993 season, Bąk also played for Ruch Chorzów, Polonia Warsaw, Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City, Widzew Łód ...

(born 1974), Polish football player *

Bąk (surname) Bąk (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish-language surname. It is sometimes written as Bonk (surname), Bonk due to its pronunciation. In Polish, the word has several meanings, including Botaurus (a genus of birds in the heron family), horse ...

, Polish surname *

Jacek Bąk Jacek Waldemar Bąk (; born 24 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Other than his country, he competed in France, Qatar and Austria, notably appearing in more than 150 competitive games for ...

(born 1973), Polish football player *

Justyna Bąk Justyna Bąk (born August 1, 1974) is a long-distance runner from Poland, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She is a four-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres, and a former world record holder in the 3,000 metres ...

(born 1974), Polish long-distance runner *

Mateusz Bąk Mateusz Bąk (born 26 February 1983 in Pruszcz Gdański) is a retired Poles, Polish association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Lechia Gdańsk for the majority of his career. Over the course ...

(born 1983), Polish football player *

Nisan Bak Nisan Bak (or Nissan Beck; he, ניסן ב"ק; 1815–1889) was a leader of the Hasidic Jewish community of the Old Yishuv in Ottoman Palestine. He was the founder of two Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem, Kirya Ne'emana (better known as ''Batei Ni ...

or Nissan Beck (1815–1889), Hasidic leader, moderniser and printer in Jerusalem; son of Israel Bak *

Per Bak Per Bak (8 December 1948 – 16 October 2002) was a Danish theoretical physicist who coauthored the 1987 academic paper that coined the term "self-organized criticality." Life and work After receiving his Ph.D. from the Technical University of ...

(1948–2002), Danish physicist *

Samuel Bak Samuel Bak ( he, שמואל בק; born 12 August 1933) is a Lithuanian-American painter and writer who survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Israel in 1948. Since 1993, he has lived in the United States. Biography Samuel Bak was born in Wilno ( ...

(born 1933), Israeli artist * Stéphane Bak (born 1996), French actor and radio host of Congolese descent *

Bek (sculptor) Bek or Bak (Egyptian for "Servant") was the first chief royal sculptor during the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten. His father Men held the same position under Akhenaten's father Amenhotep III; his mother Roi was a woman from Heliopolis. Bek grew up i ...

or Bak, ancient Egyptian sculptor *

Park (Korean surname) Park or Bak (, ), is the third-most-common surname in Korea, traditionally traced back to 1st century King Hyeokgeose Park () and theoretically inclusive of all of his descendants. ''Park'' or '' Bak'' is usually assumed to come from the Kor ...

or Bak, common Korean family name * Lauren Haney's ''Lieutenant Bak'' series set in Ancient Egypt *

Thomas Bak Thomas Tadeus Bak is a German visual artist, art director, writer and composer, mainly known for his work in photography. Biography Bak was born on April 20, 1978 in Szczecin, Northern Poland. In 1981 his parents emigrated over Denmark to the ...

, German artist & art director

Transport

Bakau LRT station Bakau LRT station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station on the Sengkang LRT line East Loop in Rivervale, Sengkang, Singapore along Rivervale Drive between the junctions of Rivervale Street and Sengkang East Way. It is located near No ...

(LRT station abbreviation: BAK) in Sengkang, Singapore *

Battersea Park railway station Battersea Park is a suburban railway station in the London Borough of Wandsworth, south London. It is at the junction of the South London Line and the Brighton Main Line (although the physical connection between the lines has been removed), mea ...

(3-Alpha station code: BAK) in London, UK *

Columbus Municipal Airport (Indiana) : ''For the military use of this facility, see Bakalar Air Force Base.'' Columbus Municipal Airport is three miles north of Columbus, in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifi ...

(FAA airport code: BAK), US airport *

Heydar Aliyev Airport Heydar Aliyev International Airport ( az, Heydar Aliyev adına Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) is one of the seven international airports serving Azerbaijan. Formerly, it was called Bina International Airport after a suburb of ...

(previous IATA airport code: BAK, has been changed to: GYD), in Baku, Azerbaijan

Others

BAK (Austria) The Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung (''Federal Bureau to prevent and to fight corruption''), abbreviated BAK, was established as of January 1, 2010 at the Ministry of the Interior. It is the succeeding institution o ...

, federal anti corruption agency *

BAK (magazine) ''Bak'' is an online, bilingual (English and Turkish), visual arts magazine, first published on 1 January 2006. Published monthly, it features interviews with well-known graphic designers, illustrators, painters, film directors, photographers, 3D ...

, online arts & design magazine *

Backup In information technology, a backup, or data backup is a copy of computer data taken and stored elsewhere so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. The verb form, referring to the process of doing so, is "back up", w ...

Bashkir language Bashkir (, ; Bashkir: ''Bashqortsa'', ''Bashqort tele'', ) is a Turkic language belonging to the Kipchak branch. It is co-official with Russian in Bashkortostan. It is spoken by approximately 1.4 million native speakers in Russia, as well as i ...

(ISO 639 identifier: bak) *

Bak (instrument) Bak (hangul: 박; hanja: ) is a wooden clapper used in Korean court and ritual music. The person playing the bak is called jipbak, serving as the conductor or musical supervisor for the group. The bak creates the clapping sound if clapped to indi ...

, Korean wooden clapper * ' × ''Bakerara'' (abbreviation ''Bak''), a genus of orchids * BaK, World War I anti-balloon gun, from the German ''Ballonabwehrkanone'' *

Benzalkonium chloride Benzalkonium chloride (BZK, BKC, BAK, BAC), also known as alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride (ADBAC) and by the trade name Zephiran, is a type of cationic surfactant. It is an organic salt classified as a quaternary ammonium compound. ADBACs hav ...

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